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How To Store Your Cast Iron Properly- Avoid These Mistakes!
Sep 2, 2025
Here are some quick tips on cast iron and the best way to store cast iron.
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You know, I get a lot of questions on
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how to store cast iron.
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So, first, let me give you the tips on
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how to store a Dutch oven. Now, when you
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get through using at the end of the year
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and everything is clean, everything is
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seasoned and you're going to put it in a
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basement or you're going to store it in
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a garage, whatever, you need to put you
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a paper towel between it when you put
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the lid on like this. And this one's
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doubled. It's an air wick. Let air flow
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back and forth. The only thing you would
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change for a wet climate is you would
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either take a sack of rice and pour in
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there or get you two pieces of hardwood
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lump. Put the lid back on. They'll get
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any moisture in there before it ever
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rust. Now, we talk about cast iron
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skillets. When you're talking about
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store them just for short term, you can
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just make sure they're clean and dry.
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And I would tell you turn them upside
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down. That way, if there's any moisture,
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any airflow, it will flow in there and
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come out. Now, if you're going to store
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these for long term, I would say get you
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a really good paper sack, slide that
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skillet in there, zip tie the end of it.
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Say you live in a place where it is
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really, really humid. Take that skillet,
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pour you about a cup of rice in there,
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slip it in that sack, that thing will
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not rust at all. Can you stack skillets
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when you store them? You can, but put
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you something in between each skillet.
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Whether it be three paper towels folded
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up, an old pot holder that you don't
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use, two old socks, make sure they're
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clean.
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