We gave you some tips last Monday in response to a Good Question about cleaning an old, crusty cast iron grill pan. There were some great tips in the comments, too!
Now, direct from the source, we have some instructions from Lodge Manufacturing on how to clean one of their cast iron grill pans.
Here are instructions from Mark at Lodge Manufacturing on how to clean one of their grill pans.
How to Clean a Cast Iron Grill Pan
It's easy! Simply use a mixture of kosher salt and water to create a paste, then use a nylon scrub brush to scrub the cookware. After cleaning, rub a light amount of vegetable or olive oil on the cookware, place it on the stove at a very low temperature for about 30 minutes. It’s then ready to be used again.
Thanks Mark! Now go enter our grill pan giveaway for a chance to win one of five grill pans we're giving away this week.
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Related: Good Question: How Do I Clean My Cast Iron Grill Pan?
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This needs to be done every time? I don't think I'd use my grill pan all that often if I needed to follow up with a 30 minute stove treatment each time I used it.
No, not every time. You really only need to do this when the pan is gunked up. Nine times out of ten, we just wipe our cast-iron pans clean with a kitchen towel.
wow, i really had no idea, i guess i shouldn't clean them like i do everything else...oops.
thanks for this tip, you probably just saved my boyfriends cast iron skillet
I don't think the link to the giveaway is working. Fix it please; I want one of those pans!
This is the best tip I ever learned. When my husband and I made a cross country move, he tossed our griddle (which has been used last outside... little to my knowledge) into the back of the moving truck, and I didn't discover it's condition (rusty and gross) until several months later when we unpacked our storage unit in our new location.
Salted it up, and we were back in service!
I just created a link to this post in the "Informational/How To" section of our newest "Cast Iron Around the Web" post at http://www.cookingincastiron.com
I use this method on my cast iron skillet with success all the time. I believe I learned it from Alton Brown, the source of all things nerdy and good.