Get your sweater vests out, it's time to season your carbon steel pans! Hit us with all of your cookware questions below.

The only video you need to watch about seasoning your carbon steel pan

Extremely good directions, good humor, lots of dos and donuts, but I most importantly love how he explains why he does what is does. Super helpful and makes this so much more accessible to beginners, and a good reminder for experts. The sweater vest is a nice touch of course too lol

Came back for the sweater vest 😤 staying for the content 💯

As a former product manager...it is obvious how much love you have for your product line! We are new to the Made In brand and have started replacing our very old mismatched pots and pans with the line. These videos are entertaining and so informative. Kudos to you and the production team!

2 mins in an I love it already. Absolutely top bloke! Thank you so much.

These videos have been choice to watch! I went ahead and stripped my carbon steel pan down to the base pan again due to poor seasoning on my part prior (and probably some poor cleaning as well). The stovetop seasoning vid + the cleaning vid really is helping my pan be what I expected it to be! Only took over a year to get it right lmao

This pan was a birthday gift and it made me absolutely love cooking. I wish these videos were around sooner so I could've seasoned my pan better, but I'm glad they're here.

I have watched a number of videos on seasoning my CS pan. Yours are the best and I am ready to delve into seasoning my pan. Thank you for building my confidence level..

I've been struggling to season my new carbon pans and tbh I really really appreciate the tips about wiping off almost all of it and also taking it above the smoke point!!!!

Didn't know that cast iron requires more seasoning than Carbon. Explains why I am probably putting too much oil on my Carbon since I assumed it was just like cast iron. Great tips!

Love my MadeIn pans but my carbon steel wok had rust, I'm very thankful for this video. Instructions are clear and it's helpful. I was a bit intimidated by trying to clean my Wok 😂

Love this video for the detail provided. Love Steve for the delivery. Great stuff.

Steve does it again. Thanks for the education! Loving my carbon steel pans.

We are here for the vest Steve and the explanation of NFTs that goes with it ♥️

Again, An excellent video. I messed up the first time seasoning my Made In C S pan, but now I can redo it,(also a confirmed vest wearing guy, too) “Thanks Steve

Perfect timing! My carbon steel pan arrived yesterday and now this video gets published! Great instructions as always! :D

This is my favorite seasoning video. My pans turned out perfect after 3 seasonings!

Acetone takes any factory coatings (oil, grease, paint) off instantly without any heavy scrubbing. Just squirt some in, wipe it around with a paper towel and rinse.

Sweater vests are required for oven seasoning! Thanks for the tips Steve!

I love Steve AND his sweater vests!

Most thorough directions I have found. Much appreciated, many thanks; using this to season my pizza steel, too bad I applied coconut oil before watching this. Oh well.😊

Yasss! Even more great tips. Also, I do like the sweater vest. It do be fly!

Awesome seasoning process, keep rockin that vest my man!

I was interested in how you put the pan in the oven. I had always heard that you flip the pan over so that the bottom is up. That way if you accidentally put too much oil on the pan, it doesn't pool in the bottom of the pan and get gummy. Yes, I have seasoned several cast iron pots and pans. I always flip mine over. I learned from my very first pan that got gummy....

Fantastic I have learnt something today. Really good knowledge here I had no idea

This guy is soooooo sympathetic! Thanks for the great video 🙏

EXCELLENT video. Thank you Steve. WELL DONE!!. I just received my Made In - Blue Carbon Steel Wok.

Thank you. Your videos have saved my sanity.

This worked amazing - thanks!

Awesome. I just bought one. Thank you for the amazing information! This is the best one yet!!

So straight forward! Love it and you rock that sweater vest

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and sweater vest collection!

GREAT!!!

Thanks, Steve! Enjoyed your useful and entertaining video (and the sweater vest!). Happy cooking!

Thank you so much Steve. I got my c.steel pan this past summer for my birthday and i think my nephew got to my pan because after finding it outside…… Yes you heard me right and it’s so disgusting and rusted. Hoping I can use a couple of you tips.

Excellent. What I’ve been looking for

I think it was Kenji Lopez-Alt who said that to begin seasoning, you wipe on a coat of oil then pretend like you didn't mean to put on oil, so wipe as much off as possible. That leaves a thin enough layer for proper polymerization.

In every other video I've seen for the oven seasoning technique, they instruct you to put the pan upside-down while in the oven. Is there a particular reason you put it in right side up? I am going to follow your technique with the madein wok. Just wanted to hear your thoughts! Thanks for the awesome and helpful video!

A great and very helpful video! Thank you very much!

Love this seasoning method!

So, I made Chicken Picatta without considering the lemon… and it really did a number on my Made In pan. Hoping I can season it again and start over….

Thanks Steve. You rock. This video might have saved me.

Thank you, Steve. More Content and more vest. - Cooper

Nice vest!

I respect a man who stands by his poor fashion choices

very clear easy to follow instructions. Was able to get a good season on with oven method. One question, why do they sell the seasoning wax? Folloed video using graapeseed oil and it is easy.

Very nice and instructive. Just waiting for my first carbon steel De Buyer . Be so kind: the exact temperatue for each round is ? Thank you from Czech rep. R!

Love mine! They are the best! :p

I'm gonna go look at sales for sweater vests 😂😂😂

Frying food like filling the pan with lots and lots of oil and heating it up to a high temperature for like 10 or 20 minutes is really the best way to get coating that's evenly dark. However, it's wasteful if you just use lots of oil for the sake of seasoning. I only found out about this because I deep fried food when I got my new cookware and it turned out evenly seasoned after I cleaned it.

Steve I can watch you all day! Im loving the sweater vest. Please help! I should have watched this video before I seasoned my Made In Wok incorrectly. It is discolored and oil drippings on outside. It also has a little white blotching inside. How do I correct or can I correct. Just clean and start again? I am about to purchase the 10/12" skillets and don't want to mess them up. Please help me. Thanks and have a blessed day. Jenee

Can you show us how to use the made in seasoning wax.

First off. I DO like your sweater vest. hahha!

Yes. Thank you, but what kind of sales did you find on sweater vests?

Came for the sweater vest, stayed for the pro tips

I came for the pan, I stayed for the sweater vest

When you’ve baked in the oven for 1 hour, you turn the oven off right? To what temperature do you let the pan cool down to? Like.. room temperature?

Is it a good idea to roast some sweet potatoes on the lined pan while seasoning? Just think it would be more efficient to make use of the oven for such a long cooking duration… 🤔

Hey Steve, Nice job explaining the process. Question here!! How often do we have to season the wok that we have initially seasoned 3 codes? Is that it or over time with the usage we need to repeat the process again? Thanks!!

Great

You are perfectionist. Did you consider the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

During the first hour of seasoning, you wiped the inside again after the first 5 minutes. Do you do the same for the 2nd and 3rd seasonings?

Through. Thank you

Steve, you are awesome. I have never achieved this result with my pan. I followed original instructions. Fail. I blasted it with other KZfaqrs. Fail. Everything sticks. I am tired. Can I save my Made-In pan after 3 or 4 blasts?

I’ll assume this would work with my wok?

I assume the same process can be done for a carbon steel wok right? As long as I cover the wood handle it my wok with heavy duty aluminum foil?

Should I avoid using soap to clean my pans? My go to cleaning method recently has just been boiling some water in my pans and using a soft sponge

What if you left water in your pan for too long while cleaning and it got a little rusted? How do you clean and re-season that?

Great video ... what's the procedure if we blindly purchased the seasoning paste from Made In?

What are your thoughts on avocado oil as opposed to grape seed oil? Still as high of smoke Point as grape seed oil, mild flavor if any, and healthy too?

I ordered my carbon steel pan from madein, it says preseasoned. I washed in soap with sponge until no residue came off. So should I have to season it if it’s preseasoned or since I washed it with soap do I re-season it?

My carbon steel pans arrived yesterday and are right now in the oven for round 1 of seasoning. I also purchased the carbon steel seasoning wax from the Made In web site and am using that instead of grape seed oil. If that was wrong, someone please correct me!

Do you season blue carbon steel the same way? I bought a Made In blue carbon grill pan that is already a very dark color but I don't think it is pre-seasoned. Thanks for your advice.

I might need to go re-season the carbon steel wok my mom got me for Christmas. I think the instructions that came in the box said to put it in the oven upside down. I'll have to scrub the new pans we ordered over the weekend more than I did the wok. Any tips on how to best use seasoning wax in this method?

I have an older carbon steel pan that was seasoned with WAY too much oil so the cooking surface is spotty. The seasoning "sticks" in some place and washes off in others. How do I fix it? Will the baking soda + vinegar trick work or do I need to do something more serious?

How do I safely get rid of spotty bits that happened during my second seasoning attempt months ago? I think I did not leave it in the oven long enough and possibly at too low a temp. Do I start w/soap and scrubbing and then start seasoning all over?

Is it better to buy pre-seasoned pans or pans that aren’t seasoned and do it all yourself?

How do you handle the little bit of flash rusting that occurs after a good scrub? Or just ignore?

Help! I got a 2nd hand griddle MadeIn griddle. Stripped because rust and gunk. So followed these steps, but conola oil. After an hour, the season is more gold/bronze. Mostly even color. Is it okay? Or do I need to strip and start again?

How would you use the made in seasoning wax in this process? Same way? Thanks!

First time that instructions were to not put into the oven upside down.

Is it ok that I used a stainless steel scrubber to clean it initially? Nothing was taking off the brown and black residue from my poor initial seasoning.

What is the name of you carbon steel pan ? It looks great

How often do I need to do this process? I am buying this for my mother-in-law lol

When you put it on the stovetop to burn off the water, is it bad if your pan gets discolored?

Once your pan is seasoned and you've used it, you rinse, dry, set on burner to complete dry, do you need to oil again?

What about ghee, it has a smoke point of 485 F?

I like the pan you have. Where do I buy it?

did you burn off sleeves on vest ?

Would the steps for a Carbon Steel Wok be the same as the pan?

does this work for carbon steel woks?

Is it safe to use metal utensils on this, or will you just scrape up your seasoning and ruin it?

Made in claims that you have to season your pan before each use? Is that true?

Trade in your paper towels for a rag, be a little more environmentally friendly