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Cast Iton pan cleaning

JMCXL
JMCXL Posts: 1,524
edited March 2019 in EggHead Forum
Am I the last one to buy one of these to clean your cast iron pans

any downside to using it.

seemed to get the baked on chicken no problem. Usually I just need a paper towel for cleanup but when things get stuck this seemed to work great

any thoughts
Northern New Jersey
 XL - Woo2, AR      L (2) - Woo, PS Woo     MM (2) - Woo       MINI

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  • marysvilleksegghead
    marysvilleksegghead Posts: 862
    What's the recommendation for using?  swirl around in the pan or use it as a hand scrubber?
    Lrg 2008
    Mini 2009
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  • Cornholio
    Cornholio Posts: 1,048
    I use salt to clean mine if brushing with a wok brush doesn’t get it all.  
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  • JMCXL
    JMCXL Posts: 1,524
    marysvilleksegghead said:
    What's the recommendation for using?  swirl around in the pan or use it as a hand scrubber?
    Yes, very simple 
    Northern New Jersey
     XL - Woo2, AR      L (2) - Woo, PS Woo     MM (2) - Woo       MINI

    Check out https://www.grillingwithpapaj.com for some fun and more Grilling with Papa (incase you haven't gotten enough of me)

    Also, check out my YouTube Page
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,174
    edited March 2019
    I have one and never use it. Stuff never sticks to the Griswold.  I thought it was too hard on the seasoning that I was trying to build up on a Field skilet and various Lodge pieces. Water and a soft sponge is all I use these days 
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  • vb4677
    vb4677 Posts: 687
    Love mine!  Wife made a frittata in my bigger CI skillet, then left the nasties in it for like 3 days.  A little hot water and my chain scubber and it was all gone! Super easy.
    Kansas City: Too Much City for One State - Missouri side
    2 Large BGE's, Instant Pot, Anova Sous Vide, and a gas smoker...
    Barbeque, Homebrew and Blues...
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    edited March 2019
    vb4677 said:
    Love mine!  Wife made a frittata in my bigger CI skillet, then left the nasties in it for like 3 days.  A little hot water and my chain scubber and it was all gone! Super easy.
    If I don't clean mine right away, I just put some oil in it and heat it up again and everything comes right off.

    Semi-related, I hate doing anything eggs in cast iron because the retained heat seems to do bad things to eggs.
    NOLA
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,421
    @tarheelmatt turned me on to "the ringer" as its called and I love it.  There are members of my family that abuse our  CI and that gets stuff off!
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    JMCXL said:
    Am I the last one to buy one of these to clean your cast iron pans

    any downside to using it.

    seemed to get the baked on chicken no problem. Usually I just need a paper towel for cleanup but when things get stuck this seemed to work great

    any thoughts
    I got one potiental concern.....don’t ask how I know. That rascal works well for the cast iron. Be careful it doesn’t slip into the disposal. If you run it and the scrubber is in the disposal......you will have many little pieces to fish out. Still have one I can’t get.....
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • JMCXL
    JMCXL Posts: 1,524
    DoubleEgger said:
    I have one and never use it. Stuff never sticks to the Griswold.  I thought it was too hard on the seasoning that I was trying to build up on a Field skilet and various Lodge pieces. Water and a soft sponge is all I use these days 
    That is my concern, it might take off some of the seasoning
    Northern New Jersey
     XL - Woo2, AR      L (2) - Woo, PS Woo     MM (2) - Woo       MINI

    Check out https://www.grillingwithpapaj.com for some fun and more Grilling with Papa (incase you haven't gotten enough of me)

    Also, check out my YouTube Page
    https://www.youtube.com/c/grillingwithpapaj

    Follow me on Facebook 
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    Generally hot water and a paper towel works just fine.  If the crud is rougher than that I’ll use one of the scrubbers I use on my glass cooktop 

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    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I use one of those green/yellow scrubbie things with soap and hot water. After I scrape it with a metal spatula.

    https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/the-truth-about-cast-iron.html

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Bentgrass
    Bentgrass Posts: 443
    Love mine. Warm water, scrub, dry
    1. Bettendorf, Ia with lots of time in Chattanooga, Tn.  LBGE, plate setter, ar, Looft lighter, maverick et-735, Rutland gasket, Smokeware SS cap, Kickash basket, and lots of cast iron.
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  • vb4677
    vb4677 Posts: 687
    So, the wife made a dessert in our regular pots and the sugar more than carmalized... it cemented itself to the bottom of the pot.  So I broke the 'ringer' out on it and it worked like a charm.  Nothing else I had tried even came close (hot water soak, dishwasher gel, plastic scraper..)

    Kansas City: Too Much City for One State - Missouri side
    2 Large BGE's, Instant Pot, Anova Sous Vide, and a gas smoker...
    Barbeque, Homebrew and Blues...
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,768
    Used used one for years. Works great with salt for me. 
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Just given a Mini to add to the herd. 

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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Chain mail scrubbers have been around for years ..i have some from the early 1900s that are attached to a handle and still work great today.  I mostly use a sponge and occasionally a plastic scraper...my miniature plastic curved bowl scraper/dough divider works great and doesn't score the seasoning.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I have one, works great.  No worries about removing the seasoning.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,597
    northGAcock said:
    JMCXL said:
    Am I the last one to buy one of these to clean your cast iron pans

    any downside to using it.

    seemed to get the baked on chicken no problem. Usually I just need a paper towel for cleanup but when things get stuck this seemed to work great

    any thoughts
    I got one potiental concern.....don’t ask how I know. That rascal works well for the cast iron. Be careful it doesn’t slip into the disposal. If you run it and the scrubber is in the disposal......you will have many little pieces to fish out. Still have one I can’t get.....
    Would one of these do it?


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    GrateEggspectations said:
    northGAcock said:
    JMCXL said:
    Am I the last one to buy one of these to clean your cast iron pans

    any downside to using it.

    seemed to get the baked on chicken no problem. Usually I just need a paper towel for cleanup but when things get stuck this seemed to work great

    any thoughts
    I got one potiental concern.....don’t ask how I know. That rascal works well for the cast iron. Be careful it doesn’t slip into the disposal. If you run it and the scrubber is in the disposal......you will have many little pieces to fish out. Still have one I can’t get.....
    Would one of these do it?


    Mine is non-magnetic SS.  So nope.
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  • chzplz
    chzplz Posts: 68
    JMCXL said:
    That is my concern, it might take off some of the seasoning
    Nope - don’t worry about the seasoning. The idea is that the chain mail slides around on top of the seasoning and knocks off any baked-on crud. I only use mine when a washcloth and water won’t work, but I use it frequently enough that I’ve never had to re-season any of my pans. 
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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    I use one, no issues with it
    ~ John - Formerly known as ColtsFan  - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, Ardore Pizza Oven
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,174
    chzplz said:
    JMCXL said:
    That is my concern, it might take off some of the seasoning
    Nope - don’t worry about the seasoning. The idea is that the chain mail slides around on top of the seasoning and knocks off any baked-on crud. I only use mine when a washcloth and water won’t work, but I use it frequently enough that I’ve never had to re-season any of my pans. 
    The ringer completely removed the seasoning from a #10 Gris and a #15 BSR that I bought. No pressure while using the ringer. I believe the folks who owned the pans prior seasoning with that useless flaxseed oil that the internet thinks is so great. 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,589
    i just hit a hot pan with a 1/4 cup water and run the spatula around it, let steam do the work
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    kosher salt + paper towel + scrub works every time for me. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    DoubleEgger said:
    chzplz said:
    JMCXL said:
    That is my concern, it might take off some of the seasoning
    Nope - don’t worry about the seasoning. The idea is that the chain mail slides around on top of the seasoning and knocks off any baked-on crud. I only use mine when a washcloth and water won’t work, but I use it frequently enough that I’ve never had to re-season any of my pans. 
    The ringer completely removed the seasoning from a #10 Gris and a #15 BSR that I bought. No pressure while using the ringer. I believe the folks who owned the pans prior seasoning with that useless flaxseed oil that the internet thinks is so great. 
    I would be hard-pressed to call it "seasoning" if it came off that easily.  Possible it was flaxseed or whatever oil it was could have been applied over an oxidized (or otherwise compromised) substrate.
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    edited March 2019
    GrateEggspectations said:
    northGAcock said:
    JMCXL said:
    Am I the last one to buy one of these to clean your cast iron pans

    any downside to using it.

    seemed to get the baked on chicken no problem. Usually I just need a paper towel for cleanup but when things get stuck this seemed to work great
    any thoughts
    I got one potiental concern.....don’t ask how I know. That rascal works well for the cast iron. Be careful it doesn’t slip into the disposal. If you run it and the scrubber is in the disposal......you will have many little pieces to fish out. Still have one I can’t get.....
    Would one of these do it?


    No.....they are stainless and you get no sticky on the magie.

    Edit: Sorry saw Nola's response after i responded. He is spot on.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • dstearn
    dstearn Posts: 1,705
    JMCXL said:
    Am I the last one to buy one of these to clean your cast iron pans

    any downside to using it.

    seemed to get the baked on chicken no problem. Usually I just need a paper towel for cleanup but when things get stuck this seemed to work great

    any thoughts
    I use mine all the time. Works great!
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,174
    nolaegghead said:
    DoubleEgger said:
    chzplz said:
    JMCXL said:
    That is my concern, it might take off some of the seasoning
    Nope - don’t worry about the seasoning. The idea is that the chain mail slides around on top of the seasoning and knocks off any baked-on crud. I only use mine when a washcloth and water won’t work, but I use it frequently enough that I’ve never had to re-season any of my pans. 
    The ringer completely removed the seasoning from a #10 Gris and a #15 BSR that I bought. No pressure while using the ringer. I believe the folks who owned the pans prior seasoning with that useless flaxseed oil that the internet thinks is so great. 
    I would be hard-pressed to call it "seasoning" if it came off that easily.  Possible it was flaxseed or whatever oil it was could have been applied over an oxidized (or otherwise compromised) substrate.
    My scientific conclusion is that it was half assed work. 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,174
    edited March 2019
    I keep wondering what the heck people are cooking that sticks so much that it has to be hard scraped out. 
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  • SonVolt
    SonVolt Posts: 3,316
    I have to scrape the remnants of breakfast sausage patties out with a stiff spatula. 
    South of Nashville  -  BGE XL  -  Alfresco 42" ALXE  -  Alfresco Versa Burner  - Sunbeam Microwave 
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,174
    SonVolt said:
    I have to scrape the remnants of breakfast sausage patties out with a stiff spatula. 
    I had that issue with the Field Skillet I mentioned. I started using a dollop of old grease to get it going just like my grandma used to. 
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