I thought guidrys hardware was on Cameron in Scott. Its near my office

I never seasoned one; I got 6 from my mawmaw. Well seasoned!! She cooked with em for years!
X2 on square pot for bacon!!

Guidrys hardware has two locations,one on cameron and one on jefferson. Neither one have a gas station.

Defiantly get it from Guidrys or Davids. Local folks and the pots are made well......I have one in the back right now, broke in half while cooking. It was a cheap academy pot......never again

I bought a 8qt at academy pre-seasoned..... How do you season them???

Lodge pots have directions with them on how to reseason them but there is several ways, you can coat in oil and bake them in over on high temp but be ready for smoke and stink or build a good hot fire out side or in BBQ pit coat them in oil and put in hot fire and coals

The only way I remeber it being done was cook a roux in it, or cracklins

If it is the initial season i use lard. Heavy coating ,wiped on inside and out. Build a good hot fire in my pit and place pot upside down and lid on grate. leave pot there till fire is out and pot has cooled. take pot and lid and wipe them down well w/ paper towel.
Rinse w/ hot water and put on stove on warm. let it dry well. Fold a paper towel into a strip about 1" wide and fold it over the top lip b4 you put the lid on to store pot.
After i use any black iron and clean it and dry it, i wipe the inside w/ a very thin coat of cooking oil and put it into a 225 oven for 1 hr. take it out and wipe w/ dry paper towel. back in oven for 1 hr.

How do you "wash" them?

we use alittle soap if needed and then wipe good with oil but if they are seasoned good they tend to be slick nd almost like none stick so ifthats the case I use hot water and a rag then oil. For some people its scary to think that you aren't realy cleaning since you don't use soap but then agin anything left is like seasoning

You can scrape out any grodoo and wash w/ hot water . If anything is stuck i will fiil
pot w/ water and boil. empty and dry on low heat. wipe w/ thin coat of oil and do the low oven. once it's seasoned right you can fry an egg w/ no grease and it won't stick.

even though eman prob does it by the book, /\ this is all i do. just dont use enough soap to cut the grease and be sure to wipe down with oil or it will rust

I don't use soap. 99% of the time, hot water and a brush will get stubborn grot off the bottom.
I season mine on a gas pit. Then I fry lots of stuff in them. Bacon is good, but I like to fry chicken and cracklins too. I leave the oil from the frying in the pot and put the lid on it.

I did that with the academy pot......lid rusted to the pot!! Hammer and flathead wouldn't get it off!!

Eman has it.......the only thing I do different is I use mineral oil.
If a pot is not used in a long time it will not go rancid.

the daily pots are used too much to rust. It is all we cook in other than a large gumbo pot.

I got my cast iron pots from my mom and she got them from her grandmother. Been many of stews cooked in them jokers.

I never leave the lid on it that long.

Tony's and cracked peppercorn of course!!

Dudes, I have one so old.........been cooked in so long..........all you do is add water and a jambalaya appears two hour later.........

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!