Secrets to cleaning cast iron to keep it NON-STICK
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2021
- Want to learn my secrets to cleaning cast iron the fast and easy way? Even when things are stuck on (which once you get a good seasoning on there isn't very frequent but does still happen) you'll have it cleaned up in a jiffy without soap or a ton of scrubbing.
I cook almost everything with cast iron, from biscuits, pies, pancakes, pot pies, casseroles, cream of scratch soups, gravy, brownies, and of course meat, eggs, and veggies. It's truly the most versatile piece of cookware in our home and doesn't have to be a pain to clean if you follow these tips...
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Thanks for watching! I hope this helps with
your cast iron. To get on the waitlist for the wooden dough scraper (aka cast iron cleaner) and wooden bench knives go here melissaknorris.lpages.co/wood-product-waitlist/
Hope I got on the wait list in time ---
I was going to reply and ask if you could sell me a wooden scraper also suggest you could sell them being I can't find one, You are Great, God has truly Blessed you. God Bless you Sister in Jesus Mighty Name
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I went to the link but I can't find the wait list :/ Can you help me :)
Great video
I hope he is still making the scrapers. Very informative. Thanks!
I was raised with cast iron cooking the food and my father and mom always washed out cast iron in hot soapy water, and rinsed them and wiped them dry right away. It did not ruin their seasoned pan, and we're never rusty. For 16 yrs this is how my parents did it. My dad said you can get sick on uncleaned pans just wiped out because some old oil on pans gets spoiled.
Hmmm I've been using my cast irons for about the same amount of time 16 18 yrs. and have cooked and baked pretty much everything you can imagine in them and only my chili pot has seen soap and water once ( i let the wife make the chili that time 😉) other than that NO water ever. Scotch bright stainless steel scrubby or similar, wipe it out with a paper towel hang it up for next time. It's all in the temp of the pan when you start cooking.
Completely agree. It’s not that complicated
Dry your cast iron on stove top. I always use dawn dish soap when I clean my cast iron then dry atop the stove.
My Mom always washed her cast iron skillet with soapy hot water too and so did her Grandmother. I do same today using Dawn liquid.
I also wonder about other people's cast irons. My mom has a cast iron tawa and we wash it with soap and water although there are times we can leave it oily and some rare times when it has been left with just a wash for too long, the thin rust just comes off easy on washing with steel wool and it's smooth AF.
I think the whole point with cast irons is too not leave them alone too long without oiling and get a good quality without the pores and grizzly look.
I’m fortunate enough to have been given cast iron (in excellent condition) from two of my great grandmothers through my grandmothers. I’ve just started cooking in them regularly. It brings me so much joy to hold my family history in my hands and be able to use them in a meaningful way to care for my family!
Someone actually left three Lodge skillets…and a smaller one …in an apartment we lived in years ago…I added a small round, handled griddle.
I was given a ci grill pan from my great grandmother in Switzerland which had been handed down thru the generations. I treasure it so much.
The older cast iron are also worrh $$$. You probably wouldn't part with them for any amount of $$$.
Finally ... someone gets it! :) That is 'almost' exactly the way I've been cleaning mine for over 50 years, and It works great. (We've been married 59 years.)
= Difference = Before I do anything else I use paper towels to wipe out any excess grease/food, etc. then just throw them in trash.
I use a (plastic type?) spatula instead of the wooden scraper in the bottom of the skillet to scrape out the stuck on stuff while it still has the HOT water in it on the stove top.
I use a stiff brush and hot tap water to scrub as needed. (YES even a couple drops of soap ONLY IF needed = NO it will NOT hurt the pan or seasoning, just don't over do it.)
Sometimes the little blue scratchy sponge if needed. I use paper towels to wash it and to dry it. I never use the dish cloth or towels for cast iron.
When done put it on a stove burner on medium-low for about 5 or 6 minutes to make sure it's hot and dry.
Then wipe out the inside with a paper towel pad with a couple drops canola oil on it while it's HOT, Do Not use too much oil.
I KNOW this method works well because I've been doing mine for over 50 years. I have 5 cast iron skillets and a dutch oven, four of which I got USED over 50 years ago from my parents and I've been using them every since. They all still look better than new! :)
I’ve been married 53 years and inherited cast iron skillets. I do the same thing.
My cast ironware, older than the 73 I am, look much better than I do.
Nowadays you can use soap to clean CI. In the old days there was lye in the soap, which does remove the seasoning. There is no lye in soaps anymore, so it's save to use. Afterwards you can dry the it on the stove and oil it while still hot, if needed. I love the scraper! Great idea.
@@repentofidols I agree, I use dish soap with zero issues. It's important to dry it after you clean it. I heat it dry on the stove then coat with a super thin layer of oil.
As a youngster , I was told "Never clean cast-iron with anything you wouldn't put in your mouth / and eat"
I don’t get the mercury comment
What kind of oil
@@jamesSmith-fl5wv it really doesn't matter. Coat it very lightly while still warm. Than wipe it almost dry.
This method you shared is the best! It has left my cast iron in the best non-stick condition than ever before! Thank you for sharing!
Loved, loved, loved this video!! I've always been afraid to cook certain things because of the cleaning aspect and fearing having to reseason my pan. Thank you!!!
I had a love-hate relationship with cast-iron in the beginning but now that I understand it more it’s really all we cook with
I can totally see how it can be frustrating if you don't know how to care for them properly thanks for sharing!
I love this comment because right now I’m mad at my cast iron but it seems like once I can learn to use it best, I’ll use it for everything.
I've been using the salt scrub technique whenever necessary, but I really like this idea of using the wooden scraper...so I just finished placing myself onto the waiting list. I've also been stepping up my game when it comes to seasoning the cutting boards and wooden utensils, so I'll just add the dough scrapers to my standard regimen. Your sourdough starter blog and video is about to lead me into a whole new set of adventures.
Lol, you put yourself on a list to get simething you don't need from someone making money from it 😅
Great video!! I use paper towels to wipe out any left over food or grease, lodge plastic scrapers to scrape any tough food bits, splash water in the pan and wipe out clean. Let the pan stay on the medium heat to dry completely and then wipe on some Crisco and let it cool down. I love cast iron!
Well, if you cook something with garlic and other intense flavors and don't use dish detergent, the next time you cook your brownies or whatever, they're gonna absorb the leftover flavors. I go ahead and use dish detergent and immediately dry the pan, and usually give it a very light oiling afterwards. No issues so far.
Sorry, I cook meat with onions and garlic, clean the pan as shown and then bake brownies without any cross over of flavor. The pan is clean without the soap and with a good seasoning it doesn't absorb flavors.
I agree with you Melissa, never a problem here either. ... (besides, what's wrong with garlic and onion flavored brownies?) :)
This is proper cast iron cleaning. I use. Stainless pad for cleaning with Dawn power spray then I dry and coat the pan. I make quick and convenient cleaning and my seasoning always performs well for me.
My grandmother told me to boil water with a drop of dish soap after cooking with something spicey. Then rub a little oil. The hot opened the pores in the iron and released the spice. I made the mistake of making peach cobbler after spicey garlic sauce. BUT my grandmother always kept a pan just for pies.
Use a small drop of soap on my cast iron pans and don't submerge in water, just rinse thoroughly. They have been working perfectly for me for 52 years!
I enjoyed your video and look forward to viewing others on your channel. I am new to cooking with cast iron and truth be told, new to cooking anything that involved more than 3 ingredients or 3 steps. However, last year with more time at home, I become somewhat obsessed with trying to find the very best way to cook steak (indoors) and it didn't take long to discover that a cast iron skillet was the best bet. So now, after many youtube videos, mistakes, blunders, and the occasional ouch burns, I cooked a flat iron steak and received my first "wow" from my skeptical family! Now, I'm going to look beyond steak to further my cooking adventures but first I'll review your advice and tips because I suspect that I'm doing something wrong during either or both the cleaning, seasoning steps.
Thanks for your help and have a wonderous day!
This is honestly one of the best ways I've seen someone not wash their pan and I appreciate it. I do wash and reseason my pans just because I'm a freak about the gems but this is pretty great. Two small things, one it's always a good idea to not just wipe out the water because the cloth will leave some behind but to reheat the plan until it steams and then stops streaming so you've removed all the water. Two while the dough scrapers are great there's also cast iron safe chain wool for when things are just too stuck (like burnt bbq chicken)
My dogs would lick that up outside and any other animals
I think the ultimate point is that she’s trying to sell the wood scraper her husband makes 😉
Make a paper pattern to match the inside corner of pan. Transfer to any thin scrap of wood and cut out with a coping saw available at Home Depot for little or nothing. Cut off fuzz with a quarter sheet of garnet paper and you have a 'Custom Pan Scraper'.
Or just throw a cedar shim in the sink and use the butt end on your pans. Cost 10¢)
Soap and water ia a big YES on my cast iron..... 👍
If you season it right in the beginning your go to go. Mine was preseasoned and I used steel pads to strip out what they had done and started from scratch. That was over ten years ago and I wash it every time I use it. It still works better than any nonstick pan.
This was super helpful! We love our cast iron, but have never really nailed down how to clean them properly without having to re-season semi-frequently. We also use the plastic dough scraper (it was actually the scraper to clean off the pampered chef stones), we'll have to look into a wooden one! So smart! Thank you so much for sharing!
When you 1st got your cast iron did it smell when baking/seasoning it? I seasoned mine for the 1st time and it kind of gave a strong smell
@@anthonyfootball80 yes, it is common for new cast iron items to have a "factory coating" on them, whether or not the item is labeled as "pre-seasoned," and it will smell strange the first time or two it is heated. Most pieces come with some info/instructions on the packaging, advising to at least rinse the item in very hot water and apply a thin coat of oil before cooking with it for the first time. For example, my Lodge pre-seasoned pan said that the oil they use for protection during shipping ("the factory coating") may smell funny, but is safe and will diminish with use" but I can't speak to that on any other brands. If you know the brand of pan you have, but it didn't come with info/instructions, you could check their website for more information. Hope this helps.
@@katiegleaves3792 yeah it's a lodge I was guessing the smell will go away ... thanks for replying!
Your husband needs to make those wooden pan scrapers a side business because I would buy one in a heartbeat and there's very many many people who are cast iron pan enthusiast collectors and lovers that would buy it too.
Great tutorial, I'll be doing 4 pans this weekend thanks.
I would love to purchase a scraper! I am currently using the plastic type. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful/informative videos!!
I founded a chain mail pad (sold by Lodge) for scrubbing and it works quite well for stuck on foods.
I have been using my cast iron for years and it is so so smooth, functions just like a non-stick pan. And I wash it with regular dish soap every time I cook in it. This is what I do after I wash it, I place it back on the heat for 10 mins on med-low heat so that all the water dries off and it's pores open and then I add a few drops of oil in the pan and spread it All over the pan, everywhere and then once cooled I store it. So the moral of the story is that you can wash it, but after you do it has to dry completely and then apply some oil and then store it. Works like a charm and is very smooth and clean for the next use
What oil you use
What oil you use
What oil you use for your cast iron pan
@@jaimegasca9556 Olive oil, the same one I cook with
Thank you!
I warm all of my heavy pans, cast iron or not, prior to cleaning. It was something I learned from a chef and it's amazing.
Just now learning about cleaning and seasoning pans. Thank you.
We use a brush that looks like a circular whiskbroom to clean our cast iron. The broom maker at the country fair sells them and they work really well. Use the bottom for most things and the top for caked on stuff.
You really inspire me thank you for all the hard work in the videos
Appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoy the videos!
I have a mug of hot water to pour into pan right after cooking. Using a wooden spatula is also very useful 👌 thx for your video.
Good morning from Georgia. I have really enjoyed watching your videos. I have binged watched them all. I continue to learn something new after each video. Look forward to receiving a cast iron wooden scraper. Just like you the plastic ones do not last very long.
Thrilled to have you here! So glad to hear the videos have been helpful too!
Great tips. Thanks for sharing!
Those wooden scrapers are genius! I’ll have to see if we can make some. I had a plastic one and I kinda melted it too. 😅 Thanks for the tips.
I am glad I ran into your channel. I love how you present the information, slowly and clearly. Thanks for the great tips. Also, can you share what you use over the handle to prevent burning your hand?
It was a gift from a reader but these are silicone ones on Amazon amzn.to/3cEmNy7 *affilaite link
This really helped me!!
Thank you so much for this video. I’d love to be on the list for the wooden dough scraper!
Thanks for the tips! I appreciate how you’re being careful with your plumbing. No one likes it when the toilets don’t flush well because grease has solidified in the drain on the way out of the house.
Chain mail. Ordered it from Amazon. Best thing ever.
My dad built a cabin when I was a young child, and we went up to the mountains to stay at the cabin every summer. There was a lake for fishing and lots of nature to explore. He had remodeled my mom's kitchen in a new house we moved into, and took the old kitchen metal cabinetry up to the cabin and installed it there. Mom had an old style white porcelain sink and counter at the cabin too. But...we didn't have running water yet. So dad always brought up large water storage containers, and plenty of cleaned out milk jugs.....and he'd drive down the road from our cabin to a natural spring that had a long pipe coming out of the ground, and we would fill all the water containers up. Subsequent water trips were made by myself and my brother and sister to the spring with the milk jugs. We all helped doing the dishes, and the water would drain out of the sink by the pipe, straight under the cabin (no basement. Had concrete block pillars). Dad got Mom a cast iron skillet, and they used it now and then. So one night it was just me doing the dishes, and I looked to see if there were any dirty skillets in the stove. I saw the cast iron skillet and thought it looked "greasy". I proceeded to wash and scrub that "dirty" skillet and get all of the greasy feel off of it. I think my parents had gone to the store or a drive. Later when they came back, my mom saw the skillet in the rinse rack.... realized I washed it. And had to explain to me that the cast iron skillet was supposed to be shiny and greasy looking. Lol, they both let out a heavy sigh.... saying "we just got the skillet perfect!". It was a new thing for them. And me too, I was 12 and had no idea. They weren't mad at me. They told that story now and then, and laughed about it later.
*not learned about that yet..... sorry
Love your sharing ❤
@@nickbushta282 don't have to be sorry... Just shut your trap and rather add a cast iron story of your own.
Your parents were so kind. I did something similar when I was young while my parents went grocery shopping. One of my chores was doing the dishes and I saw a greasy looking skillet on the range so I decided to clean that as well. My parents weren't happy at all especially since it was a skillet that once belonged to my great grandmother. My mom told my dad what I did and he hit me with a belt to the point where I had welts on my back. I quickly learned not to do something dumb like that ever again and that lesson has always stuck with me 😬
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A cotton shaped into a bag, filled with salt works great. I've also used a clean fairly 3M green scrubby wih hot water for seriously stuck on stuff.
Thanks for the video and happy easter😀😎🙌
Welcome and same to you!
Thanks for this vid, I have a lot of cast iron pans and this is a very useful video!
Glad it was helpful!
Love your videos. Great information.
Thanks for the instructions
You bet!
Good tutorial techniques. 👌🏼👏💞
Thanks.
For second-time water from your kitchen faucet, I think it is better to use that to boil your kettle.
I like 💕 that knitting handle for your cast iron pan
Team husband here: thanks for looking after for our drain pipes!
😊😊My wooden spoon set has a spatula that works nicely for cleaning my pan. Thanks for the video. I see some ideas to add to my plain salt&oil scrub. ❤❤
That's one way. Hot water from the sink and chainmail will do it. Then reheat to dry thoroughly and coat with a thin layer of cooking oil. Avocado is best for that. Otherwise if you use them often, I use mine daily, you can get away with just wiping it out. Some say that's dirty. Maybe it is but how often do you clean your grill with soap and water, or scrub the grates? That oil is good for the nonstick feature. I've found that's the best way that works for me anyway. Chainmail is worth its weight in gold when it comes to cleaning cast iron.
I've been using cast iron for years and love it! It's surprising how many people don't know how to properly care for and clean cast iron cookware. My girlfriend introduced me to your channel and you make great videos. Thank you for sharing and your time and effort!
My pleasure! Happy to have you here!
I have a friend with an old cast iron pan. She told me she hates it because everything sticks to it. I asked her when was the last time she seasoned it. She said, she doesn’t need to season it because she bought it preseasoned.
She had it for years and never seasoned it. I had to explain to her that she still needs to season the “preseasoned” pans. LOL
You can totally use soap!!! You just have to dry right away, thoroughly, and then apply a thin layer if oil before you put it away. Easy peasy. (I use olive oil because I can't have vegetable oil. But you can use whatever oil you like.)
I prefer to not use the soap so I don't have to oil it every time. Oil is more expensive and it cleans fine without the soap. I'm happy you've found a method that works for your cast iron though :)
Usually don't use soap, but do sometimes.
If the soap removes the seasoning, it isn't seasoned properly.
Didn't think it was a good idea to use olive oil that u shld use caster oil. 🤷♀️
There are several ways to clean cast iron. I’m 67 years old and have experience in seasoning cast iron and caring for my own. You can use soap, but don’t scrub with steel wool, and dry immediately and grease with crisco, which is best in my opinion. You can use boil method, which is good too. If food isn’t stuck, just wipe down with a paper towel and store in dry area. The best advice I can give is to use your cast iron skillet often to seal the seasoning. Don’t make it complicated. Just use it, clean it, dry thoroughly, and lightly grease with crisco.
@@marthahubbard9463 exactly
Nice job. Handy scrappers your husband is making
God love this traditional wife and home maker.
I don't have access to a handy woodworker, and my Pampered Chef pan scrapers work excellent [but NEVER when the pans are still hot]. I've been using them for as long as I've been using cast iron - about 25 years - and they work just fine. They're also cheap and easy to come by. Major stores have knockoffs that I'm sure will work well, too.
Even if my cast iron does not look like it needs oiled, I still oil them as part of the cleaning and drying process; I use my cook top for heat. I've been using coconut oil for most of these years, however recently as an experiment I've been using avocado oil and it works just as well [noticed no difference]. Some cheap veg oils can make your pans sticky.
Nice video content. I like the idea of a wooden scraper, especially handmade ones. A chainmail scrubber is great also, and will last as long as your iron. If I see the dull finish, I'll wipe an oily cloth around the surface, then wipe it off with a dry towel. This will take care of any deep scrapes in the seasoning layers until it builds up again.
Thank you for your sharing and I from Hongkong
Helpful video! Thanks
Thank u for this video. GOD BLESS
You're welcome! Same to you!
Thanks 🙏 love my Wagner. I do prefer a gas stove. We ditched the elec a few years ago. CI and gas go together like peas and carrots. 😊
I'll also add a bit of oil at the end. But thanks for the info. Love those dough scrapers.
I do if it still does look shiny
I now have 12 cast iron skillets .. sizes from small one egg skillet to a big heavy 14 inch one.
Ive used the plastic scraper and also kosher salt to clean them with good luck from both ways.. nothing like a nice tri tip steak cooked in a cast iron skillet ...
Lol, I needed this!
Wood shims from a hardware store work too. Cheap. Cut back enough to get the rigidity you need and sand the bevel on the scraping end. Can improve its longevity by coating with linseed oil (not boiled linseed oil since it is in contact with food surfaces).
where can i find a little brush like you have ? you made it looked so easy thanks 👍🏼
Thanks for posting you did good main thing hot pan hot water spray good to go
If dish detergent removes your seasoning, it wasn’t seasoning - it was grease. Proper seasoning won’t be affected by soap.
I'm confused... if the seasoning is formed on the surface of the pan from polymerized oils or fats (a.k.a. grease), and you keep dissolving any grease from the pan after each use, how does the pan become seasoned?
Never put soap on a cast iron. It will eventually get into the pores
@@CitizenKate you put it on high heat either in the oven or on the stove top to open the pores. When the pan is hot put your fat or oil on the pan. It will go into the pores and also create a layer of oil. When you are cooking always keep the heat low to medium at max
@@AVoiceForThePeople if your cast iron is properly seasoned there will be no “pores”.
@@CitizenKate This is the whole point - when grease becomes polymerized, it isn’t grease anymore and soap won’t dissolve it.
I've been using cast iron all my life. Mom kept it all seasoned well and never let us kids wash it. I learned early on to listen and learn. If you have a little "something" still stuck on, you can use salt. Pour a little on the area and use those arm muscles. Sometimes, the place is so small I just use my finger.
By the way, I inherited some of her Griswold!!
I don't know what I'd do without my little scraper thingy or how I ever lived without it. It came with a piece of bake ware someone gave me as a Christmas gift several years ago. The bake ware was too small for me to use it for anything other than a dog food bowl but that scraper that came with it has really been useful!
TRUST ME when I say as Melissa said-Do not put grease down drain!!!
We’ve had plumber &septic work 3 times in 1 month- we don’t dump grease down drain but apparently the previous owner dumped ALot of grease-it’s a nightmare and expensive!
Great video! I instinctively cleaned mine like this and a bamboo scraper. Has worked fantastically. Much better than all the other videos that make it look so tedious and daunting. DID YOU KNIT THOSE HANDLE COVERS?? I need to know where you got them and what they are. I don’t want silicone covers.
LOVE cast iron ❤️ Simple to use and clean
I have a few wood and bamboo spatulas that also work really well for those sticky bits. You can get a pack of 3 for about $3.
Nice job😊
Really good video. Time to head to the shop to make myself a couple/few scrapers.
Using my CI skillet for scrambled eggs drives me crazy, and we love 'em. What a PITB. I always think I've got my pan seasoned quite well................until I make scrambled eggs. Nope.
It's a work in progress.
I have a small stainless steel spatula. I rounded the corners and keep the edge sharpened. First I scrape the food loose, the i sprinkle pan with salt and with a paper towel wipe out the rinse with clean water. Dry or heat to dry.
Good information thank you.
You're welcome
I use salt from time to time but mostly do as you are doing,. i Love the wooden tool and in your comments I saw where a lady is using a wooden spoon that too was an ah ha moment (I can do this) its all about the simple things. I absolutely LOVE your dish drainer. where did you get it from?
Please let me know when you get more wood scrapers, I like to try it on my iron pan. I like your videos. Thank you.
Well I have a set of three cast iron skillets with different sizes that came without seasoning. I seasoned them five times each and now use them mostly for meat, potatoes, pan pizzas and pancakes and the food rarely sticks. When I clean them I usually just throw a bit water and lightly scrub them with a soft sponge, I only add soap (regular bleach free soap, no detergent) if something is really sticked but just few drops. Once I have them clean I dry them with a towel and give them a very light oil before storing them. I found this method works for me, however I never though about the water temperature, which makes sense, so I´ll try to use warm water instead of room temperature water. Thanks for the advice.
Hey Melissa, love your video. Quick question for you, what kind of handle covers do you have on your pans? I have the red silicone ones that are useless. I noticed yours don't move around or slide or come off, where did you get those?
I have a square of stainless chainmail to scrape up stuck on food. I use it with hot water and it works great. Got it from Amazon.
Wash the damn thing and mild soap and water. Dry it completely over a low flame. Then wipe with a mixture of beeswax and lard. I’ve been doing this for over 20 years and it works great!
I will occasionally use soap and a gentle scrubbie for stuck on stuff, my cast iron is still wonderfully non stick. I always thoroughly dry it and oil it after. It is my understanding that the nonstick seasoning is bonded to the pan, you would need to use something very rough to damage the seasoning. I never let my pan sit and soak in water, that is extremely damaging! I have found cast iron extremely easy to clean, most of the time I just wipe it down and it's good to go, I think people make it more complicated that it needs to be!
You are right. It's ok to use soap as long as it's non lye based, which most dish soaps are these days. I think a lot of people confuse seasoning with residual oil left in the pan. Dish soap removes the liquid oil but doesn't affect the solid seasoning. So long as the pan is lightly oiled after cleaning, it's fine.
Thank You So Much !!!!
Melissa, did you make the handle insulators which are on your cast iron pans? If not, where did you find them? Thanks for your awesome channel and helpful videos!
You can get them from lodgecastiron.com . Insulated cloth, silicone, and also hand crafted leather. Must haves for hot cast iron, and easier to use than a pot holder.
@@timrogers961 Thanks Tim, greatly appreciate the info!!
I can do that going forward, but previously I've just cleaned the pan with the next meal. ;-)
That's funny...and more common than one would think
What a great idea for the wooden bowl scraper! I bought a plastic one and ruined it right away 😩
At least I'm not alone lol
Do you still have the wooden scrappers available?
If your pan is properly seasoned gently scrape it while it's still warm, rinse, wipe down and place on low heat until dry. I always give a wipe down with a drop of oil so it's ready for next use. Also if your pan is full of grease let it get cold then wipe it out with a paper towel rinse the crumbs and heat the pan on the burner until dry. You can absolutely use a drop of dish liquid to break up and emulsify excessive grease. As others have pointed out lye is no longer used in dish detergents now. Just make sure its rinsed well and dried properly.
I heat my CI pan and use distilled white vinegar and a nylon scrubby pad to clean it. Works like a charm
I just got some cast iron cookware and it has rusted what do you recommend for cleaning the rust to bring them back?
Thank you!
I would like to be notified when you have some wooden scrapers avaliable
Thank you 😊
I do as you do but I put back on stove for a couple of minutes to dry completely
You're a QUEEN, thank you, I just had heavy crease in both my cast iron and it worked like a charm!
This woman is making this way more harder than it needs to be.
If you have a better solution, please share with us all.
I use steel wool to clean my Lodge cast iron when it's really dirty. Other times I just rinse it with water. My pan is thicker than hers and I use cold water on a hot pan all the time and never had a problem in the years I've done this. I always reheat the pan after rinsing to dry it completely and this keeps the rust off.
I don't get all crazy about the seasoning like a lot of people. I find that as long as I wait until the pan gets up to temperature and I have some oil or fats on the pan I don't have a problem with food sticking. I haven't grilled a steak over a fire since I started using a cast iron pan. Now all my meats are cooked on cast iron.
I would love to see how you store your cast iron pans. I have some in my camper and maybe it's because they've been used on a fire, but they always seem to leave black marks on everything that they are set on.
I sit mine on a thick piece of cardboard and if they’re stacked, I put more between them. In my mind it keeps the moisture out.
My husband took a piece of 3/4" oak x 48" x 6" or so and finished the edges with a special router bit, found some heavy hooks at a hardware store and placed them a good distance apart (measure your pans for sizes) the screwed the whole plank to a wall behind a door in my pantry so the are easy to get to and store out of the way. I cannot possibly lift a stack of pans that are from 10-14" in diameter so this works really well for us. It came out really nicely and I like being able to see my pans- we don't have a lot of cabinet space so it works on many levels.
Thanks for this video. Off topic, I like your cabinets. Were they the Oak variety that you repainted or re-stained? I also like that counter top you are working on.
Parchment paper on the bottom will prevent sticking for brownies and cakes. I use steel wool to clean them. With some elbow grease. When I get ready to use them. I heat them up then put some lard on it.
Thank you so much .
Hey there thank you for the video I enjoyed it I cooking an iron skillet too and I refuse to use anything otherwise than that and cooking on one for 7 years I would say and I love it and the dough scraper is a good idea but I always use a spackle knife I found out that works the same way too and I learned something from you that I did not know for a little bit of oil on it after done cleaning if you need to thank you and I hope you and your family have a happy blessful Christmas and have a happy New Year too you deserve a like from me I'm going to hit the like button for you
I have some old (30 /40 years) cast iron pans. They are not just seasoned, they have a shiny layer on them that looks like baked enamel. You can clean them any way you want and you will not hurt them. Soak your newer pans in hot water and scrub them out, wipe on a little oil and blast them with heat until they smoke. Just keep at it and you will be all set. You don't have to baby them.
Where did you buy your pan please?