There are a lot of chemicals in non-stick cookware that can negatively impact your health. That’s why many people use cast iron. Others cherish it because it can create such a nice sear on meats. But for some people, cast iron has a reputation for being hard to cook with, keep clean, or store. Don’t...
I just toss my enameled cast iron in my dishwasher every day, and deal with it being poorly seasoned by seasoning on the fly every time I cook on it. Scrubbing by hand isn’t that much work, but it’s still more than ten times the effort of just throwing it in the machine…
Does enameled cast iron need seasoning? I thought the enamel took care of that.
As far as I know, seasoning a cast iron (non-enameled) pan is to create a “non-stick” coating. But since the iron is still exposed, putting it in the dishwasher would make it rust.
Enameled cookware doesn’t fear water in the same way, so what you’re doing is probably fine, but I wouldn’t recommend for simple cast iron