Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19:

> Oh pshaw, on Mon 13 Nov 2006 11:36:10a, Terry meant to
> say...
>
>> Would it be bad to put an iron skillet in the dishwasher
>> during the wash and take it out before the dry cycle?
>>
>> I know you are supposed to dry these things on the stove.

> Yes, it would be very bad. Don't do it.

it's an easy way to get them cleaned up to reseason when you
buy a good one at the antique store...
i bought 2 somewhat rusty & very cruddy Griswald skillets
($5). after a week of off & on work with steel wool and Coke,
i just gave up & put them in the dishwasher on 'pots & pans'.
worked great. they're now seasoned & in use. i do prefer the
old smooth surfaces to the crappy bumpy new cast iron.

also worked with a dutch oven that smelled like cat pee....
lee
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