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. Richard P When you get a chance, post some pictures of those pans you found. It would be neat to see what you came up with. I especially want to see that #14.
The pan above is a 3, 6, 9 Heat Ring Casting. They get their name from the heat ring breaks at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock on the under side of the pan.
The 3,6, 9 Heat Ring is a Lodge feature. Lodge always had heat rings. However, the 3,6,9 heat-ring was first cast in the 1960's when Lodge Manufacturing went from manual to automatic casting. The automatic casting machine, known as a Disa-Matic, were produced in Denmark. It was one of the very first automatic casting machines in the US. In the early 1990's the casting changed again when another machine was added and the foundry underwent a massive overhaul. It was here that the heat ring was dropped for good. The Lodge Skillet castings we see today are the successor to the 3, 6, 9 casting, and are the first Regular Lodge Skillets without a heat ring.
There is a ton of history hidden all around us!
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Nice find! Electrolysis is for removing rust. The seasoning is removed as well. You can use it anytime. I wouldn't worry about the logo effecting heating I have the same skillet. You should turn your skillet while heating, anyway, so it shouldn't make a difference.
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Mr. Bones Thanks. And thanks to the info obtained on this site I finally got good seasoning on one of my cast iron finds. Will have to use this on some more and maybe I will use more often. Scrambled some eggs added peppers, onions, lots of cheese and had no sticking and the pan wiped clean. Yea.
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Nice lookin' results, re: seasonin'!!!
Re: Yer question... I think that there's more than enough negative vs. positive space on th' bottom of yer skillet; what's th' difference in measurement, if ya wanna examine 'in depth?'
¿1/16th~1/8th, by eyeball guesstimate...?
Cain't imagine no 'hotspots', due to th' logo, letterin', an' such... Reckon Lodge been makin' CI fer awhile, they got that part down. YMMV
Hard as it is, I tries HARD, not to get too OCD!
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That's why I almost always use my Grannie's #8 Favorite Piqua Ware, when I cook CI...
Jus' payin Respects...
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out antiqueing and spied this lodge 10 inch skillet sitting on a shelf. No seasoning at all but had some surface rust. Flipped it over and saw the back. A Cracker Barrel cast iron made by Lodge. Thought it would be worth the 10 dollar asking price and with discount and taxes still under $10.
Out antique shopin
Cleaned off rust and did some sanding on the rather rough cooking surface. Then two rounds of seasoning with flaxseed oil in the gas grill. Will probably do another seasoning session later today, And will try breakfast in it tomorrow morning. Spinaker guess people that had it for sale must have sand blasted it with course sand. That is why it looked like shiny metal with no seasoning visable so I will not get to do electrolysis method on this one.
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But can anyone tell me if the casting on the bottom will cause any hot spots due to the thickness changes or heat being trapped in shallow areas.
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Originally posted by gardenfish View PostGoing to purchase one today. Looking at 5qt and 8qt deep version. Says 5" deep on both, one 10" round the other 12". Question is, for those of you that use these, for the wife and I or for general cooking which size would you recommend? I envision, corn bread, chili, beans maybe a stew. Is one size better for most recipes?
Thanks Rick
For large cast iron you might want to try antique malls. A lot of vintage cast iron is available for about the same price as new stuff on amazon. 100 year old cast iron just has a really nice cool factor.
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I got the 5qt a few weeks ago, and it is perfect for Mac 'n Cheese, stew, deep frying, whatever. I have used it in both the oven and in my smoker and grill. Even better, the lid is the same as the one they sell to fit the Lodge 10" skillet, which is perfect for corn bread.
You won't go wrong with the the 5qt.
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