WoW! Thats a shame, I hope these are the pans that you didn't have much $$ in ? Todays metals are "not" like the stuff of 100 years ago. There is more of a mix of dense metals thrown in when they cast now. I've been working with metal all my life and I've noticed in various castings over the years. I don't know exactly what is going into some of these pans but only time will tell. I'd like to sand or bead blast one and see how long it takes to begin rusting and it's rust color. That will give me a good indication of the make up of metals in it. Again, I hope you didn't have much $$ into it
No i didn't. They were ones kroger. Had on sale. 10.88 for The 10" and 14.88 for The 12" That's why i tried it.
Heres a pan that was soaking in oven cleaner, it just got the hot water soap and rinse twice, rinsed again, baked for 30 min then this is the first coat of seasoning.
That must be pretty late model? Mine have all had heat rings. Actually, mine have had so much use you can barely make out the Wagner Ware logo. Like to find one in that condition.
It's 30's 40's… That sat in oven cleaner for a month! I would spray it about evey three days, scrape it, then spray again… I have about 10 of those. Take yours and clean it! They will come up like that one in time, That one was gunked to death. It just takes time, I tell everyone, don't be in a hurry with cast!
Oh! Well, as long as they're still serving you, let um do the job!. My junk man just called me a min ago, he has a couple cast aways for me to check out. I still have three in the cleaning mode I hope to have out by next week. I got the chicken fryer has been soaking for over six weeks. That thing had about 3/8" of grease caked and baked on it.
The bottoms gotta be pretty thin, but these are the two I use every day. Not sure of the timeline with the whole Wagner/National/Favorite thing, but these have a few miles on them
I can tell you exactly…The Favorite piqué "Miami" is circa (1916-1935) which the number 8 has a value of $30.00 and the National is circa (1924-1945) and a value of $50.00-$60.00 "BOTH" are quality pans and a lot were made, thats why the lower $$$ for them. In that era, they were the "cadillac" of cook where. The National went for about $0.95 back then, don't forget that; That was like $60.00 today
Well I bought a new lodge this weekend for using in the motel to cook on. No way to clean an older one up if I could find one here.
Find one and bring it home with you. Even if you found an older one you could still cook on it… With that said, I did the same thing last year when the family and I went on a ski trip, nothing at all wrong with a Lodge pan!
We've got 2 older lodge at home. I need to go back to the pawn shop junk store down the road. They had a old Wagner or something there but I ran out of cash that day.
Any of the old stuff is worth getting/saving! Unless it says "china or tiawan", grab it! "if the price is reasonable of course" Anything made in the USA, the UK, or Russia was well made.
Not sure if you can make it out, but the National has the Wagner logo cast in the center. Does that make any difference, timewise? The pans are identical except for the makings on the bottom. Same heat ring, hole in the handle, the 'gusset' (don't know what else to call it) on the bottom of the handle to the pan, same dimensions, same smooth finish inside.
I saw the Wagner ware logo, I blew up the pic to see it. There wasn't much difference in value. Those pans were well loved and used, it's obvious. You still have many years left in them "as long" as you don't over heat them.
Well, the 60grit and first re-season Seems to be better than the rest went, so far. Going to take a couple more tries
You know, I've wondered about that. But I'd prefer the polished and unseasoned non stick surface over the rough, stick surface I have now. How long did the sanding take? I plan on using a Roto Zip with the right angle attachment and a 5" wheel I got for it. I got 60, 80 and 120 grit paper for it.
So here's a dumb question. What is the real benefit of using cast iron pans? Even heat, can be put in oven, last a long time. Anything else?
