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The $40 lesson I learned about leaving a cast iron pan to soak

I left my Lodge skillet in the sink with water overnight after making chili last Tuesday. By morning there was a rust spot the size of a golf ball on the cooking surface. Took me an hour of scrubbing with steel wool and three rounds of seasoning in the oven to fix it. Has anyone else ruined a pan by forgetting to dry it right away?
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the_james
the_james14d ago
That overnight soak is a guaranteed rust factory.
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finley939
finley93913d ago
Lodge says to never let water sit on the surface. I messed up my first skillet the exact same way. Now I dry it on the stove for two minutes after every wash.
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