eli5 how does a cast iron pan get clean?

Question

without touching soap and water 🤔

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Answer 1

With salt and a chainmail “cloth”.

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But really, us cast iron enthusiasts, we use soap and water. Pans just don’t go in the dish washer or sit wet. They get rinsed, scrubbed slapped on the stove burner to rapid dry and then maybe a spritz of oil and then done.