Big mess! How to Clean Carbon Steel Pans & Skillets

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Uncle Scott's Kitchen shows how to clean carbon steel pans and skillets, with tips on maintaining the seasoning and non-stick surface.

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[ThreeDirtyMen]

I seasoned my new pan according to this guy, fried some eggs and cleaned as shown here. Everything was spot on perfect! 10/10, will cook again!

[thomasbrewer]

Scott, I love your videos, I’m just starting my journey with carbon steel pans. Your videos are very entertaining love the humor. Have a great day.

[marcusludicrous]

I have a carbon steel wok that I have never been able to season properly. This video is the best of all the many videos I've watched on how and why to take the steps that will result in a good seasoning. Thank you.

[jordanxfile]

About the paper towel usage 😂 I had to pause and write this; the last 3 days I've been seasoning my De Buyer pans and Craft Wok carbon steel wok. I can attest to the increase in paper towel usage so far 🤣 Gas and electricity usage are not bad either 🙄 I really enjoy your videos; they always have a sense of humor, but always contain a huge amount of actual information. Thank you for all your efforts in reviewing these products and sharing your experience with us.

[lightgrove]

This video helped me stop making sticky seasoning.
THANK YOU

[jw]

Thank you for fixing the sticky pan problem!!

[phgoossens]

One method to consider is baking plain table salt in your pan every once in a while. Scrub the hot salt in the pan. This will remove all proteins. Also very useful after baking fish to remove the fishy smell from the pan.

[nicholashall]

I was today years old when I learned that sticky burnt on food comes off my cast iron like magic when I pour hot water into a hot pan. It worked incredibly well! For that matter, the whole channel is great, I've been slowly binge watching it. :)

The only thing I'd add is that I always pour my extra fat into the trash, before I start to rinse and wipe the pan. That much butter and bacon grease slowly clogs up pipes over time, which can be expensive to resolve...

[Bigc]

Great video, instead of the steel wool for my cast and steel for deep cleaning I like to use kosher salt with paper towel in a warm pan. Some times a little oil. Cleans all the bacon stuff off.

[booradley]

Finally explained. - I have two little iron oven dishes that were always sticky and never knew why it was always sticky. Oil after the cooling! Thank you!

[michaelwinters]

Hey Uncle Scott,
I've referred to this video many times over the last year and half since obtaining a carbon steel Made In pan. Tonight, I burned onions onto it so bad, I thought the belt sander was on the way!
Thanks, best carbon steel series on You Tube!
Mike

[comesahorseman]

I use Scott blue shop towels for seasoning cast iron and carbon steel. The blue towels are much tougher, so you don't go through so many in a cleaning session.
BTW, if you like to make skillet pizza in cast iron, try it in a large carbon steel pan. Bake it as you usually would, it may finish baking a little sooner.

[carlyzhang]

I happened to buy a cheap carbon steel wok for the first time after 15 yrs of marriage for chinese cooking and i am absorbing your tips! Thank u and thank u for the fun too!

[guava_]

watched this video about 10 times and still learn something new. keep watching it and youll have a great pan

[KailuaDoug]

Good advice. Thanks. Just got my first CS pan and am having some issues. I'll follow your advice. Appreciate it.

[jimmyquck]

thanks for the video! you answer some questions i don't see anyone else do.

[teresaquach]

Hi Uncle Scott, truly enjoy your humorous and informative videos. Question - what is that brown residue that the paper towel picks up when I'm wiping oil onto my Matfer before storing it away? Is this toxic? I also noticed it on my carbon steel wok too

[StropSharp]

I've been using chain mail and just hot tap water, no boiling of liquids on the burner, discard the glaze and rince...once that's done I dry the pan over the burner on high setting, set aside to cool (warm is good enough), then apply a thin coat of oil, reheat on high till smoking for a minute or two, let cool again, then apply a final thin protective coat of oil. Done no sticky gummed up oil. Very similar to your method only slight differences. A couple of things I do to conserve on paper towels is to not use them to dry the pan since I use the burner to do that anyway. I also wad up a ball of one full sheet of paper towel and put it inside another twist the tag end closed, fold it over and secure with a rubber band which is used to apply oil. Works for several applications.

[MrAllan]

I always use the smoking oil and wipe method, works great.👍

[nnishikigoi]

very informative uncle scott ... if there are spotted rust what do you do with it? do you have a video for that? thanks