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Iron Skillet??? #4079873 02/24/13 11:41 PM
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I am looking for a new iron skillet and do not know much about them, I am looking at buying a "Lodge" iron skillet unless anyone one has a recommendation of a quality brand.

Steve

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lodge is good and pre-seasoned. don't wash it with soap and water.


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Re: Iron Skillet??? [Re: bigbob_ftw] #4082748 02/25/13 11:41 PM
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Ive used the lodge brand for several seasons with no complaints the more you use cast the better it gets

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Buy it and get to cooking


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Re: Iron Skillet??? [Re: Hogkellum] #4082832 02/26/13 12:18 AM
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Buy it and get to cooking


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Re: Iron Skillet??? [Re: caddokiller] #4083169 02/26/13 02:11 AM
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Lodge only.

Re: Iron Skillet??? [Re: RobertY] #4083235 02/26/13 02:36 AM
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If you see one stamped with "Wagner", jump on it.

Re: Iron Skillet??? [Re: skeeter22] #4083291 02/26/13 02:52 AM
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Amazon has a pretty good selection of Lodge cookware.

Re: Iron Skillet??? [Re: donswin] #4083964 02/26/13 02:31 PM
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Lodge will do, and I have a couple. But my best one is an old antique that doesn't have a brand imprinted anywhere. I plan to get a Griswold or Wagner someday.

If you buy a new Lodge I know they are sold as "pre-seasoned", but when they are new food easily sticks to them. Start off with fatty foods until it gets seasoned better.

http://grannysvitalvittles.com/why-you-want-a-vintage-cast-iron-skillet/

Edit: After reading this link my best one may very well be a Wagner. The name "Wagner" did not appear on skillets after 1922.

http://blackirondude.blogspot.com/2008/11/wagner-and-wagner-ware.html

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Lodge has been great. I have a no name brand I have had trouble with which wasn't pre seasoned. Lodge is pre seasoned and makes all the difference.

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Originally Posted By: DannyB
start off with fatty foods


Not sure what other kind of food goes into a iron skillet!!

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start off with fatty foods


Not sure what other kind of food goes into a iron skillet!!


Well I know my favorite stuff to cook in cast iron is fatty meat, but if you cooked something like scrambled eggs in a brand new "pre-seasoned" Lodge it would take a sand blaster to clean it.

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Originally Posted By: DannyB
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start off with fatty foods


Not sure what other kind of food goes into a iron skillet!!


Well I know my favorite stuff to cook in cast iron is fatty meat, but if you cooked something like scrambled eggs in a brand new "pre-seasoned" Lodge it would take a sand blaster to clean it.


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They say preseasoned but after trying one I seasoned the rest in the oven coated with grease, the rest of that set worked a lot better after that.


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I have several that I cook with some new some old. The best one is one I found half burried in the sand at our ranch when we bought it. I took a grinder with a whire wheel on it to get the rust of then poored some vegi oil in the bottom and let it sit there for a couple days then whiped the hole thing down and seasoned it. I cook with it rinse it and whipe the bottom with vegi oil and it is like a nonstick pan.

The rest of them I have are not like that even treating them the same they will stick.


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start off with fatty foods


Not sure what other kind of food goes into a iron skillet!!

Taters and onions!!

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another vote for the Lodge pre seasoned!

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Ours have been around a long time, no name.

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Lodge is OK, Wagner is better, but look around at flee markets, garage sales, etc. and find the best, a Griswold. If they are crusted up, then have them bead blasted and re-seasoned. The finish on the Griswold is the best there is.


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Well ya made me go an look. No identification on the old black skillet. I dunno what it is but my momma gave it to me and her momma gave it to her. VERY well seasoned.....makes the best bacon and eggs totally non-stick. Must be at least 70 years old.

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Griswold are the best by a wide margin. Far too expensive for the average person. I inherited this set ~

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