My Mother Never Would Wash Her Cast Iron Pan Or Dutch Oven In Soap Water Don't Know Why But She Was One Hell Of A Cook. Had Something To Do With Seasoning She Used Some Kind Of Stuff To Clean It ???? Any Body Else Know About That. We Just Cooked 16 Pounds Of Crappie Last Sunday And All Went Well Remember To Adjust The Air On Your Cast Iron Burner To Burn Hot Not Lazy Yellow Flame Hot Blue Flame