The Cast Iron Chef 
Recipes, Care and Cookware for 
the Cast Iron Fanatic

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Collectible Cast Iron: Bundt Pans and Gugelhupf Cake Forms
By John Briggs November 22, 2024
For those of you interested in collectible cast iron, read this post for more information on the book, and where you can find it.
By The Cast Iron Chef January 26, 2022
Recipe for Lemon Bread using a Griswold #877 cast iron loaf pan.
By The Cast Iron Chef September 18, 2021
This creamy one-pot spaghetti dish is a no brainer for the family. It’s so easy you don’t need to even boil the spaghetti noodles separately
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Recipes

This site contains our best cast iron recipes, plus a selection of the best of recipes we've run across online.

Have a good recipe you'd liked included on this site? Send it to us and we'll try it out. If we like it, we'll add it to the the our website with full attribution to you and a link to your site or blog if you like.
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Care, Seasoning & Restoration

Many of the questions we receive are related to cleaning, seasoning and restoring  cast iron cookware. 

This section covers the basics for cleaning after cooking, seasoning your cookware and how to go about restoring that old rusty treasure you've had sitting around.
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Cookware

Are you just starting out? Just looking for a starter skillet or set to get going? I have some suggestions for you.

Already experienced at cast iron cooking and looking to take it to the next level? Here are some suggestions for premium cookware as well as for vintage cast iron available online.
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