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Topic	Whats the best way to clean a cast iron skillet?
pinky0926 03/25/21 10:27:43 AM #36:	mattymad posted... Lmao, he actually blocked me. I literally said I had the same pan for 10 years in the post and he accuses me of buying new ones? "well not shiny, it just wasn't black" Refer to my earlier post. He did not have a genuine 100% cast iron pan. That ** is solid black all the way through as it's an ALLOY. He might have a genuine cast iron pan but he's probably just bought into the popular internet meme that cast iron is a delicate, difficult material that you need to baby and take great care of, and if soap ever touches it you're done for. Let's put this to bed. From Kenji Lopez Alt: Seasoning is actually not a thin layer of oil, it's a thin layer of polymerized oil, a key distinction. In a properly seasoned cast iron pan, one that has been rubbed with oil and heated repeatedly, the oil has already broken down into a plastic-like substance that has bonded to the surface of the metal. This is what gives well-seasoned cast iron its non-stick properties, and as the material is no longer actually an oil, the surfactants in dish soap should not affect it. Go ahead and soap it up and scrub it out. The one thing you shouldn't do? Let it soak in the sink. Try to minimize the time it takes from when you start cleaning to when you dry and re-season your pan. If that means letting it sit on the stovetop until dinner is done, so be it. Soap is not damaging your cast iron. Water left to soak on it is. Acid sauces probably might be too. Either way though, it's not difficult or time consuming to fix it. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. https://imgur.com/ILz2ZbV <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:952096767] in Whats the ... [t:79367625]...</cite> <quote>mattymad posted... </cite> <quote>Lmao, he actually blocked me. I literally said I had the same pan for 10 years in the post and he accuses me of buying new ones? "well not shiny, it just wasn't black" Refer to my earlier post. He did not have a genuine 100% cast iron pan. That ** is solid black all the way through as it's an ALLOY.</quote> He might have a genuine cast iron pan but he's probably just bought into the popular internet meme that cast iron is a delicate, difficult material that you need to baby and take great care of, and if soap ever touches it you're done for. Let's put this to bed. From Kenji Lopez Alt: Seasoning is actually not a thin layer of oil, it's a thin layer of polymerized oil, a key distinction. In a properly seasoned cast iron pan, one that has been rubbed with oil and heated repeatedly, the oil has already broken down into a plastic-like substance that has bonded to the surface of the metal. This is what gives well-seasoned cast iron its non-stick properties, and as the material is no longer actually an oil, the surfactants in dish soap should not affect it. Go ahead and soap it up and scrub it out. The one thing you shouldn't do? Let it soak in the sink. Try to minimize the time it takes from when you start cleaning to when you dry and re-season your pan. If that means letting it sit on the stovetop until dinner is done, so be it. Soap is not damaging your cast iron. Water left to soak on it is. Acid sauces probably might be too. Either way though, it's not difficult or time consuming to fix it. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. https://imgur.com/ILz2ZbV</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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