Essential Cast Iron for BGE Cooking

SaintJohnsEgger

I'm curious what CI pieces you guys consider essential for Cast Iron cooking on the Egg.

10" skillet with handle? 10" skillet no handle? Dutch Oven?

I'm in the market for some new CI to use on my Eggs.

Let me hear your suggestions.

jimdgreat1

10 or 12 inch skillet and Dutch oven is a good combo egg or not. The lid fits both. How else could you brown cubed pork butt and brown a rue for chili verde?

Gulfcoastguy

A cast iron griddle and a right sized Dutch oven. 

TideEggHead

The correct answer is YES!  But really, I use my Dutch oven for chili and bread pudding all the time. I have a 10" with handle that gets used for crab cakes, blackened fish, baked spaghetti and a lot more. Those are the two I use the most.

bgebrent

I like these two.  Searing on the griddle and a 2-fer on the DO-skillet lid.

Gulfcoastguy

I do have a cast iron muffin pan that is nice.

SaintJohnsEgger

I've got the 16" flat rectangular griddle. Thinking seriously about getting a 10: or 12" skillet both with and without a handle and some size Dutch oven.

GoldenQ

I have a 9 qt dutch oven and 19 in skillet but since I got a Blackstone 22 I do not use the skillet

blasting

I'd say the basics are a dutch oven, a skillet, and the lodge baking/pizza pan. After that you'll get an idea what you need to get next.  One of my most used pieces is a wedge shaped cornbread skillet.  An enameled casserole dish is pretty handy.  A drop bisket pan is good to have.  Maybe a lodge wok.... 

What I'm trying to say is that I found cast iron to be adictive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VbI5zcB8Ac

Thatgrimguy

Only thing I would consider essential is a DO.   I don't use anything else on my egg, personally.  With a blackstone and a couple of gas stove eyes they are both significantly superior for skillet jobs. Better temp control.

A large skillet without handles is nice if you want to finish certain dishes with a little smoke.