My mother in law was the best cook(not chef) on the planet. Her go to skillet was cast iron she got from her mom. I don't know if it went back further than that, but like you said Frank, it was like glass inside. Nothing ever stuck and she could make anything with it on a stove top. When she passed I was hoping nobody would claim it but my idiot brother in law got the old O'keefe&Merrit stove and the skillet. His house was so small he couldn't get the behemoth stove in and left it out and decided to steam clean both the stove and the skillet(did I mention he was an idiot?) and last I saw as we were moving both were outside in the weather rusted up.

I lucked into an even nicer old O'keefe&Merrit and bought a new cast iron skillet. But I'm going to have to do your process as the new skillet just can't hold a candle to the old one. Nothing beats good cast iron cookware. I found a cast iron griddle that somebody left in a fire pit in the mountains. I think it was basically new. I'm not sure if they just forgot it or just left it. Its very handy too but I'm going to have to do your process to it too.

Thanks so much for sharing.