How To Clean a Cast Iron Grill Pan

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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Comments (10)

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.

posted by Plaid Ninja on July 31st 2008 at 7:41am
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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.

posted by ricestein on July 31st 2008 at 8:41am
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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

posted by dosergirl on July 31st 2008 at 11:54am
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I don't think the link to the giveaway is working. Fix it please; I want one of those pans!

posted by Sydney on July 31st 2008 at 6:03pm
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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!

posted by sarahrae on July 31st 2008 at 6:30pm
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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

posted by R. Mansfield on August 17th 2008 at 6:02pm
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Thanks for your useful info, I think it’s a good topic.

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posted by linxixi on October 1st 2009 at 4:03am
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This is great tips for grilling. I am going to rewrite some of these stuff for my new blog on how to grill for beginners

posted by LilyWhite on October 17th 2009 at 3:24am
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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.

posted by Dan O on October 19th 2009 at 3:02pm
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