Well, hello folks, it's Mike here. I just want to welcome you back to Mr. Cast Iron
And today, I've got another question that has been asked on our channel
And so I want to try to address that today. I'm not exactly sure how to say this. Galen Elliott asked
How do you get burnt stuff off of a cast iron grill skillet
He says, I've tried everything. Bacon, soda, salt, soaking it overnight. And I cannot seem to get the last bits
So Galen, the cast iron grill pan is, or grill skillet or whatever you want to call it
you know, can be a little tricky because it has the ridges in it
But it's really no different than any other cast iron skillet. If you have burnt stuff on there that, you know, seems to be hard to get off
then the normal, you know, procedure that you typically go through on cleaning your cast iron
like you say here, you've tried everything using bacon, soda, salt, soaking it overnight
I don't recommend soaking any cast iron overnight, but, you know, it can possibly cause rust
But he says I cannot seem to get the last bits of it out
You know, there's a couple things that you can do. One thing that I would do instead of soaking it overnight is I would fill the cast iron skillet up with water just above the ridges
to where the ridges are submerged in water, and put it on the stove and heat it up
You can even add salt or bacon soda to that mixture of the water
And just heat it up on the stove and let it get hot
And that'll, you know, it'll release food particles, and it should release all the burnt on, baked on stuff as well
So, you know, you just need to be careful when you're doing this
Be sure, you know, to use oven mitts or a pot holder or something to move the skillet around
Once you get it heated up and let it boil for a little while, you should start to see food particles begin to float to the top
You know, once this happens and everything, you can take it over to your sink and pour the hot water out
And if you have a grill pan scraper, a little plastic grill pan scraper, you know, that are notched and have the grooves in it
you can take and use that and scrape any bits and pieces off
And this should help. So, anyway, it's a great question. I appreciate you asking
I hope this helps. Please let us know, you know, how this turns out for you
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