Cast Iron Skillet @ Garage Sale

DieselkW · November 2014

Five dollars, and in decent shape. A little rust, seasoned incorrectly.

Based on this stamp, I would have to guess it's recently manufactured - pebbly surface on cooking side.

since it's not too crudded up, I just sprayed it with EZ off, inside and out, let it set. Rinse and repeat.

Since this is an egghead forum, I used the egg to re-season. Just regular cheap vegetable oil, bottom up, 1/3 load of lump wide open vents.

Checked on it after two hours, dome temp 500f, don't know how hot it got, but there was not a full load of lump, so it probably topped out at 600 while I was inside goofing off.

Note to self, stop trying to upload two pictures at once, it never works.

OK, the last two pictures will have to be in the comments -

DieselkW · November 2014

Here it is, during the EZ Off treatment.

DieselkW · November 2014

And hot off the egg, a little extra oil on the handle side bottom.

tarheelmatt · November 2014

Cannot remember when, but some thought it was made with the date noted, but it is not. It's a later model. Still, a good find.

DieselkW · November 2014

tarheelmatt said:

Cannot remember when, but some thought it was made with the date noted, but it is not. It's a later model. Still, a good find.

Thanks, the "Made in USA" was mandated in 1960, but the rough finish and even the font tell me it's a very recent manufacture - not sure when Wagner went out of business, but I've read Lodge is the lone cast iron skillet maker in the US now.

I have two more, very smooth surface, no "made in US" stamp that have to undergo the same transformation later this week. Had to pay a bit more for the "antique" iron.