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After use, especially if you used it for BACON. There will be enough oil left after you pour it out to just wipe the skillet clean with paper towels. There will be enough oil to keep the pan from rusting and will keep it seasoned.
As Dave said, if there are spots of solid foodstuffs in the pan, hot water and steel wool then warm dry and a very light coat of [ I use crisco ] oil over the surface.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” – Albert Einstein
"Ignorance can be educated, crazy can be medicated, but you can't fix stupid."
That doesn't sound too challenging, even for someone of my limited skills......Ben
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I'm sorry to report that cast iron has resulted in another of my dismal failures...I used the same heat setting on the same burner as my other bacon skillets (which are the same size as the cast iron), and wound up with bacon burned to a crisp in the middle and raw on the ends...I washed it out in cold water and paper toweled it dry...I'm going to return it to my nephew and go back to what I know......Ben
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It seems the failure may be equipment/compatibility related...My nephew noticed the bottom of the pan is slightly convex, and although it works fine on gas stoves and ordinary electric burners, it won't sit flat on my ceramic cooktop...That causes the center of the pan to get hot, and the edges to stay cooler, resulting in my bacon snafu...So I'll try the cast iron in the oven for cornbread and see what happens...
I learn something new every day......Ben
“Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation” - Mrs. Miller, third grade homeroom teacher...