How To Choose The Right Skillet Size
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2023
- In today's review video, Mr. Cast Iron discusses how to choose the right size skillet for various meals or whatever you may be cooking. We display several skillets from Lodge and a BSR (Birmingham Stove and Range) cornbread skillet. I show my 3 notch Lodge pan that we cook steak in quite often too. If you are looking to buy a skillet for the first time, we offer some suggestions that I hope will help your buying decisions.
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If you're a single person, no.s 3, 5 and 8 are about the right size for everything. I can cook 4 sausage links in a no. 3, a box of Jiffy cornbread in a no. 5, and bacon or eggs or the new Lodge cornbreads in a no. 8. Except for say the Lodge Blacklock and vintage Wagner etc., I don't really like the weight of the 12" and bigger skillets (old fingers starting to get stiffer!).
Yeah, the older we get, the harder it gets to handle some of the heavier skillets. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and suggestions with us, my friend!! I wish I had some cornbread now, lol!!
Another awesome video Mr CI!!!! Best to Teresa
Thank you Rick!! What is your favorite skillet to use?
@@MrCastIronmy favorites are all 10”, my stargazer, butterpat, BSR, and lodge all get regular use.
@@rstumbaugh43 Anything Booogee🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s cool Rick!
@rstumbaugh43 thank you for the sweetest Anniversary card we received today. Sure touched my heart ♥️
You are the authority Mike! Great information as always!
Thanks Big Rob!!
Hard for me to pick a favorite, but about 25 years ago I bought a 22" skillet from Cabela's to feed people at deer camp. Fits perfectly on a Weber kettle grill! I don't think they make it anymore. Now I'm just an old dude all by myself and don't need it. But I just can't part with it.
Oh, I don’t think I could either. I almost bought a 20 like a lot of hotels used but I passed on because I don’t have enough room now for all I’ve got LOL!
Great video Mike. Very helpful.
Thanks Larry. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
The things you do while I am away at work 😳 You left no trace 😂
lol! 😂
Well he's a 1st!!!! L🤣L. Kidding but NOT. Good to see you Mrs. C.I. Happppy Anniversary to ya. 👰♂ 💒 👰♀
Lol! That ain't right!
@@cynthiawesley2318 good to see you too 👀 😂 Thank you so much for the Anniversary wishes! Hope you are well and happy 🩷
@mrs.castiron Thank you. Much better as da cooool starts coming for us all. Been a hotttttt Summer lol
Great video mike thanks for the info 👍
Thanks Nate! I’m glad you liked it my friend!
@@MrCastIron i bought a 8 inch lodge skillet from target it was 20$
That’s cool! What do you like to cook in it?
@@MrCastIron i haven't cooked with it yet i bought it this week i will cook with it soon
@natemr4482 oh ok! Let me know how it turns out ok!?
Nice overview Mike. Of the dozen or so pieces I own, I find myself reaching for my 3 notch 10.5" the most. It's the perfect size for the wife and I. I love that skillet.
Thanks Grumpus! I can relate because I like using my 3 notch too!! Have a great rest of the week buddy!
My favorite skillet is the wagoner that i have that is split into 3 spaces. Two for the eggs and one for the bacon. I Love that piece. Nice job Mike.
Sounds great Billy! Thanks for sharing that with us my friend!!
Great informational video Mike! You definitely don’t have a shortage of em’ 😂 great video brother!
I appreciate that Dustin!
Your 3notch most used looks amazing..excellent seasoning and good care❤❤TFS 😊
Thank you!
Most of my life a cast iron skillet was a #8. Most of the skillets I've seen and most of the skillets I have are #8s. It's what I use most though I also use #10, #7, #6, #5 and #3. Lately, I've been liking a #6, 9 inch and recently added a Wagner Ware to the Griswold I've had for years. I think it's a good idea to have a skillet big enough that what you're cooking isn't crowded, it just works better. I think the most important skill to have in cooking with cast iron is getting the right temperature and if you're chicken frying something; floured, seasoned and extra grease, it's really makes a difference. My mom called it a slow boil and if you take the time to do that and turn the heat down at the end with a cover on, it makes the best fried meat in my opinion.
P.S. Your irons are soooooo beautiful. Luv her Pioneer. Mine getting there. I'll get to cook more in it now bc it's our Winter months. Holidays & company is a good time of yr for rotating. Luvvvv it Mrs. C.I.
Thank you. Some of them need a little work, lol!
Mike Christmas is coming so let me tell ya how to save some money on nice gifts. This is what I did last year with my brothers-in-law. I bought three BSR cornbread skillets unrestored for $20ish each. I restored and seasoned them and my wife added the story behind the skillet. A nice cheap gift that everyone can't find worth $70ish when it's restored. Here's the story.
In 1967, a BS&R foundry foreman named Billy Washburn began coming into the foundry on weekends to make a cast-iron piece for his wife. She wanted a cornbread skillet that would make cornbread crispy on all sides. With the help of personnel manager Mike Bryan, he came up with the BS&R cornbread skillet, a 9-inch skillet divided into 8 wedges. (BS&R also made a 6½ -inch version with 6 wedges.) The cornbread skillet was initially produced with a PAT. PENDING ("patent pending") mark, and not a MADE IN USA mark. This was done in an attempt to prevent other companies from producing their own imitation versions of this pan; though the attempt was unsuccessful. With the new Disamatic molding machines in place, the company could turn out hundreds of cornbread skillets in one day. Priced at just $1.19, the skillet earned the nickname, “The Million-Dollar Skillet,” when it sold more than 500,000 pieces the first year and again the second year, making more than $1 million for BS&R.
Wow! Thanks for sharing this with us turd! I sure appreciate that!
I chose 12" skillets for my purchase because space is an issue for me. I am largely a carnivore, so I wanted a pan that can handle a whole beef chuck roast at once. My cast iron is made by Victoria in Colombia. Honestly, it doesn't get much use since I bought a steel pan from Solidteknics USA (made in Chicago). It does an even better job of searing than the cast iron, and it heats up and cools down faster.
I heard that!
i have a 15inch skillet, a 6 quart oval dutch oven, 14 inch wok, 4 loaf pans, 2 casserole pans and 2 cornbread pans in my cast iron collection so far and i love them all
I heard that! It gets to be addictive lol!
yes it can :D
The older we get, the better off we are to use the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid process. Pick the 1, or 2, or 3
pieces that can do it all. It sounds like overkill, but you can fry 2 eggs in a 12" skillet, or a grilled cheese sandwich,
and most anything else. Can't cook a ribeye, a corn bread, in a 5,or 7" skillet. I understand use the right tool for the
right job, but I also know the bottom line is, 2-3 sunny side up eggs and a medium rare, bone in ribeye please.
You have a fantastic collection there just the same. If I was younger, maybe, but for now, less is more.
TYFS My Friends
Well said Mark. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us my friend!
I am looking for something like #2 ！ but I can't find something exactly the same on Amazon😂
Yeah, check yard sales, thrift stores, and pawn shops. You never know what you might find!
Lodge makes 3-1/2 inch and 5 inch skillets, and both are on Amazon as of this morning. The 5 inch is similar in size to a #2. I recently bought my 5 inch Lodge on Home Depot's website, less than $10 including shipping to my local store.
@George_Lewis thanks George.
🤔 ❓️ 🤔 Well that's a easy question. I choose according to da weight load-bears I'm feeding at da time. Which is more likely 6 or more men & their beloved. & me & my friends ain't no punks. We eat as much as da 🐻 s. Rick D calls we women cougars. I luv alllll iron. Imported too. Luv this video Mr. C.I.
Lol got room for two more!!??