How much oil do you need to put on the bottom of this to safety heat without ruining the enamel?
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Just enough to coat the bottom of the pan. . . i use cooking spray. Be careful not to heat to quickly. I never use empty on high heat.
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Enough to coat the bottom evey. I start slowly and have never had proem. It's a wonderful pott.
608258
use any king of cooking oil. Put on area and leave for a few hours. comes right off.
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hi Katy - No! Never put wax directly on the heat! It is too volatile, and can catch fire that way. Recommended - either get a double boiler, or use an available adapter to make an existing pot the bottom part. Also recommended - candle-making thermometer to make sure your temps are okay, and a beginning candle-making book.
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Oil is the best, small amounts but only add it after the pan gets warm. If you use Pam it will get sticky and leaves a coating that is hard if almost impossible to remove. Just follow the manufacturers instructions.
250080
Coat the entire inside of the grill and grates with oil and heat it to "cure" the metal and prevent it from rusting. The second step in this process is to light the grill and heat it (without food on it) for a while to bake the oil in and burn off the excess. Any kind of edible oil or shortening will work, I used PAM because it's a lot easier to spray than any other way. You should repeat the process occasionally if you don't use it often, especially with the grates.
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usualy i'm use 1.5l of canola oil for cooking. it's much less than use deep frypan !!
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I use a small amount of butter. Small amount of oil works well. Dry not so much.
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I've put it in at 450 and I believe the use and care said up to 500. Always wash by hand to preserve the nonstick finish. I always give it a light layer of vegetable oil before each use. It gets lots of use and still looks brand new.
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Add a few drops of oil to two or three tablespoons of water. Strength of oil to your liking. I am more sensitive to strength soI use less oil. Enjoy!
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I rub it down with olive oil and bake it in at a low heat for half hour or more. I also store my pieces in the oven so if room permits, they bake along with what ever else is in the oven. I haven't noticed anything going bad, but I do use mine quiet often so the heat will kill anything.
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the external diamentions at its widest point is about 9 3/4" If you are using the dutch oven to heat oil in which you are planning to dip the basket, you are not giving yourself a wide enough margin between the edge of the pot and the basket. This will cause the contents to make the oil boil over, causing a fire or worse.
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Liquid has to come to the bottom of the sensor. So far, I have been able to use as little as 1 inch or maybe 1.5 inches of oil. You don't want the sensor to touch the bottom of your cooking utensil for sure.
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Definitely 2 quarts minimum. 3 will handle you just fine. I used a roller and was very careful with masking out the area to be painted.
8709
I've used 350 or 375 when using. Works wonderfull and cleans easily. I haven't put it at a higher temp because I've not needed to.
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**********I don't recommend doing this because it's probably a fire hazard.********** Yes, read my review. In summary I used olive oil because that's all I had lying around and two years later it's still working as a beauty! I think I poured some olive oil through the hole at the top then on another occasion rub olive oil over paper and fed it through the machine. Definitely not what you're supposed to do but it worked a treat. **********I don't recommend doing this because it's probably a fire hazard.**********
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The very best way I have found - using flaxseed oil, apply a very light coating to all surfaces. Wipe until it looks almost dry. Then put in a cold oven face down, heat to about 500F, leave in two hours, let cool. Repeat 5 times. It's a lot of work, but when you are done the pan has multiple layers of a very hard coating. Flaxseed oil works better than vegetable oils. You can also do this on the grille. Reward yourself with one beer for every cycle and it won't seem like too much of a chore...
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If you need oil use 10w. A brand called zoom spout works great Grainger industrial supply sells it