Cast Iron Skillet 101 - TOP (3) MISTAKES Beginners Make!

When it comes to cast iron skillet cooking, adhering to a few rules will make your experience much more enjoyable. Apply these rules, avoid these three mistakes, and your skillet will love you forever. In this video, Mr. Cast Iron addresses these three mistakes beginners often make. Cast Iron 101 is about the basics of how to cook in but not care for and fix cookware and pans. We'll save that for another video. But, in our Lodge skillet, we preheat to medium-high before adding any meat or vegetables. Next, we add a little oil to the pan. Last but not least, the facts are that cooking on high will cause your food to stick. These are three mistakes we see when it comes to the basics of cooking with cast iron! Eliminate these, and you will enjoy cooking in cast iron much more!