Cast Iron Newbie

[ozark hen]

For those of us who have those glass top electric ranges.........can we just use the iron skillets in the oven? I would love to use them but with electric??? I do have enamel coated cast iron pots that are my favs for on top the stove. I just don't know if the heat in electric oven would work??? thanks for any advice

 

[smac]

I have no idea about glass top. The electric part is not an issue, in fact the cast iron will help evenly distribute the spotty heat you get with electric. I would check the user's manual to make sure the surface wouldn't be damaged. Then again, I imagine that they take into consideration all varieties of pots & pans when they manufactured the cook top. If you can't find your manual at home, they usually have them in PDF format online.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

You can use cast iron in the oven. I use my newer ones on stovetop, but i won't use my antique ones on electric coil stovetop on account of it leaving a spiral pattern on the pan bottom. I don't know if it actually hurts them, but i didn't want to take the chance.

 

[foxinachickenhouse]

I have used my cast iron on all types of cooking surfaces from glass top electric, to gas, to fire pit coals. no problems.