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Cast Iron - What is it?

DMW
DMW Posts: 13,832
My wife called today and said she was at a local discount store and there was this cast iron thing for $5, did I want it?
I said sure, why not. 

Here it is, I'm not sure what it is. No markings, I'm sure it's cheap and not high quality. I'm not sure what I'll do with it. Maybe cut the handle off and use it on the small for fajitas, etc. Any thoughts?

Any input as to what it's actually called? I think it's a comal, but I'm not sure.

Thanks in advance,


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They/Them
Morgantown, PA

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  • yzzi
    yzzi Posts: 1,843
    It's a griddle! I use mine for pancakes all the time. Fajitas would be great too.
    Dunedin, FL
  • McStew
    McStew Posts: 965
    good score! it is a griddle, have furn with it 
    Hermosa Beach CA 
  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
    As said above, it's a round griddle. Nice score!!

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  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    Griddle. Newer cause the rough casting. Great to sear burgers, steaks, etc on. I wouldn't cut the handle its most useful direct so the egg dome will be open.
  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
    I gave $4 for this one....I'd gladly have given $5 for yours !!!!imageimage

    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I have a Griswold. Looks just like that, but smooth on the top. Comal is Spanish for griddle.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    Cast iron is iron that is cast into shapes.

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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
    I have one similar in the lodge. I cut the handle off and use it to sear fish and steaks in the small. Good find!!!

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  • ksmyrl
    ksmyrl Posts: 1,050
    Shirley you can't be serious
    Fish, Hunt, Cook....anything else?

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  • I would go on but I'd probably start to bore you

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  • lwrehm
    lwrehm Posts: 381
    At my house that is for heating up tortillas, corn or flour...that reminds me it is almost tamale season!
  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    edited November 2014
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    Steve 

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    edited November 2014
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  • lwrehm said:
    At my house that is for heating up tortillas, corn or flour...that reminds me it is almost tamale season!
    There's a season for tamales? 
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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 894
    It doesn't look like cheap iron to me, but wonder why it doesn't have any markings on the bottom - suggests it was not made in U.S.

    The handle suggests it's made of fairly thick iron, hard to tell from the picture, is it relatively heavy for its size?

    I would take it to the garage, spray it with EZ-Off oven cleaner, the full strength kind in the yellow can. Put it in a plastic bag overnight, and rinse it off under the hottest water you have in the morning.

    If you now have clean grey metal, dry completely (not a paper towel, it will shred) and coat with vegetable oil. (some argue that the kind of oil is important, but you have a $5 griddle, no need for exotic oil you have to go out and buy)

    A thin coating is all you need, all the way around, including the handle. Then stick it in your egg at 500f until the fire goes out. 
    I turned this yard sale find into a really nice usable fryer.



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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
    Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

    @DieselkW I just weighed it, it is almost 3 pounds, 13.5 oz. :D Not sure if that is heavy for its size or it, it's 9.5" across.

    It looks to be fairly new, doesn't look to have been used before. Should I still strip it down and start over on seasoning?

    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
    @DMW..I don't have anything to precisely weigh my cheapo with. If I did I could give you something to compare yours to.

    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

    TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie

    I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !! 


  • yzzi
    yzzi Posts: 1,843
    If it looks fine why strip it? Just pop it in the oven for a while to kill off any funk.
    Dunedin, FL
  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I have the exact same one but paid $10 for mine.  I use it to make pancakes indoors or sear steaks on my LBGE outdoors.  Great score!!!

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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 894
    DMW said:
    Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

    @DieselkW I just weighed it, it is almost 3 pounds, 13.5 oz. :D Not sure if that is heavy for its size or it, it's 9.5" across.

    It looks to be fairly new, doesn't look to have been used before. Should I still strip it down and start over on seasoning?


    If you don't want to strip it, you don't have to. I do it because I don't want anyone else's funk on my cooking surface. (I check the utensils when I eat out, so maybe I'm a **** about it)

    At almost 4 lbs. this is a good heavy well made griddle - hopefully by now you're using it.

    Indianapolis, IN

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    Drive a few hundred miles in any direction, and the experience changes dramatically. 



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    surely you can't be serious?


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