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Author Topic: Get the crud off my kettle Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-03-2005 01:29 PM                     Now...with all of that hard work cleaning that kettle, I'm sure now that a daily cleaning procedure will be in order to where the usage of the inside/outside kettle cleaner from Cretors will be used. I bet that kettle was nickel plated on the inside - to be pitted and bumpy as mentioned where the oven cleaner eroded some of the nickel away. And with the pitting and when one boils the kettle out each night, one has to make sure that the kettle gets dried to endure no rust spots develop in the pitted areas. -monte  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-03-2005 01:37 PM                        Yeah...on second thought, I think I would start saving up for a new kettle.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-03-2005 04:27 PM                     Just a spitball, here... But now the plating is off, might it not be better to just let the inside of the kettle turn black? That's how you treat a cast iron skillet. You LET the oil carbonize on the surface. That's how you season them. We have several Grizwold cast iron skillets. That's how we treat them. To clean them, we simply soak them in hot water and wipe them clean with a cloth while they are still hot. They don't rust and food never sticks to the inside. (It's better than Teflon, some say!) Of course, you'd keep the outside nice and clean B/C that's what the customers see. But the inside... Let it season, I say.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-03-2005 08:54 PM                     At the moment I have a loan kettle from my corn supplier while my old kettle is being re-nikleplated. At a cost of approx $300.00 incl. rewiring as opposed to around $1200.00 for brand new.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-04-2005 02:45 AM                     quote: They don't rust and food never sticks to the inside. (It's better than Teflon, some say!) Absolutely true! a well seasoned cast iron skillet can walk a 'steak frying' session all over a Teflon coated alum skillet any day of the week. For the iron has better heat dissipation and holds it better from either flame or electric than alum does. -monte  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-04-2005 11:41 AM                     Teflon also tends to break down if it's heated too much. At approx. 500º F. Teflon will deteriorate. (Some believe hot Teflon is poisonous!) Carbonized oil on the surface of a skillet it just getting started when the temperature hits 500º! When we're doing things like egg omelettes, the T-Fal is just fine. For everyday cooking, we use copperclad stainless cookware. Around THIS house, if we want to do some REAL cooking we break out the Griswold!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-04-2005 02:36 PM                     ...and a popcorn kettle cooks EXCELLENT steaks! (LOL) ..using popcorn oil, add onion pepper and all the seasoning junk, (take the top off the kettle and remove the agitator-just have to "moderate" the heat with the on/off switch), a little tenderness and monitoring your cooking, that popcon kettle is one of the best steak frying machines that can be...LOL One time, we had a staff party at a theatre that I worked at. For we were tired of the usual pizza/junk food parties, so I brought up the idea of a steak fry party and using the Cretor's as the fryer. I mustered up some pretty good steaks, fried spuds,-anything that that kettle can cook. Steaks tastes pretty good using popcorn oil...(LOL) -Monte  |  IP: Logged

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