Thread: Cast iron?

Your pan looks "very" modern to what I am thinking about but from what I understand much of what you are talking about is from using coal in the style of stove that has the openings that you remove and put the pan directly over the fire. The pan size is not in inches but the opening in the stove.

My favorite skillet looks much worse and is not any good as a collector piece but I am happy and going to leave it as is.

Here's my first cast iron restoration. I decided to do the same thing to our No. 8 skillet, which we've had for a few years and had a buildup of gunk on the outside. I decided against the lye bath because it seemed like way too much hassle, I opted for the self-cleaning oven cycle method instead. I'm very happy with the results!

After oven cycle & cleaning:



After first round of seasoning:

I now see my confusion in my previous post. From what I see you are removing the previous seasoning and starting over.

Restoring verses re seasoning.

The pan was not really useable in the condition it was in. The bottom smoked constantly! So it needed to be completely stripped to raw cast iron and reseasoned. Even though it took time, it was not difficult and I’m very happy with the results.

Those turned out nice, what brand is the No. 8 skillet? Haven't seen that before.

Originally Posted by CamaroZ28

Those turned out nice, what brand is the No. 8 skillet? Haven't seen that before.

It's a GSW (General Steel Wares), a well-known Canadian brand from back in the day. I've never looked into dating it exactly, but it was probably made somewhere between 1940 and 1965. They're pretty common up here, so they're not expensive (usually the #8 goes for about $20 CAD), and they're very good quality.

Interesting learn about another brand good quality cast iron

Slightly modified recipe from Lehman's.

Came out good. No stick 'em!

I picked this #9 Griswold Waffle Iron up the other day at FleaBay. I made an offer and they jumped at it. Probably should have made a lower offer but that's water under the bridge.

I don't have enough lye and I've checked at Walmart and other places and can't find it locally so I re-ordered from Amazon. It should be here in a few days/I'm sure that the Holiday will screw things up.

That is a beauty Roy !!!!! I’d love to have a waffle ❤️ I’ll have to live vicariously through the pictures of your finished waffles !!! Kathy