My pan went from sticky brown mess to glassy black in 3 weeks just by scrubbing it with coarse salt after every cook

Emma Perry · 2026-09-30T18:10:03.211142+00:00

I used to baby it with paper towels and warm water which just kept building up that gummy layer, but switching to a dry salt scrub then a thin wipe of canola and 10 minutes in a 450 oven each time finally gave me that slick finish, has anyone else had salt fix a gunky pan or is it just me?

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