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I disagree that you can pretty much do whatever you want with them. Modern conveniences such as a dishwasher coupled with a focus on healthy eating (less fat)
by jtchang 5y ago
I disagree that you can pretty much do whatever you want with them.
Modern conveniences such as a dishwasher coupled with a focus on healthy eating (less fat) result in poorly taken care of cast iron pans.
Dishwashing soap these days are also a lot more efficient than they use to be. More and better surfactants eat away at any pantina that develops.
Yes you can drop a cast iron and nothing will happen to it. But to get eggs not to stick to it takes a bit of upkeep.
- kart23 5y agoI think poster meant you can do anything in the sense of actually cooking with it. putting cast iron in the dishwasher seems insane to me though.
- dlp211 5y agoToday's soaps aren't damaging to cast iron and aren't powerful enough on their own to remove baked on seasoning. This myth persists because it used to be true, old soaps used lye and vinegar, which were effective at doing things you didn't want with a cast iron skillet/pan.
- ascii_only 5y agoDid you try it? I didn't know better and tried it long time ago. Cast iron skillet that was used for years. After few times in dishwasher significant chunk of seasoning was gone.
- KozmoNau7 5y agoDish soap is not dishwasher detergent. Please don't put your pans in the dishwasher, not matter what they're made of.
- Xenograph 5y agoI put my tri-ply stainless pans in the dishwasher all the time. Why shouldn't I?
- balfirevic 5y agoYou should, it's 100% fine (and the main reason I prefer stainless to cast iron).
- tristor 5y agoWhile stainless steel is “dishwasher safe”, dishwasher detergent is still overly harsh, can cause discoloration, and will prematurely wear the pan surface.
- estaseuropano 5y agoS/he said soaps, not dishawashing soap.
- Xenograph 5y agoWe're talking about normal dish soap for hand washing (eg. Dawn). Dishwasher soap is a whole different story. It contains abrasives, among other things.
- hedora 5y agoDawn definitely damages the patina over time. You can get away with a few washes, but then food starts to stick, it rusts, etc.
- pantalaimon 5y agoWho puts their pans in a dishwasher, cast iron or not :o