Be Careful jetjr of doing that in my opinion, you can cause "micro" or better known as spider cracking. As joe said, put water in and bring them to boil. I use "only" Revere ware stainless pots as well for my stews and soups
Yea did not think of that. I always use hot water but your right on that one. Need some advice anyways from you. I caved and bought 2 new pans a round griddle and a square grill both made by lodge. Whats your thoughts clean with oven cleaner and reseason to my preference or just coat them once and put in the oven? I bought them to take the place of my 2 burner griddle. Just can't get used to it on the new stove. Plus i had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket. I know they are nothing like the old stuff but i have a few lodge pieces that i like.
Had a carbon steel wok for a while. It was nice. Like cast or a good carbon knife you just have to take good care of it to keep it from rusting.
Nothing wrong "at all" with lodge stuff, they been around just as long as some of the others. Don't strip them if there new.. Just put more seasoning on them. I have a new lodge I bought last year when the girls went skiing and I wanted to cook at the condo,.. I went to wallymart and got a pan. The condo we stayed at had stuff to cook with but no cast so I went and bought a 12" lodge so I could do some viddles for breakfast
I'm doing sausage on one of my Wagners #8. This pan was a "wreck" when I got it, now It's almost my go to pan. The pan I use the most is a Birmingham #7 "love that pan" , I use it when I cook for myself. The girls and I are gonna have omelets and sausage this lazy morning.
Here's the ones that have been soaking since Tuesday, I washed them with the hose, they are coming along "fine" A little scraping recoating and sit some more. The pair of #8's will be "beautiful" when there done, Just take your time.
So I did some more reading and searching.... take a look at these. YIKES they are identical to mine. 1900-1910 Blacklock Pre-Lodge... pretty valuable there.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unmarked-Lo...763?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418d2d0b83 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unmarked-Lo...763?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418d2d0b83 Now, you want to hear the kicker.... I almost cried. while cleaning with oven cleaner....I found something that can't be removed. can this be welded? it has the smoothest cooking surface of any of the pans I have and it isn't warped...
Hmmmm….. Yes, but it would need to be done under the right conditions, meaning with pre-heat and "slow" post welding cooling, Also you need a Ni rod. You may not like what I'm gonna say but, Leave it alone! Now that it's in the condition it's in, just use it, it can't get much worse unless you put cold water in it while it's hot. "Thats a shame"…. I looked at the samples you had on e-bay and they are strikingly similar, the handles still make me scratch my head. If you welded that there is a good chance it "could" get worse. Even with 35 years of welding under the belt I'll be the first to say… "Very few people" are good at welding cast. I've done some pump housings and a couple turbine casings but only in repair status till new can be used/gotten. There are some other options of "brazing" and pulse TIG but thats even limited. I don't want to be a stick in the mud but my suggestion, just leave it as is and enjoy it's cooking qualities.
your not a stick in the mud at all. I appreciate the input and don't want to ruin it if I can use it and it won't get worse. I've welded quite a bit of cast with mixed results... I was wondering about it opening up.. never seen one crack like that before.... dropped at one point? surely couldn't have been from heat.. its directly across from the handle. Maybe my first pics were just bad, but I don't see any differences in the handles. The description on the cast iron collector site fits this to a T as a pre lodge.
Yup! … I know the feeling …. Regardless of the maker, it is a very nice pan, and I don't believe it will get worse because of the heat ring. It's such a shame about the crack though … That would have been a working show piece.
WeldrDave maybe you can help me with this one. It belonged to my great grandparents. I think it may be older than I thought. It's marked Victor with a 9 and 723 on the bottom.
Yea, Thats a nice piece!!!!! "don't ever clean that one" Victor was made by Griswold, a very good cast iron maker. I think they were made about 1900 on till about WW2, my"guess"…. I'm not sure about the numbers but 9 is obviously the size, "that" did not mean 9"s sizes went by stove ring sizes. The 723 my guess is the casters mold for that pan. But I am sure it was made by Griswold and a "very nice pan"! Don't let go of that one!
I just enjoyed a adult beverage with a scrapper friend of mine who stopped by and wished me a Merry Christmas and came with a gift! It's an unmarked post 1960 Wagner ware # 3. It's a cutie, nothing worth $ but it's the thought. He's a disabled Vet from Vietnam and he "does not" take hand outs or welfare. Him and his wife work hard, "meaning this in a humble way not very educated" so I always throw him extra $$$ when he comes up with a pan. I always try to give him what I can. I can't smoke any more but I often give him smokes when times are tough for him. "NO, HE WON'T QUIT" I've been down that road with him, he's a grown man sooooo. He won't take money, food,…. so he gets smokes, and beer. If he brings me a pan he gets $$$.
Stang, take a look at this handle where it meets the pan, this is an example of an old pre-lodge that I know of and have seen in the past …http://castironguys.com/product/7-skillet-w-raised-number-unknown-maker/ I'm not saying your wrong! This is why I been scratching my head.
I just checked out my "other" pan. I always overlooked it because its not my griswold. Turns out its a Sidney O, 10 handle. Thanks to this thread for making me take a closer look. (It also helped make some superb burgers this evening.)
I have a 10 1/2 inch wagner with the seasoning instructions and 1891 original on the bottom; a McClary #9 Drip Top dutch oven; a wagnerware 5 qt dutch oven with glass lid; a Griswold #9 frying pan; a beautiful 5 inch frying pan, quite old with no markings; a 10 1/2 inch skillet, made in usa, a small 8 on the bottom near the handle, large 8 on the handle, and under the handle an impression that looks like a flathead screw head; a #6 skillet with a heat ring, a raised squarish small 2 followed by a small square dot near the handle on the bottom; and a # 6 wagnerware with an F on the bottom near the handle. We had a very large cast skillet that my Dad made bacon in every Sunday, but I haven't seen it in years. One of my siblings must have it. Mother made hash in it. I also have a cast iron muffin/cupcake pan that makes a dozen. Made in the USA. Has one letter on the bottom, but I don't remember the letter....
Sidney -O- stands for Sidney, Ohio. "where it was made" You Have a WagnerWare #10 pan, Very nice skillet!
Thanks for the confirmation. I think I can avoid stripping this one too. I've slowly worked it back to working condition. The inside sides are still a little rought, but the inside bottom is splendid.
