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Thick-Cut Bacon for Breakfast Burritos

Good morning, everybody!! Making thick-cut bacon for breakfast burritos in my Lodge 12” cast iron skillet....

How to Get Great Grill Marks

This will work on any grill pan or outdoor grill. Step1 With 12 o'clock being at left-center, place the top of your meat at 10 o'clock and the bottom at 4 o'clo...

Pan-Fried Peach Mango Chicken Wings

This was a spur of the moment experiment turned out really good. Brush wings with peanut oil and season with salt, pepper, Morton's Season All, and Hungarian pa...

Sous Vide Cooking - New York Strip Steaks

Sous vide coooking is a dynamite way of cooking foods to perfection. Sous vide, which is French for 'under vacuum' is a method of sealing foods in an bag with a...

Thanksgiving Turkey Plating

Each year at Thanksgiving, I try to think of new ways to plate our turkey. I always carve prior to presenting the turkey. I my home, we don't usually cook a who...

Grilling Chicken Wings Using the Vortex

The Vortex is a cone-shaped piece of steel that can be used inside of Weber kettle grills. Here I am using it in my 22" Weber. When used in this configuration, ...

Blueberry Cornbread

Blueberry cornbread cooked in my Lodge cast iron muffin pan. This is really simple. Make your favorite cornbread recipe and gently fold in frozen blueberries. Y...

How to easily remove the membrane from spare ribs

Ribs are SO much better when you remove the membrane from the underside of the bones. Nothing gets under the membrane on a rack of ribs like a plastic shrimp pe...

Psychedelic Brownies in Vintage Cast Iron Skillets

In our home, we have pretty much abandoned cake for birthdays. I made these cast iron brownies for my wife's birthday celebration. I preheated the skillets to 3...

Stir-Fried Lemon Pepper Chicken

I marinated sliced chunks of chicken in extra-virgin olive oil, lemon pepper (no salt), a few dashes of soy sauce, kosher salt, granulated garlic, granulated on...

Potato Pancakes in a Cast Iron Æbleskive Pan

In my quest to find alternative uses for my æbleskive pans, I tried making vegan potato pancakes in them. Me and my wife are on a 30-day vegan diet, so I am in ...

Identifying Vintage Cast Iron Cookware

Griswold 7 Large Block EPU with HR Learning how to identify cast cast iron is an important part of collecting. Knowing your logos will help you know when to spe...

Breakfast | Hash Browns on Cast Iron

Great hash browns are super easy to make!! 1. Peel russet potatoes 2. Grate potatoes using long strokes 3. Chop an onion 4. Toss chopped onions with potatoes 5....

My Collection of Cast Iron Cookware

I needed to give my wife back her pantry in the kitchen, so I spent a good part of yesterday rearranging my collection to get the majority of it in one place. I...

Crispy Tuscan Blue Rosemary Fries

These fries were SO good!! I fried sliced red potatoes in my Lodge Cast Iron mini wok. After about 10 minutes, I added sliced yellow onions. When the potatoes b...

The Ultimate Cast Iron Cheeseburger

The Ultimate Cast Iron Cheeseburger This is a cheeseburger that I cooked for my son in my Nest Homeware cast iron skillet. It is rare that I get to cook just on...

The Ulitmate Cast Iron Cheeseburger

There is no need to go out for an amazing cheeseburger. All you need is a good, inexpensive cast iron skillet, and a few other basic ingredients. In this short ...

UP CLOSE: The New Lodge Cast Iron 9” Mini Wok

My name is Jeffrey B. Rogers - The Culinary Fanatic. I am a trusted authority on cast iron cooking, collecting, maintenance and restoration. My 'UP CLOSE' serie...