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Re: Cast iron
[Re: Mickey Moose]
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03/19/19 08:53 PM
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All well and in good fun Moose, I have a three Lodge Iron skillets and won't use them for anything but decoration and that is no joke
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Re: Cast iron
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03/19/19 10:07 PM
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That is a beautiful piece! There’s another old smoke ring. I hope you use it daily. Cast ... what are you calling a smoke ring on the cast iron skillets/pots? I have some really old stuff passed down from my parents and think even some from my grandparents but never heard something called a smoke ring???
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Re: Cast iron
[Re: chalet]
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03/19/19 10:18 PM
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[quote=procraft05] Cast ... what are you calling a smoke ring on the cast iron skillets/pots? I have some really old stuff passed down from my parents and think even some from my grandparents but never heard something called a smoke ring??? See the raised edge on the bottom of the skillet? That’s it but it’s usually a little inside the edge. Check out Chalet’s #8 skillet below, bottom pic, no name skillet with a smoke ring. It’s more traditional. There’s a couple more smoke rings in here too. The ones we use at work, left to right. "Vittles n Fixins" Chinese brand skillet I use for cornbread regularly, it as actually a pretty good piece. Wagner Ware skillet of Mom's in the middle, and last no name "Made In USA" also belongs to mom. I don't use those 2 much, prefer stainless on the stove top.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/19/19 11:52 PM
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The deep one on the right and one below it are from my wife’s family. We are at least 3rd generation cooking in then. Bottom left #8 and the 6-1/2” I rescued from a dilapidated shed on my family property. They were in bad shape but cleaned up and seasoned well. We use them regularly.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 12:20 AM
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I have one. I don't use it all the time but when it is an expensive piece of meat I do.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 12:52 AM
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Almost forgot this one probably because it doesn’t get used near enough. Left behind by previous owner of a home we bought. 12oz beverage container for size comparison only.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 01:10 AM
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I now realize why I like our cast iron cookware so much. None of it cost me a dime
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 01:25 AM
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Top to bottom. 1st. 12" skillet with homemade steel lid is prob my best treasure, it was my Grandma's chicken fryer. Not sure when or where she got it but I know she cooked for Bridwell Ranch back probably in the 30's, worked as a cook at ACISD and also farmwife for close to 60 years. Don't use it a whole lot, it stays in my chuck wagon and comes out on hunting trips. Only markings are a 12 on the bottom. 2nd is my Lodge Dutch Oven. Received as a gift about the time I finished college, so 20 years ago. Has seen many pots of chili, gumbo, pork and kraut, breakfast sausage and eggs, and critter fricasse. Even burned a few biscuits in it. It stays on chuck wagon duty also. 3rd. Some made in Taiwan wooden handled skillet my wife had when we dated. Pretty sure she was washing it with soap and water when we met. Used to use it a lot when we got married, not so much these days. It works pretty good. 4th. Little griddle that stays on my stove. Think I got it @ World Market 15-20 years ago. Made in China, see's fried egg duty almost daily. Zero complaints about function. 5th. Bayou Classic 12" square skillet I got last year, made in China. Center of it has humped a little bit but still works ok, stays in the oven mostly. Use it mainly for bacon as I don't like crowding bacon or making it fit right in a round skillet. That's about it.
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Shoot. Eat. Repeat.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 01:26 AM
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Bought this a couple years ago, don't use it as much as I like. Think its the 10 gallon King Cooker Jambalaya pot. Made in China but the price was right.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 01:41 AM
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Almost forgot this one probably because it doesn’t get used near enough. Left behind by previous owner of a home we bought. 12oz beverage container for size comparison only. I like that cook pot. Nice find.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 11:53 AM
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 12:45 PM
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The three smaller Lodge were wedding gifts 24 years ago, the bigger one I picked up about 2 years ago. Will add a few more pieces when it is right.
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Re: Cast iron
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/20/19 12:50 PM
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thanks for the explanation!!! I have noticed the raised ring on the bottom but never knew it was called anything or had a purpose. Interesting!
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Re: Cast iron
[Re: Wburke2010]
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03/20/19 03:48 PM
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Yeah it’s called a smoke ring but I imagine it’s more about an insulated air space to keep the skillet off the top of that hot wood burning stove.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 04:56 PM
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1st they put an electric heating element on a cast iron skillet, next thing you know we got self driving automobiles and too much technology on airplanes.... Seriously though, neat skillet. Never have seen an electric one before. Is that factory or a home made job?
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 05:29 PM
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Yeah it’s called a smoke ring but I imagine it’s more about an insulated air space to keep the skillet off the top of that hot wood burning stove. I too, did not know what that was called or its purpose. I have one with that. I kept my mom’s old cast iron skillets and I have a couple of my own. Thanks for the insight! Greg
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 05:35 PM
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Well I’ll be danged! I’ve never seen or heard of anything like that. If that thing still works, it could be valuable.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 07:02 PM
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thanks for the explanation!!! I have noticed the raised ring on the bottom but never knew it was called anything or had a purpose. Interesting! i've never heard it called a smoke ring, but i can say that it's on older skillets for the purpose of holding them in place on top of a wood cookstove when you remove the lid from the eye on the top. the ring on the bottom fits into the hole and prevents it from moving around. that's where they got the numerical designation such as #6 or #8 etc.instead of a measurement in inches like the modern made skillets do.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 07:18 PM
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Check this guys take on smoke rings - LinkThere’s some really big skillets with really big smoke rings. Bigger than the biggest hole in a wood stove top.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 08:37 PM
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I was told that it is factory by my grandparents. It does work and I use it to do my double dip buttermilk fried chicken in it. My grandparents got it sometime in the fifties and they passed it down to me.
CAST you basically called me a liar so I felt compelled to take a pic of it and post it here.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 08:53 PM
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You should demand an apology imho
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 09:26 PM
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I was told that it is factory by my grandparents. It does work and I use it to do my double dip buttermilk fried chicken in it. My grandparents got it sometime in the fifties and they passed it down to me.
CAST you basically called me a liar so I felt compelled to take a pic of it and post it here. I actually thought you were joking. All my years searching out cast iron and never ran across one. I love it! I was wr wr wro wro wro I apologize.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 09:47 PM
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I was told that it is factory by my grandparents. It does work and I use it to do my double dip buttermilk fried chicken in it. My grandparents got it sometime in the fifties and they passed it down to me.
CAST you basically called me a liar so I felt compelled to take a pic of it and post it here. I actually thought you were joking. All my years searching out cast iron and never ran across one. I love it! I was wr wr wro wro wro I apologize.
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Re: Cast iron
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03/20/19 10:13 PM
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You will give us more pics please?
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Re: Cast iron
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03/21/19 01:05 AM
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Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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