I have a old french cast iron fry pan. The sides of the pan are caked with bake on carbon. will this scrubber take care of this problem. Thank you !
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I hope you haven't done anything drastic to clean your cast iron, such as has been suggested in the previous responses. If the pan is something you'd regret damaging, the safest way to clean off burnt-on cooking residue as well as remove rust would be to place it in an electrolysis bath. The instructions are easy to find online, or just contact any group of cast iron aficionados, they'll be eager to guide you...and maybe even attempt to persuade you to part with your antique pan. Best of luck.
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Probably not that aggressive a cleaner. I'm at a loss to what would do it, unless you try course steel wool at first. Then finer. It really is not a very aggressive tool. Of course you will have to reseason it no matter what you use, which is not that difficult.
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The first thing I would do is to get a wire brush attachment for your drill, and use it to remove all the stuff on the inside of the pan. After you do that, you will need to re-season the pan- Google "how to reseason a cast iron skillet" and follow the instructions. Now your skillet is ready to use! After you cook with your refurbished skillet, you will use the chain mail scrubber to keep it clean. It is a great scrubber and you will be glad you bought it.
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If you indeed need to remove all of the old seasoning and start over you can put you pan in the oven and run a self-clean cycle. An alternative is to crank up your bbq grill to its hottest setting and insert the pan. The heat will literally turn all the old carbon/seasoning to ash.
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It should put enuf water in it to cover the carbon n scrub away. It may take more than 3 minutes tondo so. This is a wonderful product. When ur done. Dry ur pan thoroughly then put oil inside it n around inside. Then put on stovetop on med heat for 15 min. To soak in oil into pores. Then ur pot should be good to go. Always after using it. Dry thoroughly and oil it and heat it for 14 min. Hope this helps.
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Yes. It will require some elbow grease in heavy areas but mostly just spray this 3m product on , let set a few minutes and wipe off. The small square plastic fiber mesh pot scrubbers will help in heavy areas. Just apply, scrub and wipe off with a clean cloth.
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I only use it on the outside of the pan to clean the inside I heat up oil in the pan then wipe it out. That will take any burnt stuff off.
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I'm not sure since I don't use it on the stove top which is black enamel under the burners not stainless steel. It does seem to remove debris left on dishwasher, fridge, and compactor. I pretty much agree with the other responders. I, too, would check with the manufacturer as to the wisdom of using this type of cleaner on the stove top, if that's what you were meaning.
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Foil will disrupt the heat flow when cooking directly into foods. Cast iron is a great cooking surface by itself. You CAN wash it, but the best practice is to lightly abrade the surface with a plastic scrubby, maybe a very dilute soap solution, then rinse, dry thoroughly, then coat with mineral oil (won't go rancid), heat to about 200 deg for an hour, cool, store. That's all it takes. A slight food residue after cleaning won't be a problem because heating it just carbonizes it, adding to the protective layer. Keep doing it for a decade, or five, and you'll have an outstanding tool!!
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Thanks. I ended up using the little green scrubby pads and that did the trick. I was just worried it would hurt the pan, but it looks as good as new.
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I would *not* use this on Le Creuset enameled cast iron. For their enameled cast iron, Le Creuset recommends only soft scrubbers or brushes, and specifically not metallic scrubbers. http://www.lecreuset.com/care#ci-cleaningRecommendations for their stoneware can be found here: http://www.lecreuset.com/care#stnwr-cleaning
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Yes but use lower temperatures. Seems the higher induction burners are not good for the new pan coatings. Mild soap and no abrasive (scotchbright) Scrubbers. After two years mine looks brand new.
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I haven't had any issues with the scraper. I use it after I have put the cleaner on to remove any "baked on" particles. I think the key may be to not use it on a DRY surface. The scraper is a razor blade so I would use it with a light hand and caution. If you can remove the "baked on" particles with the scrubbing pad, there isn't a reason to use the scraper.
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Yes, this is the best cleaner I have used. We had some older pans that had oxidation around the rivets. A kitchen glove, steel wool, and Sokoff and these pans look like new!
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I use a carbon steel wok for many things other than stir fries and it's heat retention and seasoning retention have always been great. But for the times where something other than a wok is needed I turn to a fry pan. In this instance, the Cast Iron wins out over the DeBuyer. I hope this answers your question.
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IF let's off a fair amount of smoke. I was not very happy, and would net rocommend. For me, the problem I had was it got too hot, even on the lowest of settings for my gas burner. Also, it's impossible to clean, without scraping of the coating. the last time I used it was to sear tuna. I let it sit for a day and scrubbed very hard to remove the residue. I used a sponge,then a soappad, becasue the sponge did nothing for the black residue ledt behind. I scrubbed so hard some of the costing rubbed off, and there is still residue left? Hope you have better luck and this was helpful
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For the most part. I have scrubber with a long handle that I use to clean it
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Your choice of cleaner sounds fine. I wrap my cast iron weight with aluminium foil before using. Dish washing liquid cleans it without any problems because it never gets greasy.
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I've had things that I've touched with a hot iron by accident that melted and turned brown. It looked like burned sugar, maybe. They were small spots on the edge of the sole plate but I was able to remove them with this cleaner. It may take more than one application though.
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I think le cruiset is more of a cast iron cookware. This cleaner is for a glass top stove and probably wouldn't hurt cast iron but you typically don't want to use the scrubber on your cast iron. There are probably cleaners out there specifically made for le cruiset. Hope this helps
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Haven't used it yet....But, my usual method to clean up cast iron pans is to use oil and some salt, and rub with a cloth until all the stuck on stuff is gone, then rub with a clean, dry cloth, leaving some oil sheen on the pan to prevent rust.ALWAYS leave a sheen of oil to prevent rust... NEVER use soap on cast iron... Read about seasoning, and use Flax seed oil