How To Clean Burnt Cast Iron Cookware

First let your cast iron pot cool down.
How to clean burnt cast iron cookware. Another solution is to use hydrogen peroxide and baking soda to soften stains. On the other hand when the two are mixed they would be a definite cure for cleaning cookware. Someone just left my only week-old cast iron pan on the stove and before I smelled it it got burnt.
Wash the unclean skillet with hot water and use your hand to clean it with a stiff brush or sponge. Now using a scrubber or brush start rubbing the pan. For regular cleaning fill the pan with water and use a non-scratch cast iron grill brush to scrub the stains away.
1 Once the cast iron skillet has cooled down put liquid detergent in the bottom of the pot and fill it with warm. Put it on the stove and let it heat up for a couple of minutes. I gave a pan to a friend with a sandblaster to treat it for me and he never gave it back.
Apply mild dish wash soap if you cant clean it with water and scrub off the food from the iron. That worked well for burnt-on stuff in a small area but its a huge job to clean the whole pan. I mean its completely covered in almost black layer of burnt oil I wiped it with some rapeseed oil yesterday as I always do after cooking with it except for a small spot in the middle it still has golden-to-dark brown colour which the whole pan had earlier.
Mix some coarse Kosher salt with water a tablespoon of each. It is recommended although not necessary that you either place your cookware on the stove top or in the oven to allow the heat to ensure that all of the water evaporates from the surface of the cast iron. Lemon salt and juice have high power to remove rust from cast iron or burned food.
Dont use any soap or detergent. So boil some water into the pan and add soap with the water. Its always good to apply a thin coat of oil over a cast iron skillet after every time of using it.