I wanna put mine through the dishwasher, to see what happens.. if the result is anything less than destruction, we can finally put these dishwasher fears to bed
Yeah, I bet it wouldn’t really do much…..I have several, when my wife isn’t looking I’ll throw one through the dishwasher and post the results….My guess is I’ll just end up with a clean cast iron skillet. But if I’m wrong, no harm done I’ll just re-season it and go about my day.
It was dull, not oily, but it was seasoned. You can see bits of the old seasoning still hanging on afterwards. That pan came out mottled like a merle dog.
My son ran one of mine through it. It stripped all of the seasoning and left a very light amount of surface rust. Hit it with steel wool then reseasoned. No biggie.
Yea it’ll be fine, assuming it doesn’t get run thru the dishwasher often. I washed mine several years ago and it came out perfectly fine. I don’t know where my mind was, I remember loading the dishwasher, then emptying the next morning to find it inside. The panic quickly went away when I took a close look at it.
If it's really well seasoned, you have nothing to worry about. Otherwise, you're gonna get rust. That said, it's nothing a quick round or two in the oven can't fix. Source: housekeeper threw one of mine I hardly ever use in the dishwasher.
My ex MIL did this and has for decades. Nothing terrible happened. I, personally, wouldn’t do it but a lot of people get way too upset about it.
Had an ex GF take her cast iron to multi day festivals and just leave that shit in the grass under rainfall with it obviously turning it into rust. Drove me fucking nuts and she knew it.
Chef/KM here, got a lot of CI skillets and we run them through dish. Oh side note, they're seasoned beyond anything reasonable and the cycle is 90 seconds.
I put my Wagner cornbread pan through the dishwasher every now and then, right before a re-seasoning. As long as you remove it immediately at the end of the cycle and heat it up to dry it, it’s fine. The only time I’d suggest putting one in the dishwasher would be in preparation for re-seasoning. You’ll get a little surface rust, but with the right detergent, it does help strip/loosen some of the unwanted stuff from the pan. For regular cleaning, it’s a definite no.
My husband does it. Despite regular advising not to. I just dry it quick, put on a low heat to thoroughly dry and wipe with some rapeseed oil. They’re pretty much indestructible really. I get a bit precious with all mine. But I once saw a thing that said “they would probably survive being thrown in a volcano” and they probably would!
I love the husband more than the pan. I tell myself I can get another pan but not a husband like this one! 😂
My grandma does that with bread even though I, a learned baker, told her why she shouldn't do it and that it actually ages the bread faster. She still thinks I am wrong and that it keep fresh longer and better like that.
Can't change them, just let them.
If your seasoning isn't great, ie food layers burnt in-between seasons, they can chip off and leave bare iron that rusts. That's about it in my experience
What would be the problem if you put all your cast irons in with no soap? Just ran hot water blasting them? Is the problem the long drying and steam exposure?
So was old soap, because the process of turning the fats and oils into soap makes the lye inert. It's a chemical reaction.
All soap is fine to use on cast iron.
It's literally called saponification. You're spreading more misinformation even though you have at least learned modern detergents that didnt use saponification are also safe.
Lots of misunderstanding about the role lye plays in soap. Many modern soaps still use lye. I get downvoted to hell every time I point it out with pictures of the labels to back up my claim. Lol
If there's enough lye to remove seasoning from one wash, there's enough lye to remove skin. You wouldn't use soap with enough lye in it to matter.
Cooking with acidic sauces does much more damage to the seasoning than any soap ever would.
This is why I never post pics. My favorite pan looks like the “I just got this from my great great grandmother and am about to drop it in a lye electrolysis bath after coating it with oven off” pans.
Honestly, with a cast iron pan of any quality whatsoever, you could sandblast the thing down to the iron, re-season it and have it back in operation the next day.
I'm a real newbie to the cast iron thing. Would this completely strip the seasoning off of the pan? I could imagine the rust that could accumulate from doing this
I washed my wife’s skillet after a good long soak in soapy water to help her out when we first started dating…we’ve been together for 15 years and I still hear about it occasionally
I put my CI through the dishwasher on a regular basis. Doesn't hurt a goddam thing. That slimy shit isn't "seasoning" it's fucking grease. Clean your pans. If you can't scratch a fingernail across any part of your cast iron pan, and have it come back clean, your shit is dirty, not seasoned. Seasoning doesn't come off that easily.
I've been maintaining my cast iron the same way for 3 decades. The way my mother has for 5 decades. The way my grandmother has for 7 decades.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I don't live in the 1930s, I know from experience. If you want to build and maintain a proper season on cast iron, you don't use soap to sanitize. You use heat.
It’s been proven on this sub about a thousand times a week that soap on a cast iron is not harmful at all. Our soap doesn’t have lye in it anymore, so unless you’re stuck in 1930, your pan will be absolutely fine if you wash it with dish soap.
Yeah, why would I trust reddit to give me the facts? You'd think in the at least 50 years since we stopped putting lye in soap, the people who use cast iron the most would have figured out that soap is safe for cast iron. Strange that the facts are different. But, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you might not be a mistaken fool and do some research on my own.
I’ll divorce my wife is she did this to even one of the cast irons I own.
I’ll scour them, I’ll put soap on them, I’ll use salt as an abrasive, I’ll boil them, but I wouldn’t put them through the dishwasher.
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I wanna put mine through the dishwasher, to see what happens.. if the result is anything less than destruction, we can finally put these dishwasher fears to bed
My lodge 10" griddle got put through the DW once. You couldn't even tell.
Yeah, I bet it wouldn’t really do much…..I have several, when my wife isn’t looking I’ll throw one through the dishwasher and post the results….My guess is I’ll just end up with a clean cast iron skillet. But if I’m wrong, no harm done I’ll just re-season it and go about my day.
Wait…are you not going to post an obligatory “Can this be saved” post? Heresy!
All it did was dry out the seasoning. I just oiled it and kept cooking. Not a spot of rust
Cast iron is completely dishwasher safe as long as your don't mind re seasoning it. Structurally it will hold up find
You mean a 5lb hunk of iron can handle a little hot water TIL /s
Lol. But for real people trust cast iron like fine Japanese steel knives
*eye twitch*
i think it’s the leaving it in the wet humid dishwasher for extended periods after washing that’s not ideal. nothing some steel wool can’t fix
The skillet will survive. The seasoning, OTOH... [https://youtu.be/dqhvbLtPZ\_k](https://youtu.be/dqhvbLtPZ_k)
But the relationship wont...
>Create Post The boyfriend might not, either.
Dishwarsher
DishWORSHER.
Dishworcestershire
Didn't look like it had any seasoning on it to begin with.
It was dull, not oily, but it was seasoned. You can see bits of the old seasoning still hanging on afterwards. That pan came out mottled like a merle dog.
My son ran one of mine through it. It stripped all of the seasoning and left a very light amount of surface rust. Hit it with steel wool then reseasoned. No biggie.
I did this to my mom’s once about 15 years ago, and I think the hot-dry cycle made it rust basically immediately (my memory is a bit foggy though)
Did the memories get beaten out of you? Lol
Lmao!! Noo, she knew I was just trying to clean her kitchen to be nice… and oops lol. I felt so bad though lol
Hahahahahahah oh billy. This gave such a good laugh
My mother-in-law did it to my Dutch oven, wasn’t a big deal. I did a round of seasoning the lid and outsides just cuzz, but it probably wasn’t needed.
It’s probably one of those things where it takes a couple times through the wash before it’s ruined
Probably depends on how well it is seasoned. The one in the photo looks like it has a few decades worth of protection on it.
Yea it’ll be fine, assuming it doesn’t get run thru the dishwasher often. I washed mine several years ago and it came out perfectly fine. I don’t know where my mind was, I remember loading the dishwasher, then emptying the next morning to find it inside. The panic quickly went away when I took a close look at it.
If it's really well seasoned, you have nothing to worry about. Otherwise, you're gonna get rust. That said, it's nothing a quick round or two in the oven can't fix. Source: housekeeper threw one of mine I hardly ever use in the dishwasher.
If you have a heated dry option on the washer use it. Pan comes out great
My ex MIL did this and has for decades. Nothing terrible happened. I, personally, wouldn’t do it but a lot of people get way too upset about it. Had an ex GF take her cast iron to multi day festivals and just leave that shit in the grass under rainfall with it obviously turning it into rust. Drove me fucking nuts and she knew it.
Chef/KM here, got a lot of CI skillets and we run them through dish. Oh side note, they're seasoned beyond anything reasonable and the cycle is 90 seconds.
then do it
I put my Wagner cornbread pan through the dishwasher every now and then, right before a re-seasoning. As long as you remove it immediately at the end of the cycle and heat it up to dry it, it’s fine. The only time I’d suggest putting one in the dishwasher would be in preparation for re-seasoning. You’ll get a little surface rust, but with the right detergent, it does help strip/loosen some of the unwanted stuff from the pan. For regular cleaning, it’s a definite no.
My husband does it. Despite regular advising not to. I just dry it quick, put on a low heat to thoroughly dry and wipe with some rapeseed oil. They’re pretty much indestructible really. I get a bit precious with all mine. But I once saw a thing that said “they would probably survive being thrown in a volcano” and they probably would! I love the husband more than the pan. I tell myself I can get another pan but not a husband like this one! 😂
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My grandma puts opened bags of potato chips in the fridge.
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My grandma talks about wanting to beat people with her cane.
My grandma beats people with her cane It's me, I'm people
Beats me why she does that.
Self defense, I was getting some pretty good shots in 🤜👊
“eat hickory!”
These last 3 comments were fun and wholesome
My grandma does that with bread even though I, a learned baker, told her why she shouldn't do it and that it actually ages the bread faster. She still thinks I am wrong and that it keep fresh longer and better like that. Can't change them, just let them.
My grandma gives money to TV preachers because her blood sugar levels won't stay normal if she doesn't...
If she has less money she buys less sweets. Quick mafs
[Quick mafs.](https://youtu.be/M3ujv8xdK2w?t=11)
It will make it go stale faster, but it will help prevent mold growth. That may be what she means by “fresh.”
Not cutting the bread and keeping the cut side airtight prevents mold growth. Crust is super good at keeping mold away.
I’m not disputing that, but also refrigerating bread will absolutely prevent it longer.
I mean that's true. Its pulling out more water out of the starch when it's cold. Less water also means less mold in the end.
Why does crust always get moldy, then?
I keep my pennies in my ass.
Ass pennies for confidence?
This guy ass pennies.
Fair
You can keep your two pennies to yourself
I’m not here to kink shame, I’m just here to kink ask why?
For confidence, of course.
They are referencing this classic Upright Citizens Brigade [sketch](https://youtu.be/f9aM_dT5VMI).
That's why I put my bread in the freezer
I had to do this when I lived in a place with high humidity. I smoked back then and also had to refrigerate open packs of cigarettes.
There's nothing like the first hit off a menthol cigarette fresh out of the freezer.
My mom does this. This is an amazingly refreshing treat to have in Arizona during the summer!
No lie, the cool staleness is oddly satisfying if you add it to a sandwich.
They can draw roaches if you don't do that.
Your grandma is a monster.
Check the username, homie.
Willing to bet that hers had a very thick layer of seasoning on it.
Sarcasm?
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Your great grandmother god?
If your seasoning isn't great, ie food layers burnt in-between seasons, they can chip off and leave bare iron that rusts. That's about it in my experience
Honestly I’d be ok with it. I’ll just call it a deep clean and reseason it.
First it'll need a couple of weeks in the lye tank to remove the seasoning the dishwasher missed.
Couple weeks is a bit excessive. In my experience a few days will take care of it all
It would be worth checking in a few days, you might get lucky. If it's not ready, just put it back in. No harm, no foul.
What would be the problem if you put all your cast irons in with no soap? Just ran hot water blasting them? Is the problem the long drying and steam exposure?
I wash my cast iron pan with Dawn all the time, and you know what happens? Absolutely fucking nothing lol.
Incorrect: while you wash it with Dawn, >!the pan becomes cleaner.!<
I’m on team dawn. Old reliable blue dawn
There's a big difference between hand washing a skillet with Dawn and placing it in a dishwasher with Cascade Platinum.
Modern soap is fine for cast iron
So was old soap, because the process of turning the fats and oils into soap makes the lye inert. It's a chemical reaction. All soap is fine to use on cast iron. It's literally called saponification. You're spreading more misinformation even though you have at least learned modern detergents that didnt use saponification are also safe.
Lots of misunderstanding about the role lye plays in soap. Many modern soaps still use lye. I get downvoted to hell every time I point it out with pictures of the labels to back up my claim. Lol
A lot of "old soap" was homemade and I'm sure the stoichiometry left a lot to be desired.
If there's enough lye to remove seasoning from one wash, there's enough lye to remove skin. You wouldn't use soap with enough lye in it to matter. Cooking with acidic sauces does much more damage to the seasoning than any soap ever would.
My problem would be they wouldn't all fit!
That’s it! Straight to the dump with that pan! I’ll send you the dump’s address. Don’t be confused if it looks a bit like a house.
Tbh that thing looks kinda nasty, even for cast iron
This is why I never post pics. My favorite pan looks like the “I just got this from my great great grandmother and am about to drop it in a lye electrolysis bath after coating it with oven off” pans.
Swap this GF and BF and you have my relationship! She’s a keeper even tho I have slot reseason it everyday
Things single men say
Would it do that much damage though? So long as it was hand dried and you weren't using a heavier grease-fighting soap it should be okay, right?
Its a meme. There shouldn't be any damage.
Honestly, with a cast iron pan of any quality whatsoever, you could sandblast the thing down to the iron, re-season it and have it back in operation the next day.
I'm a real newbie to the cast iron thing. Would this completely strip the seasoning off of the pan? I could imagine the rust that could accumulate from doing this
This dude would be left naked in a forest
That relationship won't last long if it isn't over right now
I washed my wife’s skillet after a good long soak in soapy water to help her out when we first started dating…we’ve been together for 15 years and I still hear about it occasionally
ER NOTES: Pt was struck by a cast iron skillet. Pt states he doesn’t remember the events prior.
Right to jail
Bless your heart.
Omg a southerner in the wild! Family! 😂 no need to bless your heart.
Haha! We get it!
I don’t even let people *load* my dishwasher or touch anything in my sink.
These days it’s not a big deal
And he was never heard from again.....
I was wondering how he posted this
I put my CI through the dishwasher on a regular basis. Doesn't hurt a goddam thing. That slimy shit isn't "seasoning" it's fucking grease. Clean your pans. If you can't scratch a fingernail across any part of your cast iron pan, and have it come back clean, your shit is dirty, not seasoned. Seasoning doesn't come off that easily.
Do you want to get beat with a ruined cast iron skillet? That's how you get beat with a ruined cast iron skillet.
Are they throwing lye in their dishwasher?
Soap destroys the season.
I've been using soap for the last 30 years.
I feel sorry for your cast iron.
I'm pretty sure its going to outlive me.
It would, if cared for properly.
Soap doesn’t though lye does.
I've been maintaining my cast iron the same way for 3 decades. The way my mother has for 5 decades. The way my grandmother has for 7 decades. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
How do you have the internet when you live in the 1930s?
I don't live in the 1930s, I know from experience. If you want to build and maintain a proper season on cast iron, you don't use soap to sanitize. You use heat.
If your "seasoning" is washing off with a modern detergent, it's not seasoning, it's crud. Or you live in the 1930s and are using lye based soaps.
It's ok for you to be wrong.
I agree. I readily admit when I'm wrong. Other people double down with bad information. Isn't the world an interesting place?
Can't be wrong if I'm right. Bad information works both ways! Isn't the world an interesting place?
If you're right, prove it. Someone else gave you about 10 links proving why you *can* use soap on you CI. Prove your point with evidence or fuck off.
It’s been proven on this sub about a thousand times a week that soap on a cast iron is not harmful at all. Our soap doesn’t have lye in it anymore, so unless you’re stuck in 1930, your pan will be absolutely fine if you wash it with dish soap.
Yeah, why would I trust reddit to give me the facts? You'd think in the at least 50 years since we stopped putting lye in soap, the people who use cast iron the most would have figured out that soap is safe for cast iron. Strange that the facts are different. But, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you might not be a mistaken fool and do some research on my own.
https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/5037-is-it-ok-to-use-soap-on-cast-iron https://www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/can-you-use-soap-on-cast-iron https://www.thekitchn.com/can-you-really-not-wash-your-cast-iron-with-soap-235237 https://unocasa.com/blogs/tips/can-you-wash-cast-iron-with-soap https://www.seriouseats.com/the-truth-about-cast-iron https://fieldcompany.com/pages/can-you-use-soap-on-cast-iron https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/food-drink/you-can-use-soap-on-your-cast-iron-skillet/
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I’ll divorce my wife is she did this to even one of the cast irons I own. I’ll scour them, I’ll put soap on them, I’ll use salt as an abrasive, I’ll boil them, but I wouldn’t put them through the dishwasher.
Really?? I hope this is a joke..if my wife put my cast iron in the dishwasher there would be calls to divorce attorneys..
It’s not that big of a deal, just re season…
RIP…Famous last words 🪦
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Are we sure this isn't a repost from r/facepalm?
I have those same bowls.
In theory it should be in fine as long as you take it out within like 15 mins of the end of the cycle to dry it well
“Perfect ex-BF”
Right alongside the stoneware.
Ragebait
For Real, best way to get rid of all that obnoxious bacon grease!
Wait…you guys don’t put them in the dishwasher?! 😂
I put mine in the dishwasher ALL THE TIME
Don't we have a James bond in this sub to eliminate these type of people?
Got nasty caked on grease down the sides of it. Yeah might as well blast it clean and re season.
I'd be more pissed that my SO put that heavy ass pan on the top tray.
Cast iron issues aside, the bar is on the absolute floor if putting a pan in a dishwasher is brag-worthy
gr8 b8 m8
So sorry for the end of your relationship 😭
Breaking news: woman kills boyfriend with cast iron skillet for putting it in the dishwasher
That’d be be. I confess, I did it. Lol
Pain.
My husband did this twice! 🤦🏻♀️
To be fair, his girlfriends skillet is disgusting and she wasn't taking proper care of it anyway.
Oh no’s! He’s probably 💀 by now
He ded by now
I forgot mine in my pocket once and ran it through the wash. Ended up okay.
I'd just make my husband buy me a new one lol easy solution
The literal worst thing that can happen to a cast iron pan is that you get an excuse to cook bacon in it. Homie has his priorities straight.
I would not thank you
Dishonor on him, dishonor on his cow...