How Cast Iron Pans Are Made - How to Make It
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2018
- On today's episode of HTMI, chef Katie Pickens is at Roloff Manufacturing Company, learning the whole process of making cast iron pans.
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I worked in a cast iron foundry in west Michigan for twenty years. The biggest item we poured was 60 pounds. What we see in this video is high-labor-intensive technology and low volume production. Most foundries now use machines that can put out a finished mold in seconds. Yes, seconds. But, one does what one must do. There must be a niche for this kind of foundry, too. Thanks for the video.
I think it helps this foundry to do these one-off pieces as it puts out the perception all their frying pans are made like this.
I’ll never understand why cast iron cookware is so expensive
can you please help us?
@@gabrielchavarria651
bcoz as you've seen it takes so much time for one piece to be ready!
my families cast iron has been in the family for a good 35 plus years and still going
One of the things I like about being an over-the-road driver was occasionally seeing how things are made, packaged. I've seen things like mobile homes, cars, cigarettes, furniture made. I've also seen various food products made and packaged. I've even had the chance to sample some that were freshly made. Most of the ones I got to taste were good but one or two stick out that weren't. If you got it at some point it was in or on a truck.
2AM, brain:”Let’s learn how to make a cast iron pan!”
Same here )))
"How Dare..."
*Checks time
"...Touche.
All nighter 5am here
Lmao yup
1.48am here
I love this woman. Very chill, fun, and a chef. More please
This is one of the two types of casting I like to watch.
Underrated comment right here
i see
You must be a fisherman ... ;)
I see you're a man of culture as well
Your either a fisherman or a voyeur of Hollywood executives! I'm guessing the latter if it involves a couch.
This video seems wholesome. Like everyone seems super positive.
I've actually cast Iron at my engineering school. Then we had a barbecue over the coal/coke from the blast furnace (not a real blast furnace but I don't know the English name for it)
Then I got drunk and crashed mom's car on the way back home. Just regular college life but I did cast iron.
That was way more interesting than I expected. Good job!
I love my cast iron frypan and so does every one else who uses it
Quality never goes out of style. 👍
I love cast iron. It has character, it is unique - and it lasts forever: No obsolescence at all. Anachronistic. Timeless. CAST IRON!
What should be made from it?
..a lot of hard work: for each pan, one expendable mold!.. my appreciation for cast iron ware and all our fellow Americans that work on them has increased 100 fold!! Next time I buy one I will remember this..
That was excellent!
Great show, I love the family friendly vibe. Keep it up!
This vid is going right into my fav list. Awesome!
That was Great! I Really Enjoyed That! Thanks Guys!
I live right down the road from Roloff Manufacturing Company. Never knew they cast frying pans!
Very nice video, very good documentary showing how to make casting molds ( cope and drag ) and casting process.
Most beautiful iron caster!!
kinda dying that it's two women introducing us how to make these awesome, heavy ass pans. Nice work ladies!
I wouldn't call something weighing less than 10 lb "heavy ass" TBH.
Too much ASMR making you weak? 😎
Robert Pruitt I’m here to see if there’s an argument and also you’re right it’s not heavy
@@hexx_king3340 they're "not heavy" because you image how you hold 10lb block of metal, not a pan. You'rs holding a pan with a handle, which is a lever. If you learnt physics a little bit, you know that it makes a big difference
NeonGooRoo that still doesn’t make ten Lund’s heavy bud
@@hexx_king3340 how doesn't? It's times heavier than normal ones, and it's actually hard to move it while cooking. Or it's heavy only if you can't pick it up with both hands?
Awesome! Thanks ladies! Cheers!
There is just something timeless and visceral about cast iron cookware. And it' sturdy enough that it can be passed on for generations.
How awesome, I would love one or two of those! And the pans weren't bad either
That is a lot of finishing work - should share that info with consumers! Nice Job. Exciting to watch the process.
No offence: she looks like amy schumer
I don't think you can say that and it not be an insult
She's way funnier
Amy Schumer Is a millionaire, meanwhile you can't even spell offense.😑
That her sister
@@Alaiyna-sl5nm get yourself a dictionary, man.
That was awesome!
Alisa is awesome! I wish her great success in all her ventures!
Thank you….that looked like great fun 😊
Wow! Quite interesting! Just bought a cast iron skillet and a grill pan this weekend and was wondering how they were made .....
Thanks for sharing 👌
My favorite pans on earth!!
That was cool. Thumbs up on this video.
You pour Iron into a pan shaped cast.
Timothy Ezard lol
@IamMe Yeah, computer science major.
lol it's almost as if cast iron refers to the way the pan is made. really makes you think 🤔
A conundrum wrapped in an enigma, shadowed in a paradox. I don't think we'll ever know the full truth. :)
Then sand off the bumpy seasoning they do for a decent cast iron
Love the video. Now I know why cast iron isn't cheap. Well worth it.
"I don't know how they're made" there's a hint in the name
George Kay she ask how not what dumbass
Dark Gray cast iron. Cast as to spread something onto a surface. Iron being a type of metal, to make cast iron you spread iron onto a surface(a mold being the surface)
@@jumanjitm5196 stay in school you need it.
Well done girls!!
That whole warehouse was so supportive and nice awwwwww
Great grandma's huge 'breakfast skillet' was finally passed down to me last year. Heavy as heck, and is loved by ALL! 14 eggs with room for bacon and potatoes/ no problem! LOL, seasoned? do ya think???
Wisconsin...my home..I miss you.
Beautiful pan wow
I randomly finda this video at 6am after watching food shows and it features madison wisconsin my town awesome
Very interesting
I know our family is going on it's 5th generation (at least) using cast iron skillets. I have 2 large pots with lids also but oddly have never used them. Seem like a camp fire thing and I just never go. I'm actually curious about cooking a stew in one over a fire. Mom (age 86) has her grandmother's huge cast wash pot... We wonder if it's even older. They were poor share croppers in Arkansas so I doubt they could have bought a new one. It was probably handed down or bought used. Thanks for the educational video!
wow u r the best !!!
Lucky got to make your own cast iron how cool
Katie, I LOVE YOU.
Damn this is a solid channel
The other beauty of Cast Iron pans, is that it transfers Iron to the food cooked in them, so they can actually help to prevent iron deficiency anemia by enriching the food with natural Iron in them...
cheers!
This was a crazy video. Love it
awesome
So cool
"It takes me longer to make coffee" what kind of coffee are you making? Even handgrinding my coffee beans and making it in a moka pot only takes me 5 or 6.
Cleveland Rocks! Cleveland Rocks!
I am thinking about making one now 🤔 in my kitchen 🤔
Excellent episode. The making of the sand mold was very interesting but would have been nice to see how the original pan was made/shaped...clay perhaps?
Normally carved out of foam.
+Aubut Family Blog Ah. Very cool. Thanks. 👍
Sometimes the pattern is made of wood. With today's 3d printing, that would be the way to go for complex parts
If this was a investment ("missing wax") casting, they would use wax or styrofoam, which stays in the mold and melts/burns off when the metal is poured in.
This is a cope-and-drag casting where they make an impression in the two halves of the casting box (the cope and drag). The halves are pulled apart and the core (the object making the impression) is removed. The halves are rejoined and the molten metal poured in.
The core in a cope-and-drag casting needs to be man-handled, so it is made of a durable material....wood, high-quality plastic, metal.
Mass-produced cast iron is usually made with a continuous casting machine called a DISAmatic...the cores are used once and are made of a very light ceramic. The DISA process operates on a conveyor, with a vertical mold joint, the back half of one mold used as the front half of the next.
Mike that was a very good explanation. I am a foundry veteran and I like your description.
This is different, so I'm curious-- Why core sand and not green sand, and what is the binder that sets up so quickly without CO2 gassing?
I don't know what it is about forging and casting, but I can watch videos about the creation of tools, knives, and swords all day. Of all the blue collar professions out there, forging and casting are the most primal, viscerally satisfying, and dare I say, sexy.
Not to ruin the moment, but this is casting.
Uioman Cannot, thank you for correcting my misstatement. I corrected my original comment, based on what you said.
Casting is neat but forging is where the real skill is.
Do you watch Man at Arms? It's the best thing on CZcams.
You should see Alisa in person. Striking. She's also quite attached and a new mom.
Woo Madison!
When grinding be sure to wear your safety shield !
Really cool, please make more of these. 🤓
You Rock!
Very cool!
LEGIT!!!!
OHIO YEAH!!!! GOOD JOB.
So cool!
wow just wowwwwwww😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I live in Cleveland let's gooo
Please wear some kind of hand protection so your hands don't turn black. Grinding metal products and letting it stain your hands and be absorbed by sweat or skin pores is dangerous. Especially if you constantly do that. There's other metals and chemicals that your body doesn't need when you grind those pans. Nice work though.
Wow never thought they put all that work in a pan! Nice job ladies, who would wanna get a normal job from 8 to 5
In pubg it blocks bullets too..
*Time to make me one!*
Way cool.....I'm afraid my Minnesota or Florida states wouldn't work as well.....!??!
Wow, i want to make to make a pan
Hi bebi you are too good 👍👍 and nice explain
“You can just wiggle it off with your hand”
[tears off by only grabbing it]
Great upload! One question though, cast iron is soft?? Since when? Cast iron has more carbon content than steel and it's known to be brittle and that means it's quite hard. I was hoping for a bit more information about the cast iron used. Cheers!
@alflurin Yes, cast iron is hard. But, cast iron is made using different levels of hardness and softness, depending to what purpose or use the finished product will be put. For instance, if the finished product is going to be machined (drilled/tapped/bored) as in automobile parts, then the iron must be soft enough to not destroy machine tools that work on thee product, yet be hard enough to withstand internal combustion pressure such as hydraulic fluid operating brake wheel cylinders and master brake cylinders. When you apply your vehicle’s brakes, it is critical to your well being that these cast iron brake parts don’t explode. This is why a foundry has a highly qualified metallurgist on staff so that you don’t die while driving down the road.
@alflurin Please, delete the word, “combustion.” Thanks.
Cleveland ❤️
aka "the mistake by the lake"
Al Quinn - How original. I’ve unloaded turds more clever than you, and much better smelling.
that female worker is beautiful omg wow
She's ugly
we need cliff clavin to host this,lol
Hey Alisa, you should be a movie star.
I'm glad to see Amy Schumer quit comedy to host this show
now i am ready to cast my own pan if civilization collapses one day.
Yo it's Wisconsin :D
Yah girl power 👍
Can you melt iron and cast a pan?
do hawaii!
Which oil is used for seasoning the pan ?
is the sand mold remade every time??
Wow...I just got crushed by two ladies...my girl crush sort of. ;) nice job! Keep it up!
Cleveland in the house.
She,s just got skilletful in doing it
Now that's an ugly pan
HEY BE NICE TO MY UGLY STATE! Ah I'm too much of a midwesterner to be mad at ya, I bet that Ohio pan is a pain to clean!
Yeah, I guess you could make a stupid ohio shaped pancake...It's a wall ornament...
No, my state of MD would make an ugly PITA piece of cookware! At least Ohio is vaguely square-shaped. 😂
Not as hideous as a Michigan pan
@@davidszakacs6888 I live in michigan lol
im just wondering what kind of cast iron it is in eu system like EN GJM -XXX, how much of carbon percentage is in a final mold?
The cameraman spends too much time trying to BS the viewer. Those flashy transitions, odd camera angles, and dizzying wobbles do NOTHING at all for this viewer!
Lol @ 3:22 where the dude tried to help pour the mold then had to restrain himself
Shoutout 216
Love this video. What is this music choice? 😬😬😬😬😬
This is not how cast iron cookware is typically made. Felion makes special novelty items that can cost upwards of $2500. Most skillets are made using the green sand process are a rate of 300 or more molds per hour per molding machine. i.e. Lodge can easily crank out 1200 skillets in an hour. My company subbed out for Lodge for a bit while they were building their new foundry and we also made the Field Skillets for a while. I'm pretty sure I met Alisa at casting congress a few years ago.
I love my three cast irons and there older then me
I wash mine with soap and water just fine. Mine is seasoned to high-heaven at this point.