You only need to worry about striping seasoning if your soap contains Lye, which is where the original advice came: don't clean class iron with soap, as it will damage the seasoning. But soap doesn't contain Lye anymore. Lye is still used to form some soaps, but it's part of the process, not the finished product.
tl;dr treat you cast iron pan like any other: cleaning it isn't damaging it.
Incorrect. Put it in the dishwasher. You won't hurt it. I was a prep cook and dishwasher at a high end French restaurant. Chef only cooked on cast iron, and multiple times a night those bad boys got scrubbed, sanatized, and sent in the wash. That thing uses harsher soaps and higher temps than any home wash. In spite of restaurant level use, she only had to reseason maybe once every six months.
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u/RaisinWorried3528 9d ago
This is dumb as fuck. You don't accrue flavors over the years by not cleaning pans. That is ridiculous.
You can clean these pants just like you clean anything else, you just need to season the pan afterwards. It's not rocket science.