The Ringer IR 80815 Chain Mail Cast Iron Cleaner, Silver

UPDATED REVIEW (AGAIN): I've bought multiples of these for gifts. I think they're fantastic. The last one was a replacement for me though. After cleaning my beloved cast iron skillet I went to drop the ringer on the kitchen counter and it went right down the drain. Surprisingly, the ringer is NOT ferrous (which I guess lends itself to never rusting). My attempts to fish it out with a magnet on a string failed. Subsequent attempts only forced it further along past the "S" bend. The only thing my building's handyman could do was blast air under pressure through the pipes and blow it away down the buildings main riser pipe (a drain snake couldn't get hold of it). Gone forever. I now have the replacement ringer and am awaiting repair of my leaky pipes (now cracked due to the air pressure) so I can start using it. The ringer works every time and like a fellow reviewer has stated - it's ideal for stainless steel pots and also enamelled baking dishes (use lighter pressure until you learn how strong your enamelling is). It just works! UPDATED REVIEW: After using it for a few months I'm really surprised at just how well it works. So much so that I'm now purchasing them as gifts for other cast iron chefs. Perhaps it's my well seasoned skillets but The Ringer really cleans it well and does it in a super quick fashion. One last added point is that occasionally the odd non-cast iron baking dish or saucepan gets the treatment as well for any baked on stains. Get one and you won't be disappointed. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I was wondering just how well this would clean my brand new and freshly seasoned cookware. I thought it was going to ruin the seasoning or just not clean it at all. Instead, I found this to be about the best thing to clean my cookware - more than I could have managed. The chain mail has rounded links so it's not too harsh yet easily takes off cooked on food. I wrote to the seller asking how hard I could press using this and they told me I could press as hard as I liked without any worry. They were right. Running under hot water I just scrub away and the pan remains perfectly seasoned and gleaming (after a little bit of post washing vegetable oil). I have a little hook on a shelf above my sink so I hang the Ringer there and it's always in reach. It's dishwasher safe and easy to clean. If you've got cast iron cookware - old or new - and want to easily keep it clean, then this is the product for you...

Simple and easy to use while also being very effective in cleaning my cast iron skillets and pans.

This item is definitely worth buying if you use cast iron. It cleans well without damaging the seasoning. I used to scrub off crusted food with the spatula, but this ended up damaging the seasoning. This little item cleans the pan faster, more thoroughly, and without the problem. The seasoning seems to be staying completely intact now. Also, I haven't needed to use any soap on on the pan since I got it. This item rarely needs cleaning, but it can be cleaned by soaking it in some soapy water and then spraying it with the sink sprayer. It has made cleaning the cast iron pan and keeping it well seasoned trivially easy. It'll feel a little weird and perhaps a bit scary using chainmail for the first time, but it works like a champ. What's amazing is that the metal doesn't damage the seasoning, but a nylon scrubby brush will cut right through it. It seems to be breaking the laws of physics as far as I can tell.

Best purchase I've made in a long time. Great quality and it gets the job done.

Easy to use, effectively removes all cooked on bits and always leaves the pan with a nicely seasoned surface for the next meal