Is It OK to Use Soap on a Cast-Iron Skillet?

Everyone's got thoughts! We collected yours, then called on the experts to settle the debate once and for all.

- JUNO DEMELO

Readers say...

Skip the soap!

"I don't use anything but lemon, oil, and salt. Anything else is blasphemous, according to Great-Grandma."
O@DORIEJH

"My grandmother had a skillet that was so old, and it had never seen soap. Made the best fried chicken in Alabama!"
@ANELA. MARIANNE

"I use salt and hot water. No soap needed. Why waste good soap?" @JDCH2

Bring on the suds!

“If Dawn doesn’t hurt a duck covered with oil, it won’t hurt my skillet!”
@WEEZERJOHNSON