How do you clean cast iron pans???

I remember my grandmother having a wood cookstove, do you cook on it in this heat?? WOW!!! My parents had the wood burning stove and always sat water on it to put moisture in the air in the winter time. Thanks so much for your response. I didn't know that you could score them with a scoring pad. Is that a regular scouring pad or like an SOS pad???

I have never used them. I use to get stainless steel scrubbers from Watkins and they were terrific. Held up and lasted forever!!! BUT as with all GREAT and TERRIFIC products, they are a think of history. We have a fireplace but very seldom use it as when it is in use it it warms the living room up nice and toasty but shuts the thermostat off to the rest of the house so then the other rooms are all cold. Does come in handy when the electric is off once we had to all sleep in the living room because it was winter and the electric was "out of service" because of an ice storm, then I even learned how to cook in it besides roasting hot dogs and marshmellows! Thanks for the response.

I use stainless steel scrubbers from Brawny. And no, at this time our chimney needs a liner so we don't run it and if we did, it would be only during the winter to heat the home. Though when we did use it, we didn't actually cook on it, but we'd use it to keep things hot, like a cup of coffee..:) Oh, and we also had a pan of water to put moisture in the air too..

HiGG!!! Yes I thought that there were a lot of good advice here too if you have the cast iron pans. I think my friend will enjoy all the answeres. Thank you for your response.

Thanks for your response. I am sure all thses tips will help my friend very much.

Thank you so much for your response. I am passing all the information on to my friend.