/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16619598
I actually love my cast iron and use it for nearly everything, including tomatoes. I think the meme is to try to get it to be non-stick. it's not what it's for and it will never be more non stick than an actual non-stick téflon pan. Instead, just accept that it will stick a little and you have to use oil / fat for everything.

the advantages are not the non stickiness, but the heat retention and that that you can scrub it with steel scotchbrite and use steel utensils on it. much easier cleanup than nonstick that you have to pamper.

>>16582830
how I do it: rinse and pat dry after use. if it's really greasy, or has charred stuck residue, dish soap + scrub with pic related, then rinse and pat dry. I have had no problems so far after months of use, never had to put it in the oven or any meme like that, maybe it's because I use it often and with a lot of oil.