eli5 how does a cast iron pan get clean?

Question

without touching soap and water 🤔

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Answer 1

There are various ways to get a cast iron pan clean. Heating water in the pan and then scrubbing with a plastic scrubber can work. Even better, there are chainmail scrubbers. Because they are hard they get even baked on food well, but because of their curved edges they apparently have little effect on the seasoned surface.

And despite what some people will tell you, a little dish soap will not hurt. At worst, once you have it properly clean, you can always season it once in the oven.