Knapp Made Original CM Scrubber 4" Chainmail Scrubber - Cleaner For Cast Iron, Stainless Steel, Hard Anodized Cookware and Other Pots & Pans

Amazing how good this works on all my cast iron. Cleans them so easily.

OK BUT WAS OVER PRICED. SCRATCHES OTHER PRODUCTS. DO NOT USE ON STAUB CAST WILL RUIN FINISH! USE ON ON LODGE CAST!

Alright, $20 for a scrubber is spendy but every review I read said this was a MUST for cast iron and I'm here to shout from the rooftops that I agree. I recently made the switch from toxic Teflon to cast iron and I am LOVING how my food tastes but I must admit I was wary of cast iron cleanup (no soap, no dishwasher). I'm concerned with getting the pans truly clean so I don't somehow make my 5 year-old sick and a germy sponge on something that won't be run through the dishwasher sounded like a bad idea. This scrubber arrived a week after I switched to my cast iron pans and it made things MUCH easier. I've been using the Lodge Double Play grill/griddle like a cookie sheet for baking. I've baked on cheese, sticky sugar - you name it - and this chain mail scrubber busted it off in an easy pass or two. Tonight I made a roux (read: flour-based glue) in my Lodge 10 inch skillet...and then left it on the stove where it dried out until I got to it two hours later (see: 5 year-old). This scrubber whisked it away under hot water as if it was butter. Chain Mail scrub time per pan: less than 1 minute. Chain Mail scrub time for the worst pan mess I've managed to create: about 1 full minute. Bonus that my son and husband think its cool and do the cast iron scrubbing for me. Did you read that? THIS CHAIN MAIL SCRUBBER TRIGGERS SOMETHING IN THE MALE GENOME, CAUSING THEM TO DO THE DISHES! That is worth $20 alone right?!! Rest assured that it cleans very, very well. Now let me tell you why else I love it and why I bought one for my "doomsday prepper" mom. The thing is INDESTRUCTIBLE and will last for years and years before it comes close to needing to be replaced. (She hadn't yet thought of stockpiling plastic dish scrubbers and now she doesn't have to. This thing will easily last longer than a dozen packs of sponges.) Another bonus I thought of today while chopping onions - it's stainless steel and can do the same thing those stainless steel bars of soap do: remove tough odors when you rub it over your hands. (Just make sure you keep the chain mail clean or you'll smell like onions AND bacon grease!) Another reviewer said to leave it in the sink while you wash other dishes, which is a good suggestion. Also, soap won't hurt this. Just rinse well before it touches your cast iron again. Need more reasons to buy it? * Its environmentally friendly and makes a great gift for your Eco friends/neighbors/in-laws. * You can easily pack it for camping. It will scrub just as well in brownish green lake water! * There is NO WAY it can melt in your dishwasher. * It brings that extra touch of Medieval-chic to your kitchen. * If you hate it (honestly, sister?) downgrade it to a more humiliating use, such a coaster. Some man will eventually find it and start doing your dishes!

Well made. Works as expected. No scratching on the cast iron pans

I've used cast iron skillets for years now but I'm sure many would agree with me that they're often a pain in the rear to clean and keep well-seasoned at the same time. I grew up with a mom who was a neat freak and always used soap on her cast iron. It took me a long time into my adulthood to realize that wasn't the way to do it. Last summer I was looking to see if there was a good alternative to those lousy green brand-name scrubber pads that keep wearing out every couple of months when I found this. I read the reviews and decided to give it a shot. Aside from the fact it's pretty small (which is why I give it four stars, not five) it's the best thing ever for cleaning my pans! Cleaning the scrubber is easy too! It's always covered in grease when I'm done with it so I use a little Dawn or some of my orange solvent cleaner, rinse and dry flat on a towel. I never do a thorough cleaning of the inside of my cast iron skillets, just clean the outside really well and any stuck-on food stuffs from the inside. I like to leave some grease which just helps to build up the seasoning. I put some warm water into them and if need be, let soak for about five minutes, then use the chain mail on them. Once that's done I either dry them out with newspaper or put them on a hot burner. I figure considering the pans are going to be heated fully next time they're cooked in, if something did survive the washing it certainly won't survive the heat. I have a couple of VERY low-quality cast iron skillets that had to go through an oven-cleaning a few weeks ago. Between the chain mail and light cleanings I had them back to an excellent seasoning after only a couple of uses.