How do I clean burnt on food from a cast iron skillet?

Question

I was always told that SOS pads and the like were off-limits to cast iron cookware, but, a house guest recently used my cast iron skillet and had the heat too high. Now I have a mess of onion,mushroom, butter, and steak burnt onto my skillet.

Any advice.

ranger_diy · Accepted Answer

Warm the pan with some oil in it. The warm oil will loosen the food. Scrape it with a metal spatula. Then sprinkle in some coarse kosher salt. Crumple up a paper towel and use it with the salt to scrub the pan. Finish by wiping the pan down.

? · Answer

The easiest & best way to clean cast iron cookware is to put it in a selfcleaning oven and set the timer to run a regular cycle.  You will then need to reseason the pan.  But it will be very clean, and your elbow grease won't be used up.

Anonymous · Answer

put washing up powder with water and boil for 5 mins it should remove anything burnt
if not repeat process  hope this helps.

Karen L · Answer

Soak, scrub, and re-season. Scrub with anything that works, and SOS pads work.

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