Thanks for the help

Thanks for the help

My last post about my cast iron frying pans was well received and
thanks for the replies. I finally broke down and bought some oven
cleaner and applied it to the lesser of my pans so if something went
wrong I would not lose one of my good pans...well it WORKED! The
cleaner got all the gunk off the pans and although I do have to season
them again I got a couple of good ideas from you all so I will try
them. I will use shortening, turn the oven to 325oF and put them
upside down to let the extra oil run off. So thanks for the help!

Re: Thanks for the help

On Mar 12, 1:36 pm, "rhijulbec" <Jen.Lyo...@gmail,com > wrote:
> My last post about my cast iron frying pans was well received and
> thanks for the replies. I finally broke down and bought some oven
> cleaner and applied it to the lesser of my pans so if something went
> wrong I would not lose one of my good pans...well it WORKED! The
> cleaner got all the gunk off the pans and although I do have to season
> them again I got a couple of good ideas from you all so I will try
> them. I will use shortening, turn the oven to 325oF and put them
> upside down to let the extra oil run off. So thanks for the help!


I would be afraid to eat from cast iron pots/pans cleaned with oven
cleaner as cast iron pans are porous. Is it possible to rinse off/out
this sort of cleaner, when even soap is not recommended, which could
be one of the reasons for not using soap.
I know that soap is not recommended because it will remove seasoing.

Any comments welcome.
Dee

Re: Thanks for the help

"Dee Dee" <deedovey@shentel,net > wrote:
> I would be afraid to eat from cast iron pots/pans cleaned with oven
> cleaner as cast iron pans are porous. Is it possible to rinse off/out
> this sort of cleaner, when even soap is not recommended, which could
> be one of the reasons for not using soap.
> I know that soap is not recommended because it will remove seasoing.

It should be fine. Oven cleaner is basically lye, to cut through grease.
Lye, though extremely caustic (corrosive), is not toxic in the same sense as
things like lead or mercury or insecticides, etc. It is soluble in water and
rinses off quite well. It shouldn't stick in the pores. I haven't used oven
cleaner on a cast iron frying pan, but I have used it on the big pot I use
to deep fry turkeys to get off the baked on oil.

Since she was reseasoning the frying pans from scratch, it doesn't matter if
she removes any old seasoning along with the gunk she created.

Re: Thanks for the help

rhijulbec wrote:
> My last post about my cast iron frying pans was well received and
> thanks for the replies. I finally broke down and bought some oven
> cleaner and applied it to the lesser of my pans so if something went
> wrong I would not lose one of my good pans...well it WORKED! The
> cleaner got all the gunk off the pans and although I do have to season
> them again I got a couple of good ideas from you all so I will try
> them. I will use shortening, turn the oven to 325oF and put them
> upside down to let the extra oil run off. So thanks for the help!

Be sure to put a flat pan below the inverted pan, so any excess
shortening doesn't drain into the oven.