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re: Cowboy Kent’s way is the only way to clean cast iron

Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:48 pm to
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 8/27/26 at 5:48 pm to
This post makes the OP sound inferior
Posted by backbone
Colorado
Member since Jul 2026
801 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 6:42 pm to
You always have to oil the cast iron last or it will rust.
Posted by ChiTownBammer
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
1586 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 6:44 pm to
Don't need Cowboy Kent when I had Aunt Ruth and Grandma Helen passing down knowledge.
Posted by SoFlaGuy
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Apr 2020
3639 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 7:14 pm to
I just read that in your voice and I bet I nailed it.
Posted by TigerFanDan
BFE
Member since Jul 2008
1029 posts
Posted on 8/27/26 at 10:06 pm to
Hot water and washcloth. That's it.
Posted by NytroBud
LaFayette
Member since Jun 2009
6483 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 5:53 am to
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Look here amateur. That’s how it’s been done for centuries and it gives it all the flavor.


It was only done that way due to having Lye in their soap.. Lye removes the seasoning from the skillet.
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 5:57 am
Posted by Gifman
Captiva, FL
Member since Jan 2021
20107 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 5:55 am to
I used chain mail and it works
Posted by NytroBud
LaFayette
Member since Jun 2009
6483 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 5:56 am to
quote:

I also have an electrlolysis tank that I can restore pots to amazing condition.



I'm just getting into this...lye tank, vinegar tank and an E-Tank for heavy rust....
This post was edited on 8/28/26 at 5:58 am
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
5457 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 5:57 am to
Cowboy Kent is good people.
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
8235 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 6:59 am to
You can clean a cast iron skillet with soap. It was the old days when soap had lye in it that you didn’t use it. I have many of them, some close to a hundred years old, but the lore around around cast iron is silly sometimes.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
47098 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 7:04 am to
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This post makes the OP sound inferior


That's because OP is a flaming california homosexual.
Posted by BoogaBear
Member since Jul 2013
7603 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 7:11 am to
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You can clean a cast iron skillet with soap. It was the old days when soap had lye in it that you didn’t use it. I have many of them, some close to a hundred years old, but the lore around around cast iron is silly sometimes.


Yep just wash the damn thing with some soap and a sponge. Some dudes cast iron has 6 month old oil rolling around in it with food bits and wears it like some badge of honor because "that's how they used to do it".
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
18118 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 7:23 am to
What an odd rant. Also if you're not occasionally making a pan sauce with your steak drippings, you're missing out.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40574 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 7:32 am to
Yep.

I don't use Dawn though.

Just regular soap, hot water, wipe dry.
It ain't rocket surgery.


Posted by Naked Bootleg
Premium Plus® Member
Member since Jul 2021
4106 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:30 am to
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Then you have the utter audacity to compare OK food to LA food? Are you kidding me?

I had grandparents from KS and OK. They can't cook shite and that's me talking about my grandmas cooking. Cheese hominy is considered elite cuisine up that way. They have no damn idea what salt and pepper is for and have never heard of hot sauce.


My dad's side of the family are all small town Oklahoma poor folks. You are not wrong. Those older generations just had very limited & stunted ideas on food. Granted, they were all farmers and food was just a basic necessity to get them through the day, but even holiday food was very simple, bland shite. Hell my ex-inlaws were cut from the same cloth and they didn't know how to cook anything but the most basic crap. However, Oklahomans have reached the upper echelons of the smoked meat genre over the past 40 years.

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Finally, your complete and utter lack of knowledge around Creole and Cajun cooking shows with this "hide the fact the meat ain't that good" comment. LA cuisine is 100% based around cooking cheap cuts of meat because that is what the poor folk here had to work with. Numbskull.


I think that's the point he was trying to make.
Posted by Friscodog
Ruston, LA. (Formerly Frisco TX)
Member since Jul 2009
5290 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:32 am to
That was how I was taught to clean cast iron, so I have always done it this way. Don't know who Cowboy Kent is..
Posted by Tigahs24Seven
Charlie Kirk's America
Member since Nov 2007
15711 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:35 am to
Then stay in Oklahoma, Debbie Downer....There is more to cuisine than just meat...but maybe hot, black meat is your favorite thing. You do you.
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
4217 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:36 am to
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Don't know who Cowboy Kent is..


He could teach you a few things about cooking.
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
11172 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:36 am to
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Hot water and washcloth. That's it.


This. I'll put on a light coating of oil every once in a while.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135333 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 8:42 am to
Meemaw would bop you on the nose with a wooden spoon talking that mess
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