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How Do You Keep the Cast Iron on Blue Star Range Clean
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Posted by malhgold (My Page) on Wed, Nov 11, 09 at 19:44
| Please tell me how you keep the cast iron on your Blue Star range clean. I've watched Trevor's video(thanks so much), but everything I use seems to leave little bitty pieces all over the cast iron. Bought new sponges and they're rubbing off on the grates. When I tried rubbing some oil on with a rag, that was pilling also. Some of the grates have browned marks on them that I tried getting off with oil but it didn't work. It looks awful right now(slight exaggeration!). This can't be that hard, but I can't seem to do anything to get it clean. Thanks for your tips! |
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RE: How Do You Keep the Cast Iron on Blue Star Range Clean
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| Have you tried wiping them down while they're still hot? I wipe mine down with a damp paper towel or sponge while they're still hot. Spills and grease wipe off easily. For deeper cleaning, put them in the dishwasher. Is your range new? Once the grates are seasoned after a little use, spills wipe up easier. |
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I don't have mine yet, but from the video it looks like you're supposed to treat them like a cast iron skillet. They're supposed to get seasoned - Won't washing them in the dishwasher cause them to rust? Do you oil them after the dishwasher? They're supposed to blacken.
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RE: How Do You Keep the Cast Iron on Blue Star Range Clean
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| I only have cast iron grates on my Wolf, but they are now the best looking thing on it, as you know the aggravation I've felt with the shiny black pans under the grates. I have often wondered if I should have bought the BlueStar because of the cast iron components. I think the problem is, yours are too new, and too clean. :-) After awhile all the spots, etc. will blend and become the nice seasoned coating. I, too, would fear dishwasher cleaning would interfere. Meanwhile, my best advice, and I know how it sounds, but I mean it, because it's similar to the advice I got 18 months ago, is don't look so close. It's a major piece of stove and should look like you use it. :-) |
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| I use a damp Dobie pad for small wipe-ups and every month or so, I put them in the dishwasher. No, they don't rust and I don't oil them. When they come out of the DW, they look like new. |
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| I agree with rhome410--this is a STOVE, not your dining room table! |
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| FWIW - on our brand new BS range having just cooked our very first meal (hooray!) I pretty much followed Trevor's video and did a quick wipe/scrub with a scrubby sponge. Yes, a few pieces of the sponge we left behind but no big deal really, I just picked them up. There were oil splatters from some seared pork chops but really it doesn't look all bad after a very quick and easy cleaning (MUCH easier than any previous cooktop I've owned by far) and I expect it to look better as it ages and more oils get on the iron, etc. Remember that part of the beauty of the cast iron is it doesn't ever look (or need to be) spit polish clean, even when new. I'm tickled with our new range. |
RE: How Do You Keep the Cast Iron on Blue Star Range Clean
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| jn99...A big welcome to the Bluestar world. It's a great feeling when you finally get that first meal behind you after all that decision making on which range to purchase. Plus you got a super deal if I remember correctly. Besides the cooking capabilities, the thing that surprised me the most about my RNB was the EASE of cleaning! I think I've saved maybe 4 to 6 hours a month on not having to do the deep scrubbing and cleaning of my old crappy range grates. There's also less wear and tear on my hands and fingers from getting getting into all those little crevices on the grates and sealed burner edges from before. When I cook on my Bluestar, I just brush the crumbs to the tray below, do a quick inspection for excess grease, wipe down the stainless edge and I'm done. I fret more over the stainless part so as to not get any acid spills on it which may discolour the steel than I do about the cast iron top. And that top will patina quite quickly to a nice darker black. When I got mine, I think the top was slightly more grey in colour but you wouldn't know it now. I use the front two burners more than the back but somehow the back has darkened the same as the front. Oh and don't fret if the stainless gets scratched up. It's going to happen know matter how careful you are but it all adds to the charm of the range and shows you do work it. Everyone in my family loves using this range including the oven and we don't stress over cleaning it anymore like we used to. The other day, my son was making a bowl of udon noodle soup and when he went to transfer the noodles into a bowl, one long noodle fell into the lower bowl of the burner and slittered right onto the drip tray below. He looked at me with a big smile, pulled out the tray and saw the noodle still steaming away in a nice little heap and then he started giggleing away. I think that is a story my family will go to in the future for laughs. |
RE: How Do You Keep the Cast Iron on Blue Star Range Clean
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| lisalists2000- the grates and bowls are porcelain coated. They shouldn't rust, although you may see a little after you've had them for a while. At that point, oiling takes care of the problem. I'll admit that my range is cleaned only lightly. One of these days, I'll pop the grates and burner bowls off and clean underneath. And be more careful than the folks who show up with the sheet metal beneath as why the BS isn't as good as Brand X. |
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| We clean the grates most of the time with a scotch bright yellow/green scrubby sponge and warm water. A regular sponge or cloth will leave pills and fibers behind, so we just use the scrubby side. Sometimes I use soap, but usually not. Sometimes I actually lift them out bowls and all and scrub them in the sink with dish soap. After Thanksgiving dinner we threw them all in the dishwasher. They came out perfectly clean. We love our Blue Star range!!!! I find it incredibly easy to keep clean--way easier than a top that is enameled our "stainless" steel. The oven had its maiden voyage with the turkey and I still haven't cleaned it. It needs it badly and I'm just researching here the best way to do it. I have to admit that I'm dreading it....... |
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