I hate cast iron so I am in favour of this.

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You don't and it isn't. I cook exclusively on cast iron, and I oil it only before I put some food that requires oil. I use hot water and a paper towel to wipe it clean. Been using it for years, way less scrubbing than stainless 90 percent of the time.
But I use it exclusively and daily, so ymmv.

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I've been cooking with cast iron for years, all I do is scrub it with hot water only and let it dry. No re seasoning, no coating in oil, nothing.

I'm genuinely impressed you've managed to fuck up using cast iron.

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You have to be like at least 50 to get mad over some pan

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No, it doesn't. I don't even bother coating mine with oil, just a scrub with hot water and let it dry.

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From what I can see, it’s used to balance the pH. So I assume a small amount.

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That just gets me excited to start a fresh new seasoning. Starting from bare metal is a good feeling

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/s I am indeed unreasonably mad.

Not that you put the cast iron in the dishwasher (enjoy your rust), but the fact that you can actually fit the pan in your dishwasher. I recently spent $350 on a portable dishwasher and your iron skillet is bigger than that. I bought that thing to NOT have to scrub dishes. Thanks for reminding me that I STILL have to scrub pots and pans!

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No wok? Also safety razors are great and I'm guessing the only reason cartridges won out is because of marketing, then the following generation forgot there was another option.

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It's your expensive quality cookware, if you want to ruin it I can't do anything about it.

Whispers gently to well seasoned dutch oven

Shh, it's okay, the bad man can't hurt you.

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Steel is like 98% iron. Sorry for the mistake.

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I'm loving all the superstition in this thread.

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A well-seasoned Dutch oven sounds like a fate worse than death.

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It's pretty hard to ruin good cast iron. A good cast iron pan could spend a year at the bottom of a lake and all it would need is a good scrub and reseason to be good to go again.

About the only thing I've seen that makes them completely irrecoverable is when people use them to melt lead. Also you can crack the cheap ones in half with thermal shock.

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Setting off the pan nerds should be listed as a war crime by the Geneva Convention.

Victor

You... hate cast iron? Of all things people could hate, cast iron is the choice here. Mmaight.

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I don't really think about looking for special detergent without lye when buying (dunno why people say that dish detergent in general doesn't contain it anymore), re-frying it once in a while makes the surface more smooth.

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You definitely don't need to oil it after every use. The main reason for applying oil is to keep it from rusting while it sits. If you just use it at least once a week then that rust isn't a concern. Even if it did rust you can just scrub the rust off before you use it.

There is all sorts of special care you can do to cast iron if you really get into it. But if you really don't care then you can just use it and wash it exactly like any other pan without issue. The whole soap thing is a myth now a days because modern soaps don't contain lye anymore. Soap is entirely unnecessary in cast iron but it won't hurt it. Seasoning is adequately acheived just by actually cooking with it. You really don't need any special process to season it unless you deliberately stripped off all the old seasoning. You can cook acidic foods in it without issue. I do tomato sauce in mine all the time.

Coated pans require way more care. At least I can use proper metal utensils in my cast iron.

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Fuck you.

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That butter is going rancid on the surface.

Gormadt

I see someone has chosen violence today