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Cast Iron Cleaning
Posted on 12/6/22 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 12/6/22 at 8:45 pm
Anyone have any good tips of getting stuck on seasoning from a cast iron skillet? My skillet was seasoned well at one point but lately I’ve noticed things sticking to it more frequently, and right now I have clumps of seasoning I cannot scrub off
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Posted on 12/6/22 at 8:59 pm to Tiger328
Heat well. Put a cup or so of water in the very hot pan. Scrub or scape lightly. Pour out the water, rinse, wipe with a paper towel and heat until dry.
Posted on 12/6/22 at 9:09 pm to Tiger328
Get some chain mail
Posted on 12/6/22 at 9:12 pm to Tiger328
Do you have a gas grill? Put it in there, close the lid, and turn on high for 30 minutes. It will all burn off.
Did mine a few months ago and now it’s slick as ice.
Did mine a few months ago and now it’s slick as ice.
Posted on 12/6/22 at 9:16 pm to REB BEER
Would it be unwise to do this in an offset smokers firebox with a hot fire under it?
Posted on 12/6/22 at 9:16 pm to Tiger328
Buy a chain mail sponge. +1 for getting hot and “deglazing” bottom with water and a spatula etc
Posted on 12/6/22 at 9:24 pm to Tiger328
Put it on your crawfish jet burner if you really want to nuke it
Posted on 12/6/22 at 9:32 pm to DaBeerz
Put it on the stove and heat it up until the pan starts to smoke. Set your oven for 250.
Meanwhile, fill your sink with hot tap water.
Grab a metal spatula and a hot pad and put the pan into the hot water (lean back because it will sizzle)
Scrap off any stuff with the spatula.
Put the pan back on the stove over low heat to evaporate any remaining water.
Once the water is gone, rub in a thin coat of oil or crisco and place in the oven upside down for about 20 minutes.
Cut the oven off and let it cool down naturally.
Meanwhile, fill your sink with hot tap water.
Grab a metal spatula and a hot pad and put the pan into the hot water (lean back because it will sizzle)
Scrap off any stuff with the spatula.
Put the pan back on the stove over low heat to evaporate any remaining water.
Once the water is gone, rub in a thin coat of oil or crisco and place in the oven upside down for about 20 minutes.
Cut the oven off and let it cool down naturally.
Posted on 12/6/22 at 11:09 pm to Tiger328
Scrub it hard with steel wool, then coat it with oil and bake it on low for hours. Better to do it outside on the BBQ pit so it doesn't stink the house up.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 6:17 am to SUB
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Would it be unwise to do this in an offset smokers firebox with a hot fire under it?
I don’t see why that wouldn’t work. To all the posters saying to scrub the shite out of it…if you do what spotcheckbilly and I am saying, there won’t be any scrubbing. The caked up shite that’s on there now will just flake off. It’s much easier.
This post was edited on 12/7/22 at 8:20 am
Posted on 12/7/22 at 6:40 am to Tiger328
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Anyone have any good tips of getting stuck on seasoning
Is it stuck seasoning or food?
If seasoning is flaking it needs to be stripped and re-seasoned.
If it is food place on stove with water covering the bottom. Heat till water is boiling and the food should come off easily. High heat is not necessary.
Do not pour cold water into a HOT pan or put a HOT pan in water. It can warp or crack.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:46 am to Tiger328
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My wife picked one of these up for me a while back. Makes it a LOT easier to clean. No loner use the rough side of a typical kitchen sponge. It's a silicone 'sponge' with a chain mail/mesh. I just clean the cast iron in the sink with running hot water (every now and then I may use a little soap to cut grease oil residue). Towel dry, then put it on the stove to finish drying completely.
If you want to strip it completely, I've had good success with putting the cast iron upside down in the oven then running a self clean cycle. Once that finishes, clean the cast iron and season.
My wife picked one of these up for me a while back. Makes it a LOT easier to clean. No loner use the rough side of a typical kitchen sponge. It's a silicone 'sponge' with a chain mail/mesh. I just clean the cast iron in the sink with running hot water (every now and then I may use a little soap to cut grease oil residue). Towel dry, then put it on the stove to finish drying completely.
If you want to strip it completely, I've had good success with putting the cast iron upside down in the oven then running a self clean cycle. Once that finishes, clean the cast iron and season.
This post was edited on 12/7/22 at 8:49 am
Posted on 12/7/22 at 8:47 am to Tiger328
Posted on 12/7/22 at 9:33 am to Tiger328
If the seasoning is messed up and wonky you can strip it with lye and re-season. Lye bath, vinegar bath, and season with veg oil is how I clean up used cast iron. People almost give away old American cast iron cookware.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 9:43 am to Tiger328
Hot pan
Steel sponge
water
dish soap
oil
Tongs
Paper towels
Put water and a drop of dish soap into hot pan (or pot), grab the steel sponge with the tongs and scrub the shite out of it. Rinse with hot water and repeat as necessary. Once clean, dry with paper towels and put on stove over high heat to burn off remaining moisture. Remove from heat, add oil and wipe excess oil off with more paper towels.
It is a fallacy that you can't use soap with cast iron. Once properly seasoned it will take a shite ton of soap and scraping to remove that baked in oil. Water is your true enemy, so you must cook off any moisture. The oil at the end is to help maintain seasoning and protect from any moisture in the air.
Steel sponge
water
dish soap
oil
Tongs
Paper towels
Put water and a drop of dish soap into hot pan (or pot), grab the steel sponge with the tongs and scrub the shite out of it. Rinse with hot water and repeat as necessary. Once clean, dry with paper towels and put on stove over high heat to burn off remaining moisture. Remove from heat, add oil and wipe excess oil off with more paper towels.
It is a fallacy that you can't use soap with cast iron. Once properly seasoned it will take a shite ton of soap and scraping to remove that baked in oil. Water is your true enemy, so you must cook off any moisture. The oil at the end is to help maintain seasoning and protect from any moisture in the air.
Posted on 12/7/22 at 11:18 am to Tiger328
My wife left my favorite cast iron skillet out last week and our maid put it in the dishwasher 
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:46 pm to jchamil
quote:subtle 'i have a cast iron skillet' brag
My wife left my favorite cast iron skillet out last week and our maid put it in the dishwasher
Posted on 12/7/22 at 2:48 pm to CAD703X
quote:
subtle 'i have a cast iron skillet' brag
She comes like once a month 
Posted on 12/7/22 at 9:12 pm to jchamil
I just put it on medium heat and put water to fill bottom of the pan. Let it bubble for a bit then. Wipe with paper towels.
This post was edited on 12/7/22 at 9:13 pm
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