Lodge Chainmail Scrubbing Pad - Heavy Duty Stainless Steel Cast Iron Scrubber with Silicone Grip - Reusable Cleaning Pad for Cookware & Kitchen Essentials - Red

I saw this ad showing a person scouring their iron skillet with this thing. Yikes! The scrubbing pad works but...do you really want to scrape off the patina you work hard for that the pan be "non-stick?" Of course, not! I rarely, if ever have food stick to my iron pans because I maintain them. On that occasion, I prefer the "old way." >>> I allow the pan to cool then set into the sink. I put a 1/2 tsp of Dawn dishwashing liquid in the bottom without water. Next, heat a kettle of water to a boil. When boiled, pour the water in the pan and allow to sit for ten minutes. With a medium texture plastic kitchen brush, scrub over the surface. The pan is clean in seconds. Rinse well and completely dry. Put the pan on a medium-low heat burner, add a teaspoon of avocado oil to the bottom and wipe around the entire pan with a paper towel before the pan gets too hot. Heat until the oil just begins to smoke. Remove heat. When reasonably cool, wipe off the excess oil and completely cool prior to storing away.

Does the job; does it well; well-made and stands up to demands.

I've seen the chainmail rags you can buy, but they seemed cumbersome and not really interesting. It wasn't until I was watching a cooking channel on Youtube last night that he mentioned the chainmail sponges. This sponge is fantastic. Note: it's not actually a sponge, but it looks like one. It's a silicone rectangle that has hexagon-like holes inside to help water run through the material. It was easy to grib, moderate weight, and sturdy. It took off multiple levels of cooking (no cleaning except a quick paper towel wipe) gunk with ease. I did not use very much effort (no sweat broken kind of effort) and was doing consistent swirles with water in the pan. Now, it did leave my pan a little dry looking afterward (see pictures), but that is expected. From what I learned, this is not a process you want to do all the time. If done often, act lightly to avoid taking off seasoning. To be fair, my cast iron was recently bought, so it does not have a lifetime of use built up. Highly recommend this product. Just made the thought of cleaning my cast iron far less stressful.

I really like using these chain mail scrubbers on my cast iron. My only complaint is the price of this one.

I use this several times a week for one of my two Lodge skillets. When something sticks to the pan this quickly removes the spot and keeps the pan smooth. Easy to clean and instead of damaging the surface it restores it to an even smooth surface. Best tool to keep my cast iron fry pans in the best condition.

Work great

Not sure why it took me so long to get this. Works great and now my wife doesn’t get upset when I use the scrubbing pads to clean.

love this scrubber. it is a must have to clean cast iron!

I bought it on a good special as I wasn't sure how well it would clean. However, it is absolutely fantastic - it gets off all the bits quickly, doesn't affect the patina, and the silicone centre is both easy to hold/improves cleaning as it's easier to 'push' the mail into the dirtier parts as well as rinses really clean.

Lo compré en oferta y es recomendable para la limpieza de sartenes y ollas de hierro fundido

Högkvalitativ vara, ser hållbar ut, utför sin funktion perfekt

Worth the overly expensive pricetag. Great for scraping labels off glass jars too

A must have for cleaning cast iron pans. We use ours daily.