well hello folks it's Mike here I just
want to welcome you back to Mr cast iron
and we've got another great question
today from one of our viewers uh Michael
ask do you all the outside of a cast
iron skillet and uh you know that's a
great question he says I'm confused do I
need to put any oil on the outside or do
I only do that if I plan to use it in
the oven and uh he commented on my video
here that says do I need to season a new
Lodge cast iron skillet and in that
particular video we were talking about
uh seasoning uh coming from Lodge or
most manufacturers these days uh all
your cast iron comes pre-seasoned which
means that it already has a base coat of
oil baked into your cast iron skillet
but what he's saying here he says I'm
confused do I need to put any oil on the
outside or do I only do that if I put it
in the oven so what really he's asking
is if you're only wash after you're
cooking a meal and you wash and clean
your cast iron skillet and then you
place it on the stove to dry it out and
uh you're getting ready to put it away
and you place you a little small coat of
oil inside to maintain your seasoning on
the inside of the skillet do you really
need to do it on the outside and I've
got one of my favorite Skillets here
this is a number eight Three Notch Lodge
cast iron skillet is about as old as I
am and it's one of my favorite Skillets
but I don't know if the camera will
allow this but if you can see this
little area right here every time I wash
and clean this cast iron skillet up
after I've been cooking in it place it
on the stove to dry it out and add my
maintenance seasoning on the inside when
I lift it up and pull it off they'll
always be a small rust spot right here
so the answer to that question Michael
is I would suggest that you always oil
the outside of your cast iron skillet
lightly just as well as you do on the
inside because it is all cast iron so
you know it is subject to moisture it's
subject to rust and that is the whole
purpose behind adding a little bit of
Maintenance oil to your cast iron before
you actually place it uh you know put it
away and store it away till you're ready
to use it once again so you know that's
a great question you know I'm sure more
than one has asked this and been curious
about it and I hope this has been
helpful we certainly appreciate all
questions uh let us know you know if you
season or you oil the outside of your
cast iron every time uh when you get
done with it and you wash and clean it
up do you actually put a small thin
layer on the outside as well now I also
want to suggest you know not just the
outside and the bottom but be sure and
get the handle and the grooves and
everything because like I said it is all
cast IR iron so it is subject to rust so
be sure and put you a little thin layer
of oil to that and you'll be in good
shape so hey leave us a comment and
question if you have one and we'll be
glad to get back to you as soon as we
can and try to answer your question as
well y'all have a great day now it's
Mike over here at Mr cast iron we'll see
you later bye-bye