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What type of pan is best for lazy cookers?
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You are not supposed to wash cast iron with soap and you also need to let them cool down enough before washing because they can get a temperature shock otherwise and crack inside.
I have cooked with cast iron for years and have never cracked one.
I have destroyed a bit of seasoning, but surely not with mild dishsoap.
Normal modern dishsoap does not have any strong lye in it (and hasn't for decades) and will not destroy a proper seasoning.
And obviously I don't wash my pan while it's ripping hot.
Usually I do my dishes after eating, sometimes the pan is completely cooled down, sometimes it is a bit lukewarm, I never had problems with either. If I can handle the pan with bare hands it is cool enough to wash with warm water.
Don't spread outdated information.
The only thing this does is intimidate people from using cast iron at all and that's just a shame.
This right here. If a bit of soap and scrubbing takes off your seasoning - you didn't have real seasoning in the first place!
Yeah, I think this was my biggest issue when I started using cast iron. I never had much luck getting it actually clean without soap and it definitely showed in my cooking. I eventually got some better advice and started having much better results. Now my CI is my go to eggs every weekend and afterwards, I throw it in the dishpan with everything else. As long as you don't soak it, you're fine. I think the soaking thing is a big part of why a lot of manufacturers still recommend against soap and water. It's easier to tell people to not use soap and water than it is to explain the nuance of "wet it, don't soak it" and "gently wash, don't scrub into oblivion".
Maybe dishsoap is not the same everywhere, ours can definitely strip seasoning off. The company making the pan explicitly states that the pan should not be washed with dishsoap.
I have seen quite a few people serving the dish, taking the just emptied pan and run it under the (not yet warm even) water. If the water evaporates when hitting the pan, I believe that difference is enough to damage the pan. What you’re describing sounds perfectly sensible to me.