> Toss the cast iron Blasphemy! (As someone raised in the southern US) In all seriousness, the biggest difference I've found in properly keeping up cast iron

> Toss the cast iron Blasphemy! (As someone raised in the southern US) In all seriousness, the biggest difference I've found in properly keeping up cast iron is using the right cleaning method. Water. Or just a bit of highly-diluted dish soap. I know there's ways to do proper coating (oven clean, etc), but most of the time I just hot fire mine on a gas burner with some oil. Works fine. Also, there's no way in hell I'd cook cast iron on an electric top. (though I don't have experience with induction) And finally... cook things with more fat. Bacon in the pan frequently goes a long way towards making it happy.