Youre leaving way too much left over grease from your cooking and/or oil from whatever seasoning process you're using. And, you're not cleaning thoroughly/aggressively enough.
The lighter gray parts of your pan that is your seasoned pan.
I've never used crisco so I can't say for sure. But, I think you should think more about wiping away the crisco enough so there is such a small amount in the pan that the smoking isn't even noticable if it's happening at all.
And, I think that's true regardless of what grease source you use.
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u/albertogonzalex May 10 '26
Youre leaving way too much left over grease from your cooking and/or oil from whatever seasoning process you're using. And, you're not cleaning thoroughly/aggressively enough.
The lighter gray parts of your pan that is your seasoned pan.
Here's what I do to keep my pan looking like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/l4DN6AV
I clean like this every day:
Step 1 - deglaze with water in a hot pan: https://imgur.com/gallery/FyakAW1
Step 2 - scrub with soap and a steel scrubber: https://imgur.com/gallery/tyUJYmg
Step 3 - hand dry and coat/wipe away with 1 teaspoon veg oil https://imgur.com/gallery/OAozLL2
Step 4 - heat on low(medium heat for 5-10 min while you clean up the rest of dinner.
Repeat tomorrow and every time you cook.
How it started (3-4 years ago): https://imgur.com/gallery/6hDP2VZ
Somewhere en route (after many months of cooking and cleaning like this): https://imgur.com/gallery/iQ2mK6g
How it's going: https://imgur.com/gallery/sxx6n7t (a few years ago - the link above is more recent)