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pinky0926 posted...

I've never in my life felt that soap has made things harder to clean, only that it's useful for breaking down oils in the food stuck to the pan surface. Naturally you rinse all that off anyway. The one thing water won't do is break down oil, so how are you removing that leftover food oil from the surface of the pan?

I can only speak to the information I've posted and my personal experience, but I think water (left on for too long) is the key mischief maker with cast iron, not soap.

I dump all the oil into a paper cup for disposal in the trash. Anything left on the pan I swipe up with a paper towel and throw out, then I rinse the pan for a minute or so and dry it off.

If I use soap I end up having to rinse several times to make sure it's all gone.

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