How to Identify Antique and Vintage Cast Iron Skillets

[@stormyfinds2690]

This will probably become your most viewed video. Great job!

[@TheDCpicker]

I hope so! It took like 2 full days to make! More than half ended up on the cutting room floor.

[@stormyfinds2690]

@@TheDCpicker took a couple months but..... "called it!"

[@TheDCpicker]

I couldn't help thinking of this comment as I was editing the new video 😂😭

[@stormyfinds2690]

@@TheDCpicker resellers myself included love the learning vids. Give a man fish, or teach him to fish. Bolo item vs having some knowledge. I think itd make a great vid series, considering sourcing vids won't be happening. Spotting quality ties, vintage toys, antiques vs repros.... that kind of thing. Food for thought. Btw you're killing it on YT, your humor and bluntness is very refreshing.

[@TheDCpicker]

only vid to 1000 views so far..... you called it!

[@BIGTlittleo]

Great video, the Lodge company is in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. A wonderful place to visit, They also have a National Cornbread Festival at the end of April, that they sponsor and make a special ceremony cast iron skillet for each year.

[@visnichba]

The Wagner 1891 skillets cook just fine-not scrap only! I've had one since new and am seasoning a little 6.5" 1891 skillet as I type this. I learned a bunch from this video!

[@TheDCpicker]

This is primarily a "flipping for profit" channel. I meant not having value in flipping. But for cooking? Theyre great!

[@mrsseasea]

Ya, ask at a garage sale “do you have any cast iron” this scored me a #14 Griswold . It;s worth the ask!

[@neil6170]

This is great. Just discovered my pan is a griswold 1034 chicken pan with lid. Have no intention of selling it I use it three nights a week and it was passed down to my dad from his mother (who still cooked on a wood stove until about the 90s) bit still really interesting. I wonder what else grandma is still hanging on to....she was showing me some ration cards last time I saw her.

[@barnfind1243]

Yes I have 1034 A pan and matching #8,. 1035 lid. COOL STUFF

[@bamnjphoto]

My mom gave me a caked up old cast iron pan 20 years ago, I decided to finally clean it up and found out it was a vintage Griswold #8 with a heat ring

[@a.c.king-dk5yl1ep2m]

I currently have over 60 pieces of vintage cast iron that I've bought at thrift stores and yard sales over a number of years. I have items of every brand he mentioned and, in a wide variety of sizes. Many times I find them heavily encased in burned on grease and carbon so thick that they are almost unrecognizable. It's always nice when you clean up a really dirty one and find that it's almost pristine beneath the gunk. If you know how to clean them properly even the rusty ones can sometimes be salvaged for use if, they aren't too heavily pitted. Even the" rockers" and "spinners" can sometimes be used as "camping pans" or, over open flame or, on charcoal grills when the need to be dead flat for a stove top is unnecessary. I have a "rocker" that I get supper hot to sear a great steak outside ( heavy smoke). I wouldn't get one of my nice pans that hot for fear of damaging it but, for the rocker I paid $4 bucks for it's OK..

[@troystallard6895]

One of my most used pieces is a heavily pitted shallow skillet, with sides that flare out at an unusually wide angle. On the back it says, "10 1/2" SKILLET," and under that "TAIWAN". I don't remember when or where I got it, but I've had it for years. And in spite of the pitting, it's the most non-stick piece of cast iron I own.

[@captainfach]

I know it's been an entire year but I did have a question for you if you see this. Out of these brands that he mentioned, which one would you say is the best quality for money if I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars

[@a.c.king-dk5yl1ep2m]

@@captainfach There are two brands I would look for for value. One is an older Lodge brand pan because of the hugh number that were made, there are still a lot of them out there and they are really very good pans. The other one is a Birmingham Stove and Range pan. The pan I use almost daily is a Birmingham. You can still get them dirt cheap because they are not brand stamped so most people in thrift and junk stores don't know what they are so people will walk by them. They are mid weight and tough I rarely find them warped, and I never had one that cracked. They retain heat well and cook great. I recently paid $8 for a dirty 10" Birmingham skillet that cleaned up almost perfectly and sits dead flat.

[@captainfach]

@a.c.king-dk5yl1ep2m oh wow thanks for the quick response! Does he go into how to identify a Birmingham if it's unmarked?

[@a.c.king-dk5yl1ep2m]

@@captainfach search for: Southern Cast iron, forgotten foundry, Birmingham Stove & Range.

[@davidjohnston4425]

Lodge has always been in South Pittsburg Tennessee.

[@LakeHighiii]

One thing that I have found as a collector and reseller is that the heat rings on the bottom of vintage skillets, especially on glass top stoves, is that it makes warped bottom, I.E spinners, non existent. They still serve a great purpose in modern cooking. Heat ring means no spin.

[@tinabreon794]

Griswold flat castiron

[@BornIn1500]

That's not really true. Lodge 3 notch pans have wobbling/spinning issues sometimes. I have a #5 Lodge 3-notch with a bad wobble.

[@francismcclaughry3794]

the one thing I do after using a piece. of cast iron is to oil it after each use

[@ApplesauceNinja]

This is a fantastic video sir! Thank for making it! I popped into a Goodwill yesterday and I couldn't believe that they had an old Wagner Dutch oven sitting on the shelf for TWO DOLLARS. SMH Needless to say, I snatched it up with the quickness! Not selling though, as I adore cooking with cast iron.

[@TheDCpicker]

Awesome to hear some old iron being kept alive!

[@troystallard6895]

My favorite thrift store score is a vintage French chef knife that I bought in Beaumont, CA for a quarter. The sales clerk apologized for having to add three cents sales tax...

[@mikekeltner4291]

Yeah I used to collect vintage cast iron but I ended up with so much

[@patroot2536]

I'm surprised it qas that cheap at the goodwill they've gotten ridiculously expensive

[@alicemattsen2208]

I couldn’t afford a cast iron pan but found a beautiful Griswold #7 Erie PA 701 E that I dearly love. At an antique store it was only $29! It works like a nonstick because I keep it seasoned. In nursing school I was taught that cast iron pans is a great way to get iron into your diet!

[@jhs8496]

Just keep tomatoes out of it -- the acid will eat off the seasoning and put a funny taste into the food.

[@Mrsquick]

Holy cow! I just got into using cast iron for cooking, and I have 3 sets that came from my great granngy! She passed away at the ripe age of 103. She always cooked in these. I have a set with the heat ring. 2 sets with the line across the bottom.

[@loopev]

Lodge is made in St. Pittsburgh Tennessee. Just thought I'd let you know

[@ichbinderfreitag4461]

No kidding! Great video overall but I couldn’t believe how he could be so expert in such obscure stuff and yet just wing it and guess (badly!) on something that’s fairly important and also well known.

[@AlexT-sy6nm]

@@ichbinderfreitag4461 In fairness his video's about vintage and antique - he gets a pass on modern cast iron details mwahaha.

[@laurielyon7740]

Great job! Very informative. And well presented. This was a CAST IRON SKILLET TUTORIAL!

[@920laurenb]

Tremendously informative- great video

[@TheDCpicker]

Thanks for watching! I really enjoy talking pots and pans lol.

[@cliffbraun3850]

Just scored 10 pieces for free, 3 sizes of Dutch ovens(one is Lodge pre logo post country of origin)2 others are unmarked, an unmarked 10” square skillet steep sides and thin walled(vintage?) A couple of modern Lodge skillets and griddle, and an Asian 8” skillet

[@TheDCpicker]

AWESOME!

[@sarahwarden2015]

Lodge is in South Pittsburg, TN 😁😁😁😁

[@JayP-kd5rc]

Thanks. I really enjoyed your video. I am 73, and collected a lot of my Griswold, which is my favorite, years ago when you could still get them at flea markets for a really good price. Now they know what they are worth, but you can still find them at yard sales and junk shops for not much. All depends on how much the seller knows. LOL. I love mine and use them all the time.

[@Bozzin]

Lodge foundry is located in South Pittsburg, TN outside Chattanooga.

[@RetrieverTrainingAlone]

Excellent! My cast iron is from grandma...1920s vintage Wagner...I use it every day here near Ester, Alaska.

[@troystallard6895]

Many years ago, I had an extensive set of Asian cast iron. They were cheapo's, but I had lovingly seasoned and cared for them for several years, and they hung in a row above the counter and sink in my kitchen. One of my brothers fell on hard times, and came to live with me for a while. His wife wanted to show her appreciation for me taking them in, so she spent a day scrubbing the inside of every piece of cast iron down to bright metal. When I came home she was standing in the kitchen, proudly waiting to see my response. That was well over forty years ago, but I don't think she has yet forgiven me for the utterly horrified look on my face when I realized what she had done... 😄

[@Vic-Meow]

Omg, that is so sad for you and your pans! Did she ever come to realize the meaning of what she had done? Poor girl, good intentions but oh so wrong!

[@troystallard6895]

@@Vic-Meow I doubt she ever did. She's a genuinely good person and I love her dearly for putting up with my brother for a lifetime, but she isn't exactly the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.

[@Vic-Meow]

@@troystallard6895 ha that's funny! And so nice of you!

[@gladysover5368]

OMG a family story for the ages!!

[@pipetime6060]

My mom just passed and going through the kitchen there were some cast iron pieces. I'm sure they were my grandmothers because I never saw my mother use them. One piece was the Griswald rocky mountain pan that is in this video!

[@Gigislaps]

Wow, you are antiques Roadshow level. Extremely helpful man. Good video

[@TheDCpicker]

Thanks! I wish I had more in my hands, but I think the pics did a good job to get the point across.

[@darynjohnson6032]

Nice job DC picker. I have been collecting cast iron for the past 5 years and have numerous Griswalds and Wagners. I also have a few Puritan, Vollrath, and a Favorite Piqua Ware. You gave a newer cast iron collected valuable information. You were clear and concise. One of the better info video’s.

[@TheDCpicker]

Thanks for watching!

[@ReverendPONT]

Cool video. On Lodge though they did have an arch logo of their name put on cast iron between 1910 and 1930. I have a single notch 8 with their Logo from that period. Spot on otherwise Brutha and new subscriber.

[@TheDCpicker]

Interesting! Just goes to show there's something new to learn all the time! Thanks for watching!

[@moderntentcamping]

I’ve. been buying and using cast iron cookware for about 5 years - and have watched a lot of videos. And this video is one of the best I have seen. Great overview of cast iron products. I especially like old gate marked items and have 8 pieces - mainly for display. In my kitchen, I have 4 vintage 10 inch skillets (one by each of the makers you mentioned). But I’m more interested in older 10 inch diameter bake ovens and Dutch ovens but it’s hard to find them with their original lids. When I find one, it is usually priced over $100. Here in Alabama, it’s easier to find vintage Wagner Dutch ovens than other brands. I have one marked and another unmarked. I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions related to this size Dutch oven.

[@TheDCpicker]

This is nicest comment anyone has ever left. Thank you for leaving it. And I don't see why a Dutch oven specific vid isn't possible....

[@wireman4029]

I found two rusty skillets next to a dumpster. One is a Griswold no.8 704D (no heat ring) the other has "14 SK MADE IN USA 2" on the bottom, a heat ring with 3 notches, and a small, solid, flat 2nd "handle" that you can only get two fingertips under. I cleaned the rust off and seasoned them twice and they're starting to look fantastic again 🤙

[@honeybadgerdgf8876]

I just came across a Martin #9 at a thrift shop 18$. Googled it and was dumb struck! Same store had a Wagner drip drop roaster. Im kinda obsessed now. Such a cool find!

[@arbel7655]

Those corn shaped pans are a nightmare to clean. I resell and don't give those things a second glance.

[@eminusipi]

I inherited two Wagner ware skillets, one was a deep 10" Sidney 1088, it's great. The other Wagner is a 11 3/4" made in USA. It's not as well finished on the outside as the other and it does have a small bump on the inner smooth surface. I have two smaller Vollrath skillets that are amazingly well finished. Both are better made than the Wagner 11 3/4" .

[@TheDCpicker]

Awesome! I wish you the best of luck with them!

[@russellbenson8544]

I have the skillet my mother used while I was growing up. I was born in 1957. Many a fried chickens, fried fish and cornbread were made in that skillet, along with the memories. I was always curious of who made it until watched your video. It's a 10 inch Birmingham with a fire ring. Even though it probably isn't worth much to a collector, it's priceless to me. I still use it today. Thanks.

[@TheDCpicker]

I can honestly say, as far as I'm concerned, they're all pieces of history and you're lucky that you have a tangible piece of your family history. Treat them nice and they'll love on long past all of us!

[@edro3838]

BSR fan here as well 👍 wonderful to have family history at your finger tips, keep passing it along!

[@jeffshaw4039]

I bought a Griswold waffle cooker that I paid a lot of money for on eBay but it was worth it to me because of the patent date of 1893.

[@bubbasteele2991]

Lodge is My Favorite cast Iron. The factory I only 5 miles from my house. You can even do tours During the national cornbread festival

[@TheDCpicker]

Thats fantastic! Maybe ill go one day!

[@lesliegriffin3697]

@@TheDCpicker Make sure you go to South Pittsburg, TENNESSEE and not Pennsylvania (as stated in the video) -- You probably won't find any cornbread there :D

[@catherinehiller2619]

My largest Lodge has a divot in the center...

[@frankiethejunkman8904]

Great vid bro! I've been dealing with cast iron for quite a while now and you're pretty spot on! Plus you made a few points I didn't know about. Btw there's another cast iron Co. out there called "Columbia Holloware". Very rare and very high dollar! They are called "The Favorite"! I just sold a waffle iron on ebay for almost $900.00 dollars! If you happen to get a minute check it out! I'm a picker like you and I've never seen one. (that brand before)!

[@jamesgreene5342]

that was made in prison so there wasn't as many made as the big names but the quality is excellent i have 3

[@frankiethejunkman8904]

Oh cool! I definitely did not know that! Thanks for the info!

[@susanhafner6906]

My sister found a cast-iron skillet that has Denmark on it thank you for Taking your valuable time and making this video for us 💕🥰

[@jennykendrix9918]

These are pans or Skillets,why are you calling them Pots?

[@ct7aja2]

Lodge is in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Nice video though.

[@TheDCpicker]

Indeed! I've since been corrected. Thanks for watching!

[@MrRoverman01]

Great video. My father-in-law bought a Wagner chicken fryer at a fleamarket for $10 and gave it to my wife. It was orange with rust, but the rust had not pitted the cast iron. It cleaned up and seasoned beautifully. Don't be afraid of rust if it is only on the surface.

[@ealoflip3564]

Boy this is some good information

[@TheDCpicker]

Thanks so much! It's by no means a complete tutorial, but its enough to get you in trouble 😀

[@kidplayinginthemud9284]

Yard sales are great places of finding cast iron and also Pyrex bowls. Thanks for the tips on identifying

[@RedRuffinsore]

I have my grandmother's skillet - she was born in 1896 and became the lady of the house when her mother died when she was eight. I can only imagine how much cornbread, and chicken and other dishes have been prepared in it. My mother got it when her mother died in 1973 and I got it when my Mom died in 2007. I still use it many times per year, and wouldn't sell it for $1000. It is going to my daughter-in-law when I go.

[@2nd66tube2]

Speaking of the scrap yard @17:23 I just found a Griswald dutch oven and a Wagner no7 pan literally at the scrap yard when scrapping some brake rotors. the Wagner was rusted and pitted pretty bad but the Griswald cleaned up pretty nice, plus a smaller pan with ridges in it and a wood handle

[@matthickey9544]

Welp, my buddy worked at a thrift store a couple years back. When we bought our house a couple years ago, he gave us a bunch of cast iron skillets. He gave us about 5 skillets that we use almost every night (some more than others) to cook with and they all have “Heat Rings” on them and look pretty spot on to the pictures you showed in the video 😅 apparently they’ve had the skillets hanging out in the back room for years and figured it would be a nice gift. If it’s worth money or not, they cook extremely well, and we try to keep them up with great care! I’ve always had an appreciation for my skillets but now I have a deeper respect! I’m 25 years old (got them when I was 22 years old). I wonder how many amazing dinners those skillets have prepared over the years! 😁

[@UnionWireman292]

You lost me when you said that Lodge is made in Pennsylvania...

[@fawnbowden3238]

It was actually voluntary if they wanted to use the "Made in USA", but many US manufacturers did so because of the influx, at the time, of Asian-made CI.

[@nathansylvander4829]

the heat ring was so the pan would fit into the wood stove

[@tchrishoward]

Lodge is made and always has been made in South Pittsburg, Tennessee

[@janethaider4034]

You certainly know your cast iron! Great video

[@TheDCpicker]

Thanks! By no means is ALL the info mine. I had to backfill some gaps with good old fashioned research.

[@olddoug8945]

heat ring only before 1940s? don't think so.

[@jilll2338]

The curious mind thanks you. I found a skillet in a van we bought, I think the guy used it to cook over a camp fire. the only markings are an 8 and a G. It has the heat ring. I guess it's a Birmingham. I use it all the time and I always wondered who made it. I never thought cast iron could be worth much but I'm gonna keep my eye out for it when we go junk pickin. Thank you for posting this.

[@TheDCpicker]

Cool find! Good luck out there!

[@CastIronEric]

FFFFF I paid $32 for a wobbly wagner 😢

[@Well_This_Guy_Says]

I have a question, in the 60's it was required that cast iron skillets would have to be stamped with country of origin, but then you showed an unmarked lodge with a heat ring and notches at 3,9,12 and you said that this is from 1945 to 1975, and I don't recall seeing that specific lodge marked with USA on it. So my question is, how can that lodge be anywhere from 1945 to 1975? If anything any unmarked lodge with a heat ring and the 3 notches, that doesn't have a USA stamp on it, would be made prior to the 60's

[@TheDCpicker]

You're correct. The one in the inset picture is from 1940s to 1960.

[@travelingsellvation]

We did well on a Griswold skillet a while back. $90. We typically try to go by Ralliroots philosophy make profit not a project but we inevitably end up with projects sometimes lol Cool channel. We just subscribed. Thanks!

[@TheDCpicker]

Thanks for the sub! It's truly appreciated. And im TOTALLY in the same boat. I usually never pick up projects for resale (the hourly rate i charge in my head is in the hundreds lol) these vids are merely a confluence of a hobby/collection (cast iron) and business.

[@mjc4942]

I bought several pieces at Goodwill. Among that was 2 skillets 12in., Completely unmarked. Look like a lodge with the second handle. The gate mark is very smooth.

[@chuckmiller5763]

BSR still made stoves that had eyes until the 1980s, they sold their skillets with their stoves, so they continued the heat rings.

[@TheDCpicker]

Fascinating! Thanks for the info!

[@catgirl24]

Hello, I have an unmarked #8 10-1/2 chicken fryer and the only other mark is on the back of the handle which has a J.

[@tclaw1406]

Probably an unmarked Wagner.

[@Zombiebutterflies1]

Found an old lodge with a heat ring. So happy with my find today. He definitely needs re-seasoning and a name.(because I'm a weirdo and have a Tamagotchi effect for cast iron cookware) Not a collector so I will buy cast iron rejects cheap as long as they aren't completely un usable. I mainly want vintage for their smoothness that modern lodge doesn't have. Have two Wagners one slightly spins(Angus a 5 pan cooks eggs well enough) and Flapjack Sr is a griddle with a small peice missing.(it was seasoned over so someone probably dropped it long ago and kept on cooking with it/makes awesome grilled cheese sandwiches)

[@jeanettawithwhomihaveagood1681]

I love my cast iron. I recently found two small cast iron bean pots by Marca Registrar's from Portugal. I looked up the smallest one and there was one on eBay for $60

[@bonnitahutchison1006]

How do you tell who made a cast iron dutch oven

[@jamesbrewington6783]

Lodge is made in South Pittsburg Tennessee

[@davidgori4500]

Very informative and well done. TheDCpicker is a first-class speaker and educator.

[@nikkimares7824]

Does anyone know about Hare Leaf Kentucky cookware. I have a cast iron skillet that was my father in-laws and can not find information on it.

[@TheDCpicker]

"The Fischer-Leaf Co. of Louisville were manufacturers of marbleized iron, slate, and wood fireplace mantels as well as grates, stoves, hollow ware, air grates, and sash weights. According to "The Encyclopedia of Louisville," the company was first established in 1866 by eight stove molders. The company was called Hare-Leaf and Co. for two of its founders. It became the Fischer-Leaf Co. in 1870 following the death of Sidney Hare and the admission of John Fischer as a partner. In 1884 the enterprise was incorporated with Fischer as president. From a small beginning at Sixteenth and High Streets, the venture grew into a large operation. Its line of heating and cooking stoves, retailed under the name Arizona, was sold through the South and Midwest. About 1925, the company was purchased by the Hart Manufacturing Co." - Kentucky historical Society

[@donaldclayton3366]

I love my cast iron. We cook with it almost every day. I just recently started reaching what I have and I've discovered that I have some great pieces. Griswold, Wagner, and Birmingham Stove.

[@lyndseyslaven9110]

I have a cast iron muffin pan that was my Grandmother's. After doing a little research I think I have identified it as a lodge turks cup open frame muffin pan. And I'm almost positive that it has a gate mark, but the mark is a little wider than others I have compared it to. Could you possibly take a look at it and tell me exactly what I have or suggest some websites that may help. Not interested in selling it or anything I'm just interested in knowing how old it is.

[@TheDCpicker]

Sure. DM me on instagram w a pix or send an email.

[@Incandescentiron]

Thank you for the heads up on passing on Wagner 1861.

[@TheDCpicker]

No prob!

[@jenniferescobar1729]

Very informative I identified my Lodge with your video :) Thank you it has the three openings on the ring and says 10 unmarked , I have a another unmarked cast iron it says 101/2 Chicken Fryer with a 8 on the top handle and a helper feature on the top ?? any suggestions what I might have ?

[@TheDCpicker]

Glad i helped with the first one. If you want to send pix to my email, ill look at them and see what I can tell you.

[@yertelt5570]

I have a roughly 11" square x 2" deep skillet, it has a small 1" x 2" solid tab for a helper handle. The bottom is stamped "SQUARE SKILLET" below that in slightly smaller font "MADE IN USA". I thought it might be an unbranded Wagner, but the "made in usa" might put it after the acquisition/ failure mentioned in the video? The bottom of the handle is rounded over and there is an "A" stamped there. There is a single ridge across the top of the handle making a thumb impression near the pan. The handle is about 5 1/2" long. Any thoughts? No intentions of getting rid of it, I use it on a regular basis. Your video just has me curious. I have a feeling it's probably old, but not necessarily vintage, rare, or valuable. EDIT: Just saw the exact pan on EBay listed as an unbranded Wagner, mystery solved, lol.

[@beebob1279]

These companies may have been driven into the ground as you suggest. But other cheap pans were coming about and people just weren't buying the cast iron anymore. I love mine. It's from my grandparents. It may even be from my great grandparents. I don't know. I do know they came to America around 1890 from Germany. Black smiths and butchers. Thanks for the tutorial. Very informative. I've also got two waffle irons from them.

[@KateTheSleepyTeacher]

My sister has a Griswold and I have a Wagner. We got them pretty cheap at an Arizona swap meet.

[@VFR22R4L]

I know a lot about large DO's if you ever want to connect

[@TheDCpicker]

That would be swell. 👌

[@mchurch3905]

I have a 10 qt. A B &C Dutch Oven. American Brass &Copper. They've been out of business for some time.

[@TheDCpicker]

Nice

[@flipflop422]

Lodge is made in South Pittsburg, Tennessee

[@CheetahFoxx]

I've been looking for a flat bottomed gate marked pan. I got a big footed one with a matching lid, a few kettles, and a giant pot-belly cauldron with a double gate. But no stove top pan. All are still used for cooking.

[@Majick0003]

Thank you. I am so happy you said over seas cast iron is good to cook on. I am not a reseller. I am a user. My most used skillet is made in Tiwan it is 12" at the top and is thick like new Lodge but smooth bottom like old Lodge. It also does not have that jimping on the handle. It is the only piece I own that is not USA made but I love it and it preforms like any good cast iron skillet will. Thank you for the video. I know most of the information in this video already but I still enjoyed watching it.

[@hodun8]

Lots of great information here! Thanks. BTW those corn shaped pans are cornbread

[@TheDCpicker]

The mind knows but the mouth has trouble keeping up lol!

[@jototro]

Lodge Cast Iron is and has always been made in South Pittsburg, Tennessee on the Tennessee River, not Pennsylvania. I guess the South Pittsburg made you think PA instead of TN.

[@robertbeaulieu8721]

Dr. of Castologie I presume.

[@aerofpv2109]

I came on here by accident and you're very compelling. You would have made a ton more money, as a fund manager, selling different types of funds. My 2cent. Cheers.

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

Kudos excellent information… First timer here…

[@janmorton77]

This video is great and confirmed I have a #10 BSR skillet. Also, Lodge Manufacturing is in Tennessee, not Pennsylvania. 🤗 Great info here. New subscriber! Thank you.

[@TheDCpicker]

Right on!

[@martyminer828]

I just watched your video, so I had to go and grab my mother's skillet and check it out. Low and behold, it's a Griswald with the double ring and cross in the center..has a No 8. And down below 2 0 0 8. .... ALSO it has straight hammered sides and a hammered lid, that hooks into the far side from the handle....yipee! It was a wedding present to my parents in 1942..in S.F., Cali....I am NOW 70...the youngest of 3, and still kicking! LOL. I cleaned it up and re seasoned it as per video instructions,,,,,,,it wants to wipe off black on to p/t ?? So, I just put it away. Until today. Today, I wiped off some of the oil, it looked good, so I fired it up, splashed on a bit of water, it sizzled, so I turned it off. (Afraid of rancid oil)...I took a wad of p/t to it and it didn't wipe off black....so, I'm good, right? Anything else i should do if it does that again? Why did it happen in the first place? Do you know anything extra about this skillet? Really enjoyed your video....Thank you, M.M.

[@ab3585]

Making dough flipping iron

[@cliffbraun3850]

I disagree with you on the Wagner 1891 centennial, they do have value, my 8” is the perfect size for a single batch of Jiffy corn bread😁

[@TheDCpicker]

This is primarily a "flipping for profit" channel. I meant not having value in flipping. But for cooking? Theyre great!

[@jennibradish]

Hi, I found a cast iron griddle at a church thrift that looks very old. The reason I grabbed it is the size. It's too big to fit in my oven, 36 and 1/2 long with handles (which are very pretty btw) by 13 wide. If I send you a picture, could you help me identify it?

[@jerrymond3652]

I'm watching a video about cooking pan and it's interested great job

[@TheDCpicker]

TYVM!

[@boilerhonkiedude9163]

Lodge was & is in Tennessee, not PA.

[@TheDCpicker]

yup!

[@Jan-wj1vi]

This is good. I am new to cast iron. I have a cast iron dutch oven with little feet...wire hanger on it. Has cover no markings except on cover it says No. 7...How can I find out the age?

[@TheDCpicker]

There are lots of old books and websites that can help. Sometimes it's the weirdest little thing that can identify it. Good luck!

[@govols1995]

Just because I haven't seen anyone say it yet, Lodge is made in South Pittsburg, TENNESSEE, not Pennsylvania. I could see where the confusion might come from though lol.

[@tammya2064]

I recently bought a cast-iron kettle/ streamer. It has the gate mark on the bottom. However, it has the marking of TU would like to show you pictures.

[@lindap9079]

Very Interesting video. My old (inherited) cast iron is smoother than recently purchased pieces. Someone told me they now use courser sand than they used to. Do you know if that is the reason or has the texture of the old pieces just warn away?

[@mrsseasea]

BSR ran the fire ring till 1980s ish or so I do believe. A lot of good info here for people getting started.

[@N4sir98]

Wow! What an extremely interesting video here with lots of valuable information to a vintage cast iron newbie like myself. Thank you so much for sharing this info.

[@MrKmail]

I inherited 2 badly rusted pans. They have no markings and a single handle. They do have heat rings. I'm working on restoring them for personal use. They were my grandmother's, so I don't intend to ever sell them. But I would like to identify them. Any ideas?

[@kenshores9900]

Interesting. I have an old Wagner and maybe some others which are unmarked. Thanks.

[@CraigHollabaugh]

Thanks for the informative video. I have a Griswold pair of interlocking 12" skillets, what's this combo called?

[@leahkillien8907]

Great info! I have several cast iron skillets picked up at yard sales over the years and really didn’t know much about them. Can’t wait to check them out now :) Thanks for sharing!!

[@TheDCpicker]

It's my pleasure. Investigating is half the fun with this stuff! It's my favorite! I hope you have some winners!

[@francismcclaughry3794]

the one thing that I would like to have a portage or pot with a wire handle.

[@castironlady1720]

Thank you for a great video loaded with great information!

[@TheDCpicker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@francismcclaughry3794]

I have to griswald one is two generation old and my wife's sister gave it to me and she is eighty five. so I guess I could say generations now I have another one I bought for twenty five dollars.

[@sharonfuentes8655]

I have a small skillet with a 3 and one with a 3 and 5D. What's the difference?

[@TheDCpicker]

Without seeing it, the 3 may be the size and the 5d is the mold they used.

[@allswildmmi6228]

I came across a 10-1/2 in skillet made in Taiwan that is light in weight similar to an old Wagner and a smooth interior surface worthy of a vintage Griswald. The exterior is almost as smooth. It does say Taiwan, so it should be post 1960. It cooks very well. It was rusty when I acquired it some 20 yea ago. I just recently picked two older lodge brand unmarks and another unmarked with a continuous heat ring. All dirty but rust free. This video allowed me to confirm the two Lodge pans. Still not sure about the third pan. Thank you

[@ResellingAddicts]

Awesome video... Learned allot! Thanks John!

[@TheDCpicker]

My pleasure!