I have a question. I have a few pieces of old cast iron that I picked up at garage sales and such. I believe the are Griswold. I recently wanted to use the 6qt dutch oven for baking bread in my oven. It was "seasoned" so I just rinced it out and dried with paper towel.

The recipe called for preheating the oven and pan to 450. We after about 20 minutes it started smoking and stinking. Is that normal at that high temp, and just the "seasoning" burning off?

Is there anything I can do about it?

Thanks,

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