to season you pan all you have to do is grease it with Crisco all over and put in a 300 degree oven for a few hours or overnight. If you have problems with things sticking in it put a layer of salt in it and burn it and that will help. In the beginning after you put in on the stove to dry you can spray it with oil and it'll help for the next time you cook with it. After alot of uses and several seasonings you won't have to worry about them being so tempermental and rusting. They will take any temp of heat you put at them. It is the best way to sear or blacken a steak.