lots of people ask us how to clean a cast iron pan and i'm going to show you here is one of my favorite pans it's very handy dandy it's just a lovely little skillet we were just cooking potatoes and onions in here so it's got lots of little bits and stuff stuck to the bottom all you want to do is get a nice big pinch of coarse salt we use kosher salt you could use any kind of coarse sea salt take a paper towel and then scrub the bottom until all those bits come up and then you can just dump that salt and those bits into the garbage and if you want you can rinse it under water do not use anything abrasive do not use soap if you don't want to rinse it you don't have to in fact lots of people favor that method but if you do you want to dry it off and then rub a little oil in the base and then put the pan over a low flame and let it dry completely you can also put it in a low oven and that's it that's how you clean a cast iron pan