The number on the handle or on the bottom of the pan No.8 No.9 was a reference to the hole it fit in on the old Glenwood stoves. They had removable lids called eyes, and the pan fit in the eye for cooking.
A couple of months after my mother passed away, my siblings and I were going through her house to get it ready to sell. My sister was on the way to the trash with a cast iron skillet. I stopped her and said "What are you doing?" She said she was throwing out this old back greasy pan. I said "It's cast iron, I'll take it." She called me nuts and said "Ok, if you want this old thing I don't care." The pan she was about to toss was a Wagner Ware number 6 a smooth bottom made during the 1935 to 1959 era.
Ryhla A couple of months ago, I inherited a Griswold Number 8 from my mother. I have put aside the All-Clad stainless steel pan I had been using, and now use the Griswold exclusively.
Thank you. I’m new to collecting and found a true passion for cast iron and this has helped my knowledge and learning. I wish you had more videos or a book! You can see your passion and I love it! The history of cast iron is amazing! Thank you!!
I have an old Griswold pan i got from my parents. i am 60 years old and my family has used this pan since the 50's. my dad worked as a garbage man on a truck and someone threw it away then. my mom used it ever since and now i do. times were tough then and no money to buy much of anything. i love it and pretty much use it daily/weekly.
My grandmother gave my mother a couple cast iron pieces in the early 1960's. My mother is from East Germany and had never used cast iron and didn't know how to use it. She likely also thought it was just dirty (She was fastidious about such things and I can see her turning her nose up at the idea of cooking in something with such a black coating.) Anyway, she threw them in the trash. She has since learned of her error. I always hope the trash man saw them and pulled them out so that they can live on.
Thank you so much for the tutorial! Unlike others I have seen, I really enjoyed your teaching style-- very approachable and easy to understand. Thank you so much!
Great video! Thank You! I have a small collection of cast iron and just recently purchased a 1950s era Wagner. It is so nice to have and is my oldest piece... :)
Very impressive! It's a beautiful collection, one that could be appreciated. I don't know why, but I'm very attracted to collecting cast iron cookware! I can't even cook! I just enjoy researching and collecting! Just wanted to compliment and congratulate u on your very beautiful collection.
Loved your video, i had a deep skillet (Lodge) for my 60th Birthday. Now I am hooked ! Every opportunity I get I cook with my skillet. Looking forward to your next video.
Great Video, Just got my first Griswold Skillet today! Its the Griswold Skillet Griddle 108 slanted Erie model. Found it for 79 bucks and its in perfect condition and had to purchase. Im new to cast iron as my girlfriend has introduced me to them. Thanks for sharing this great video, lots of info!
I really enjoyed this video, lots of good info. I've recently started using cast iron for cooking and started a small collection, now I know what to look for! Keep up the vids!
Being from Ohio and not far from Wapakoneta where the Wapak "sounds like Wapauk" cast iron was made, you made me chuckle. I needed that on this dreary day!! I'm new to learning about "Vintage" cast iron. I've used them in the past quite alot but just never thought much about it until recently. Loved your video !!
man my dad used to find clean and sell cast iron at our yard sales for years!!!! i wish i kept them all had TONS of griswold wagner and wapak everyone wants a mint for them now! great video buddy!
The good pieces are getting expensive and hard to find. I should do another video, I've learned a lot and collected a few more pieces since I made this video, almost 3 years ago. Thanks for watching..
That was very interesting! You are well versed in the world of cast iron. You have me wanting to start looking around for some older pieces like you have. Very nice surface on those older ones. I can remember my mother cooking on nothing but cast iron all the years I was growing up. I have no idea what kind she had, but she sure did cherish her cast iron. Great video!!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I just started a collecting a year ago. Last weekend I found a Griswold 9, a Mi-Pet 8 and a Wardway 1432 at a rummage sale. 18 bucks for all of them! Also, a unmarked Wagner at Goodwill for 9.99.
Very nice history lesson, Lodge is my favorite, and my and I have a ton of them. I never new lodge made any unmarked pans, I have seen ones that looked like a lodge with no marking, good info, thank you.
Thank you for giving me some of your knowledge on Cast Iron skillets and dutch ovens, I truly appreciate it. I would really like to find a skillet made up in Erie, Pa. Considering I was born just 32 miles away from there! I found everything that you said very interesting, again thank you very much.
I really enjoyed watching them... I just got don't grinding my new lodge pans to a smooth almost mirror finish and seasoned them. I've never had an egg slip and slide like these do other than a non stick pan
Hey man, great video. Friend of mine just inherited a very old Wagner. Pre Wagner ware branding, with the Sidney O, arc letters. Very nice shape. Told her to hold onto it forever, and that if for some reason she did want to pass it along to keep me in mind!
I enjoy using my oldest skillets too. A 9 and 10 ERIE are my regular users. Piqua Favorite is darned good stuff too. Not as light but excellent cooking surface. The gate marks you mentioned were where the molten iron was poured into the sand mold. Later they poured into the sidewall rim of the skillet and then ground it off. You can see evidence of that grinding on some skillets. Nice collection of cast iron you have there. I try to resist buying any more. I gave in recently though for a pre 1900 " WAGNER" no9 griddle and a Wapak waffle iron.
Hey, Gregg! I found several sites listing my Dutch oven as a pre-Griswold skillet. They are running around 85$ to 100$. Can't wait to see your next video!
Great video. Just got into cast iron cause a friend was getting rid of things from her granny’s & I ended up w/ a Birmingham #8w/ a lid & 2 #5’s 1940’s lodged. Great cookn w/ these
I found a really nice wagner drip drop roasting lid and skillet matching $20 great shape little surface rust in the skillet easy restore for me. All the patents inside my lid. My new favorite cooker.
I just restored a Second Series "Erie" that I picked up at a Consignment Store for $5 !... It was so covered in carbon & rust that I couldn't see any markings so I didn't know what I had until I cleaned it up :)
I've got a few, and I decided I really like the handle on the 1891 original Wagner (made in 1991 of course) but I like the beefy handle,doesn't get hot as fast, hit it with a random orbital to smooth it out
Loved this video. I've had new Lodge cast iron for years. Just started looking for the old stuff. In the last couple months I've found several Griswold and Wagner skillets at flea markets and junk stores. Even bought a few off Ebay.....might have paid to much..LOL. My wife accepts my little hobby. We don't have the wall space in the kitchen, so most are hanging on the wall of the laundry room. None of my cast iron are wall hangers. We cook on every one of them. Looking forward for your next video.
+Tim Clawson Nuting Sounds like you are part of the club for sure. Hunting the pieces is addicting, makes it easier if she is on board. Thanks for watching.
Very informative. I never realized what the ring on the bottom of the pan was; just assumed it was part of the casting process. Most of my pans are lodge's and wagner's; some are no name. There's one piece of cast ironware I have used no more than 4 or 5 times over the decades. It's a turkey roaster and weighs more than a small turkey. The roaster is used as a storage container now and at one time a doorstop. I don't have any vintage cookware since they were all bought at retail stores. One thing I have to tell you, when I was stationed at Tinker AFB, OK the wife and I dropped into a local dollar discount store and saw a bunch of cast ironware for sale. Believe it or not we got 2 dutch ovens and lids for $4 , a chicken fryer for $4, medium and small skillets for $3 Must have been about 75 lbs of ironware. The owner told me he was surprised we bought as much because he thought he wouldn't be able to give it away. The fun part was getting it back home in ME. The quartermaster at the base had a fit about the weight.
I would like to have a turkey roaster, haven't seen one for sale. I spent a lot of time around Tinker back in the late 70's wish I would have started buying Cast Iron back then. Thanks for watching.
My friend, thankyou for an awesome video.. you are a true collector... I have a few.. and are right, they are hard to NOT buy, no matter what kind they are...
After I get them cleaned up good I put a thin coat of oil on them and put them in a 350 degree oven for an hour or so. wipe it down good and repeat a few times. That's it....
👍My 93yo MeMa watched this video with me & she liked it. She has & uses cast iron cookware handed down to her from several past generations (it's old & great). 😃
Many years ago my father who worked in the Steel Mills of Birmingham AL, when I was a young boy I ask about different sizes of cast Iron skillets. He told me the NO. 8 stamped on skillets was the number the person counted to when filling the mold with molting Iron, that way as not over fill the mold and it run over on the concrete floor that would blow up and spray molting iron and concrete. The size and description was just that. Any other random numbers, letters were often used as mold marking. As a child almost everyone I knew had a wood cook stove, of many sizes, shapes, makers and number and sizes of eyes, some even had griddles and ovens, some even had water pipes to make hot water for the house hold. Not all skillets would fit the eyes of the stoves and would smoke up the house, hints the smoke ring / heat ring.
MichaelSerial The BBQ Bus has been out on the road a few times this week. I'll get a video up of the adventure soon. Thanks for watching. I have a Facebook page now for the bus. "The BBQ Bus" Come on over and check it out.
Thank you for the education, every pan has a story just the same as an old hunting rifle and don't we know they go hand in hand no pun intended. cheers
i also have the ghost marked erie pan size 9 and it’s also my favorite pan. they must have been nice molds, my erie pan and my wapak ghost mark pans are identical. The older pans are very nice to cook in.....
Great video . thanks for sharing. you have a great collection. I use to have a small collection , but it was stole a few years back when we were gone . but I trying to collect some here and there. I have a few now . but I really enjoyed your video on yours. again thanks for sharing. take care.
Congratulations on such an amazing collection of cast iron, it really is impressive. Extremely difficult to get hold of such cookware where I live, so I envy you my friend. I can buy new Lodge from the UK for example, but I would rather use old stuff, which, again, is very hard to come by. Been searching for ever on boot sales and flea markets, no success. Nice shirt by the way. Thanks for sharing.
GREAT VIDEO .going to buy some cast iron (only cast iron ) for my travels .I was going to buy lodge but I think I will look at the many flee markets around where I live for some of the old brands . THANK FOR THE VIDEO
Someone (whether it is your or someone else does not matter to me) should make a cast iron poster or book that has some cast iron information (e.g. progression, identification, and quality). As someone who has a few pieces and is beginning to collect more non-lodge pieces, I would really enjoy seeing all of the variety out there.
I tried the fire method on a old rusted griddle that I found in my barn. I guess the fire was hotter then I realized. This morning I pulled it out of the pit and it had warped. I'm hoping that I can repair it by heating it red hot than clamping it to some angle iron. Don't know if it will work, but I'm retired and have plenty of time to play with it!
I think your "farmer's furniture" pan is a promotional piece made by Lodge for that company. It's certainly in the style of a Lodge skillet, with the three notches, small pour spouts, and handle design.
You are correct. The pan is at least 20 years old. Lodge started removing the raised rings on the bottom in the late 90's early 2000's. It also should be a number 7 skillet.
Awesome video, thanks! Question. I came across a 17" pot with a lid that is gate marked on both pieces. I think the lid has 16 or 18 on the top. I have put in an offer on it but wondering what the street price could be. Not looking to flip it, just want to be sure I won't lose money
I enjoyed watching your video on skillet historical manufacturers I've just purchased a 7" skillet with a turned wooden handle I haven't cleaned it yet but already u can see what looks to be a 2 etched on the handle stock What year and who made them with wooden handles
Not sure about who and when. Lots of manufacturers made them with wooden handles. I remove the handle when seasoning them. Not much help.. Thanks for watching.
Good video. My mother just turned over to my wife 2 cast iron skillets. One is an Erie and from some research think it is called a griddle. It’s almost flat and on the back has Erie at the top and letter A at the bottom. The other pan is a Wagner Bacon & Egg Breakfast Skillet. We have others and I am trying to learn about these things.
tjar12 Welcome to the cast iron family. There is a ton of info out there on the interweb. I would like to see a picture of the "ERIE" Thanks for watching.
Great video and very informative. I came over to my computer 20-25 mins ago, to search out the history on a 10" Wagner 1058 E bought a year or two ago. It has a super smooth tight-grained finish, unlike some modern Lodge cookware I bought that has a very "porous-looking and feeling" finish when you run your finger over the iron. This Wagner has a heat ring and is flat as can be, and the metal has almost a brown sheen to it rather than deep black, but that may be previous painting done on it. Its become my favorite cooker. I wonder if you might help me identify a cast iron pan that has no markings on it at all except the number 8 on the underside at the bottom. It has no heat ring, but does have a very smooth finish, not much to go on, right ? Anyway...my next cast iron acquisition will be a Griswold of some size and good condition, the logo Griswold used is just so cool.
Question: what year did Griswald and Wagner go out of business, just wondering. Believe it or not, my wife dug out a really old WAPAK 12'' skillet she had passed down to her from her great grandmother, it was sitting out in our shed, totally forgotten about. We now use it almost every day for frying, tonight chicken, yum. enjoy your videos, please answer the question if you know, thanks ray lowery
That Flat plate is a 1800 skillet, Saw one just like that one in the South West Museum, made in the late colonial period. They were casted, But not from farmers or cowboys, "a bit older".
From what I inherited from my Grandmother, The Wagner Ware seemed to be thicker than the Griswold. What's your thoughts? Would love to see you do a video on it.
Excellent! My cast iron is from grandma...1920s vintage Wagner...I use it every day here near Ester, Alaska.
The number on the handle or on the bottom of the pan No.8 No.9 was a reference to the hole it fit in on the old Glenwood stoves. They had removable lids called eyes, and the pan fit in the eye for cooking.
A couple of months after my mother passed away, my siblings and I were going through her house to get it ready to sell. My sister was on the way to the trash with a cast iron skillet. I stopped her and said "What are you doing?" She said she was throwing out this old back greasy pan. I said "It's cast iron, I'll take it." She called me nuts and said "Ok, if you want this old thing I don't care."
The pan she was about to toss was a Wagner Ware number 6 a smooth bottom made during the 1935 to 1959 era.
Good save..
Yeah it was. To this day my sister still doesn't understand.
Ryhla A couple of months ago, I inherited a Griswold Number 8 from my mother. I have put aside the All-Clad stainless steel pan I had been using, and now use the Griswold exclusively.
MegaFortinbras
Stuff like that is so awesome.
Ryhla
I love the way you have your skillets displayed
Thank you. I’m new to collecting and found a true passion for cast iron and this has helped my knowledge and learning. I wish you had more videos or a book! You can see your passion and I love it! The history of cast iron is amazing! Thank you!!
Welcome to the club, good luck hunting and thanks for watching.
I have an old Griswold pan i got from my parents. i am 60 years old and my family has used this pan since the 50's. my dad worked as a garbage man on a truck and someone threw it away then. my mom used it ever since and now i do. times were tough then and no money to buy much of anything. i love it and pretty much use it daily/weekly.
I bet it still looks like it did when your dad "picked it up" Thanks for watching.
@@CastIronBBQ yepper!!! your welcome. i loved the video
My grandmother gave my mother a couple cast iron pieces in the early 1960's. My mother is from East Germany and had never used cast iron and didn't know how to use it. She likely also thought it was just dirty (She was fastidious about such things and I can see her turning her nose up at the idea of cooking in something with such a black coating.) Anyway, she threw them in the trash. She has since learned of her error. I always hope the trash man saw them and pulled them out so that they can live on.
Thank you for taking your time to share your knowledge and collection . I found it very informative as well as interested .
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.
Thank you so much for the tutorial! Unlike others I have seen, I really enjoyed your teaching style-- very approachable and easy to understand. Thank you so much!
Video is almost 4 years old, time for another one. Thanks for watching.
Continue learning so thank you for your extensive knowledge and teaching!
you the man!! thank you for showing a portion of your huge collection!!! much appreciated:)
Thank you for your info...I LOVE all of my cast iron cook ware.
Great video! Thank You! I have a small collection of cast iron and just recently purchased a 1950s era Wagner. It is so nice to have and is my oldest piece... :)
Very impressive! It's a beautiful collection, one that could be appreciated. I don't know why, but I'm very attracted to collecting cast iron cookware! I can't even cook! I just enjoy researching and collecting! Just wanted to compliment and congratulate u on your very beautiful collection.
I appreciate the kind words, I enjoy collecting cast iron for the history it holds. Thanks for watching..
Loved your video, i had a deep skillet (Lodge) for my 60th Birthday. Now I am hooked ! Every opportunity I get I cook with my skillet. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks for watching and stay tuned, I'll get one loaded soon.
Great Video, Just got my first Griswold Skillet today! Its the Griswold Skillet Griddle 108 slanted Erie model. Found it for 79 bucks and its in perfect condition and had to purchase. Im new to cast iron as my girlfriend has introduced me to them. Thanks for sharing this great video, lots of info!
+Will “Red Beard” Wood Welcome to the club and thanks for watching.
I love cooking with cast iron. Great video! Thanks for the history lesson.
Thanks!
You can see the Erie over the Wapak really well at the 5:22 mark. Thanks for sharing this.
I really enjoyed this video, lots of good info. I've recently started using cast iron for cooking and started a small collection, now I know what to look for! Keep up the vids!
cillaloves2fish Thanks for watching.
Love your passion. Thanks for sharing.
Being from Ohio and not far from Wapakoneta where the Wapak "sounds like Wapauk" cast iron was made, you made me chuckle.
I needed that on this dreary day!!
I'm new to learning about "Vintage" cast iron. I've used them in the past quite alot but just never thought much about it until recently.
Loved your video !!
This is awesome! Learned a lot of cast iron history here. Thanks man.
+Kahisawheel You are welcome, thanks for tuning in.
man my dad used to find clean and sell cast iron at our yard sales for years!!!! i wish i kept them all had TONS of griswold wagner and wapak everyone wants a mint for them now! great video buddy!
The good pieces are getting expensive and hard to find. I should do another video, I've learned a lot and collected a few more pieces since I made this video, almost 3 years ago. Thanks for watching..
That was very interesting! You are well versed in the world of cast iron. You have me wanting to start looking around for some older pieces like you have. Very nice surface on those older ones. I can remember my mother cooking on nothing but cast iron all the years I was growing up. I have no idea what kind she had, but she sure did cherish her cast iron. Great video!!!
Yeah man, go find some. I love cooking in the old skillets. They make the food taste better. Thanks for watching.
Nice collection, and I enjoyed your video. Thanks.
It's about time for a new video. Thanks for tuning in.
I appreciate your honesty on what you know and do not but you seem to know a lot. Great video.
Thanks for the comment. have a great day and stay tuned.
john difrancisco I agree.
so John do you have a you tube channel where you share your knowledge of cast iron or anything else?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I just started a collecting a year ago. Last weekend I found a Griswold 9, a Mi-Pet 8 and a Wardway 1432 at a rummage sale. 18 bucks for all of them! Also, a unmarked Wagner at Goodwill for 9.99.
You are doing a great job, keep up the good work! Stay tuned.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. I certainly learned a lot.
The video is a few years old, I should do another one soon. Thanks for watching!
Very nice history lesson, Lodge is my favorite, and my and I have a ton of them. I never new lodge made any unmarked pans, I have seen ones that looked like a lodge with no marking, good info, thank you.
Thank you for giving me some of your knowledge on Cast Iron skillets and dutch ovens, I truly appreciate it. I would really like to find a skillet made up in Erie, Pa. Considering I was born just 32 miles away from there! I found everything that you said very interesting, again thank you very much.
I didn't realize Erie pans were made before Griswold pans. I need to look at my cast iron pans now😊
I really enjoyed watching them... I just got don't grinding my new lodge pans to a smooth almost mirror finish and seasoned them. I've never had an egg slip and slide like these do other than a non stick pan
Master Shake I have some new lodge pans. I hate the rough finish. What did you use to grind yours?
👍I have one of the old Wagner Ware 10" pan/skillets from the 1920s . It's in great shape, I love it 😁 and I use it a lot.
Good to hear it, use them! Thanks for watching.
Love your video cooking with cast iron is a love affair I even enjoy cleaning mine
Sure appreciate the info! Yup, im now hooked!!!!
Thx
Welcome to the club. Thanks for watching.
This was so helpful for me. Thank you
thanks for taking the time to make the video, enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching, I'll post a new video soon.
Hey man, great video. Friend of mine just inherited a very old Wagner. Pre Wagner ware branding, with the Sidney O, arc letters. Very nice shape. Told her to hold onto it forever, and that if for some reason she did want to pass it along to keep me in mind!
Sounds like an old one, let her know you'll take good care of it.... Thanks for tuning in.
Great video I learned a lot I'm just getting into collecting these pans, you have some great ones!
Welcome to the club! Thanks for watching.
I enjoy using my oldest skillets too. A 9 and 10 ERIE are my regular users. Piqua Favorite is darned good stuff too. Not as light but excellent cooking surface. The gate marks you mentioned were where the molten iron was poured into the sand mold. Later they poured into the sidewall rim of the skillet and then ground it off. You can see evidence of that grinding on some skillets. Nice collection of cast iron you have there. I try to resist buying any more. I gave in recently though for a pre 1900 " WAGNER" no9 griddle and a Wapak waffle iron.
Excellent video, TY.
They also altered the size of the Large Block Letters to fit smaller pans and lids. Some even call it a med button. Loving the info !!!
I made the video a couple years ago and have a long list of things I would like to add or change. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!!
Great video. Thank you!
Hey, Gregg! I found several sites listing my Dutch oven as a pre-Griswold skillet. They are running around 85$ to 100$. Can't wait to see your next video!
+MichaelSerial I am going to in search of one, thanks for the update. I have a competition this weekend I'll put some kind of video of it up soon.
Great video. Just got into cast iron cause a friend was getting rid of things from her granny’s & I ended up w/ a Birmingham #8w/ a lid & 2 #5’s 1940’s lodged. Great cookn w/ these
That’s great! Welcome to the family….
I found a really nice wagner drip drop roasting lid and skillet matching $20 great shape little surface rust in the skillet easy restore for me. All the patents inside my lid. My new favorite cooker.
Really good video here
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us I have a pile of cast I have bought over the years and getting ready to start cleaning it
cabotbluegill Send them to me! It would save you the hassle of cleaning them.... Thanks for watching.
NICE collection!!!!
Scarlett Gypsy Thanks. It’s grown since this video went up. I am going to do an updated video soon! Thanks for watching.
I can’t cook a lick, but now I want to collect cast-iron. Thanks.
I can't cook either but I have a nice small collection of cast iron. I look for it all the time
I just restored a Second Series "Erie" that I picked up at a Consignment Store for $5 !... It was so covered in carbon & rust that I couldn't see any markings so I didn't know what I had until I cleaned it up :)
Great, lets see it.
I've got a few, and I decided I really like the handle on the 1891 original Wagner (made in 1991 of course) but I like the beefy handle,doesn't get hot as fast, hit it with a random orbital to smooth it out
Thanks a lot. I just bought a griswold #9. Got it for 50 bucks. Know I know from you it's a 1920 - 1930 griswold. Awesome.
That's great! Thanks for watching.
Loved this video. I've had new Lodge cast iron for years. Just started looking for the old stuff. In the last couple months I've found several Griswold and Wagner skillets at flea markets and junk stores. Even bought a few off Ebay.....might have paid to much..LOL. My wife accepts my little hobby. We don't have the wall space in the kitchen, so most are hanging on the wall of the laundry room. None of my cast iron are wall hangers. We cook on every one of them. Looking forward for your next video.
+Tim Clawson Nuting Sounds like you are part of the club for sure. Hunting the pieces is addicting, makes it easier if she is on board. Thanks for watching.
Very informative. I never realized what the ring on the bottom of the pan was; just assumed it was part of the casting process. Most of my pans are lodge's and wagner's; some are no name. There's one piece of cast ironware I have used no more than 4 or 5 times over the decades. It's a turkey roaster and weighs more than a small turkey. The roaster is used as a storage container now and at one time a doorstop. I don't have any vintage cookware since they were all bought at retail stores. One thing I have to tell you, when I was stationed at Tinker AFB, OK the wife and I dropped into a local dollar discount store and saw a bunch of cast ironware for sale. Believe it or not we got 2 dutch ovens and lids for $4 , a chicken fryer for $4, medium and small skillets for $3 Must have been about 75 lbs of ironware. The owner told me he was surprised we bought as much because he thought he wouldn't be able to give it away. The fun part was getting it back home in ME. The quartermaster at the base had a fit about the weight.
I would like to have a turkey roaster, haven't seen one for sale. I spent a lot of time around Tinker back in the late 70's wish I would have started buying Cast Iron back then. Thanks for watching.
My friend, thankyou for an awesome video.. you are a true collector... I have a few.. and are right, they are hard to NOT buy, no matter what kind they are...
Thanks for the comment. I am still tempted to buy a Taiwan once in a while...
I would really love to know how you season your skillets. They look amazing!
After I get them cleaned up good I put a thin coat of oil on them and put them in a 350 degree oven for an hour or so. wipe it down good and repeat a few times. That's it....
Nice Collection !!! seeing the ghost Erie Wapak was cool
Thanks, It is my favorite.
Thanks,I learned alot of details
👍My 93yo MeMa watched this video with me & she liked it. She has & uses cast iron cookware handed down to her from several past generations (it's old & great). 😃
That's fantastic, get the stories if you can. Glad she liked the video.
Excellent video!
Thanks.
Many years ago my father who worked in the Steel Mills of Birmingham AL, when I was a young boy I ask about different sizes of cast Iron skillets. He told me the NO. 8 stamped on skillets was the number the person counted to when filling the mold with molting Iron, that way as not over fill the mold and it run over on the concrete floor that would blow up and spray molting iron and concrete. The size and description was just that. Any other random numbers, letters were often used as mold marking. As a child almost everyone I knew had a wood cook stove, of many sizes, shapes, makers and number and sizes of eyes, some even had griddles and ovens, some even had water pipes to make hot water for the house hold. Not all skillets would fit the eyes of the stoves and would smoke up the house, hints the smoke ring / heat ring.
Great memories. Wish we could go back in time with a with a pen and paper and ask all the questions we have... Thanks for watching
My thoughts exactly by now, ask questions later! I always put them on a flat surface and check to see if they're warped, before I buy.
MichaelSerial The BBQ Bus has been out on the road a few times this week. I'll get a video up of the adventure soon. Thanks for watching. I have a Facebook page now for the bus. "The BBQ Bus" Come on over and check it out.
I'm on Twitter, but I don't have a Facebook account. But I will get on my friend's and check it out, as soon as i can
Thank you for the education, every pan has a story just the same as an old hunting rifle and don't we know they go hand in hand no pun intended. cheers
From field to table,, Thanks for watching.
You'r the man, and your bus is awsome..
Thanks Scott, I get a lot of help....
Loved your video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
i also have the ghost marked erie pan size 9 and it’s also my favorite pan. they must have been nice molds, my erie pan and my wapak ghost mark pans are identical. The older pans are very nice to cook in.....
Great video . thanks for sharing. you have a great collection. I use to have a small collection , but it was stole a few years back when we were gone . but I trying to collect some here and there. I have a few now . but I really enjoyed your video on yours. again thanks for sharing. take care.
Sorry to hear about that, but glad you are still looking for more. Thanks for watching..
Thank you .:-)
I’ve got one with the three notches, but “JAPAN” marked on the bottom. It’s a nice pan and I enjoy cooking with it.
Very imformative, thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching.
There is something ADDICTIVE associated with the old cast iron. I'M HOOKED, I'M HOOKED, I'M HOOKED!
ME TOO, ME TOO, ME TOO!
Great vid!
+Daniel Lee Great! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the info.
I absolutely love cast iron.
Great info!
Congratulations on such an amazing collection of cast iron, it really is impressive. Extremely difficult to get hold of such cookware where I live, so I envy you my friend. I can buy new Lodge from the UK for example, but I would rather use old stuff, which, again, is very hard to come by. Been searching for ever on boot sales and flea markets, no success. Nice shirt by the way. Thanks for sharing.
+Juicylime Film Production Keep looking, you'll find some. Thanks for watching.
love the video i cook in cast iron all the time.
+Alice Lewis Nothing better. Thanks for watching.
Very informative. Thank you
Thanks, I plan on making another "collecting" video soon.
@@CastIronBBQ: I look forward to it. I am getting bit by the bug - lol
Thank you. I have never seen that breakfast skillet before.
I still haven't used it. Thanks for watching.
I have some Griswold and Wagner Ware from my mother's collection. Great stuff. It is much lighter and smoother than new cast iron,
It is great stuff! Thanks for watching.
GREAT VIDEO .going to buy some cast iron (only cast iron ) for my travels .I was going to buy lodge but I think I will look at the many flee markets around where I live for some of the old brands . THANK FOR THE VIDEO
Cast Iron hunting is always fun. Good luck and thanks for watching.
Yes the Martin brothers made a good bit in Florence Alabama many moons ago.
Thanks for sharing!
thanks. this was helpful. do you know if the post WWII griswolds or wagners ever used teflon (c8/pfoa)?
Done Food Dude, Good Ideas !!!
Someone (whether it is your or someone else does not matter to me) should make a cast iron poster or book that has some cast iron information (e.g. progression, identification, and quality). As someone who has a few pieces and is beginning to collect more non-lodge pieces, I would really enjoy seeing all of the variety out there.
Sounds like a great idea. Meanwhile, check out this site,
it's all here--->>> www.castironcollector.com
Thanks for stopping by.
I tried the fire method on a old rusted griddle that I found in my barn. I guess the fire was hotter then I realized. This morning I pulled it out of the pit and it had warped. I'm hoping that I can repair it by heating it red hot than clamping it to some angle iron. Don't know if it will work, but I'm retired and have plenty of time to play with it!
Sorry to hear that, I have done it a few hundred times and never warped one. Thanks for watching.
I think your "farmer's furniture" pan is a promotional piece made by Lodge for that company. It's certainly in the style of a Lodge skillet, with the three notches, small pour spouts, and handle design.
Thanks for the info.
You are correct. The pan is at least 20 years old. Lodge started removing the raised rings on the bottom in the late 90's early 2000's. It also should be a number 7 skillet.
The town I use to live in had a farmers furniture, Chiefland Florida
Awesome video, thanks! Question. I came across a 17" pot with a lid that is gate marked on both pieces. I think the lid has 16 or 18 on the top. I have put in an offer on it but wondering what the street price could be. Not looking to flip it, just want to be sure I won't lose money
good video bro, enjoyed
Thanks John, glad you liked it.
I enjoyed watching your video on skillet historical manufacturers
I've just purchased a 7" skillet with a turned wooden handle
I haven't cleaned it yet but already u can see what looks to be a 2 etched on the handle stock
What year and who made them with wooden handles
Not sure about who and when. Lots of manufacturers made them with wooden handles. I remove the handle when seasoning them. Not much help.. Thanks for watching.
Good video. My mother just turned over to my wife 2 cast iron skillets. One is an Erie and from some research think it is called a griddle. It’s almost flat and on the back has Erie at the top and letter A at the bottom. The other pan is a Wagner Bacon & Egg Breakfast Skillet. We have others and I am trying to learn about these things.
tjar12 Welcome to the cast iron family. There is a ton of info out there on the interweb. I would like to see a picture of the "ERIE" Thanks for watching.
Thanks, I put up a video of the two pans on my UA-cam channel if you want to check it out.
Great video and very informative. I came over to my computer 20-25 mins ago, to search out the history on a 10" Wagner 1058 E bought a year or two ago. It has a super smooth tight-grained finish, unlike some modern Lodge cookware I bought that has a very "porous-looking and feeling" finish when you run your finger over the iron. This Wagner has a heat ring and is flat as can be, and the metal has almost a brown sheen to it rather than deep black, but that may be previous painting done on it. Its become my favorite cooker. I wonder if you might help me identify a cast iron pan that has no markings on it at all except the number 8 on the underside at the bottom. It has no heat ring, but does have a very smooth finish, not much to go on, right ? Anyway...my next cast iron acquisition will be a Griswold of some size and good condition, the logo Griswold used is just so cool.
Wouldn't be able to identify ir without seeing it. Sounds like a nice one though. Thanks for tuning in!
Excellent !
Thanks for watching.
Question: what year did Griswald and Wagner go out of business, just wondering. Believe it or not, my wife dug out a really old WAPAK 12'' skillet she had passed down to her from her great grandmother, it was sitting out in our shed, totally forgotten about. We now use it almost every day for frying, tonight chicken, yum. enjoy your videos, please answer the question if you know, thanks ray lowery
ray lowery Griswold and Wagner where bought out in 1957 by the same company. Glad to see you using that skillet. Thanks for watching.
I picked up a LBL Gris # 12 in great shape for $125 in 10/2019. What have you seen them go for? I’d love to get a 2,4,14 and 20.
That Flat plate is a 1800 skillet, Saw one just like that one in the South West Museum, made in the late colonial period. They were casted, But not from farmers or cowboys, "a bit older".
The pan he shows at 12:05 is a Birmingham Stove & Range, late 60's or 70's, just in case anybody was wondering.
great stuff!
+Kate Geary Thanks for watching.
Hmm, wonder if on could have a smooth cook surface machined on one of those new (thick) lodges,lighten it up and glass it out?
From what I inherited from my Grandmother, The Wagner Ware seemed to be thicker than the Griswold. What's your thoughts? Would love to see you do a video on it.