Benefits of Owning a Cast Iron Skillet and Why Your Homestead Kitchen Needs One

If you are new to cooking or just looking to upgrade your cooking skills, the equipment you use is crucial. This includes getting some top-quality pans, and definitely having at least one cast iron skillet in your homestead kitchen.

I received my first cast iron skillet several years ago and I absolutely love it and use one of the many I now have almost every day! Here are some benefits of about cast iron skillets and why you should start using them.

Benefits of Having Cast Iron Skillets Around Your Homestead Kitchen

Cast Iron is a Lifelong Investment

Cast iron skillets are unique in that they can last a lifetime or longer. They might cost more, but they are a lifetime investment and you are getting a pan that you should never have to replace. If you find one at a garage sale or antique sale, buy it! If your grandmother passed a set down to you, definitely accept them. These will work just as well as when the cast iron skillet was new. In fact, there is really no reason to buy one new since you can probably find one secondhand and it will be amazing quality. 

Your Food Will Taste Better

There is no doubt about it; food cooked in a cast iron skillet just tastes better. This is a very high quality type of pan where the more you cook on it, the more it gets seasoned. When you do that, everything else that gets cooked in it gets those unique flavors, and it brings out the natural flavor of foods so much better. Try cooking fish or meat in your cast iron next time and see if you notice a difference in how it tastes.

Cast Iron Skillets Are Naturally Non-Stick

When you “season” a cast iron skillet properly, it becomes non-stick naturally, and therefore you don’t need to grease it or use oil spray before cooking something in it. When you are using less oil, not only do you not change the flavor of your meal, but you also keep it a little lighter. Nothing wrong with that!

Cast Iron is Much More Versatile

There is a lot you can do with a cast iron skillet, not just in what food you can cook in it, but where it can be used. They actually work great with any type of heat, even bringing it camping with you and cooking food right over a fire. We bring our cast iron skillets with us when we go camping, all the time! They work really great right over a fire and also on any camping cookstoves.

We also have a glass top stove at home that I love cooking with our cast iron on. Maybe you’ve heard the myth that you can’t use cast iron on glass cooktops? Read this article on the Lodge Cast Iron website about 10 Myths Busted about Cast Iron.

Another benefit of cast iron skillets is you can also start cooking your meal on the stove, then transfer the cast-iron to the oven. It works great for desserts in addition to main dishes, veggies, and so much more.

Do you have any cast iron skillets? Do you love them as much as I do? What other cast iron do you have? Let me know in the comments below!

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