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Grant Erwin Grant Erwin is offline
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Default what metal/thickness to make 4 burner griddle for gas stove

RoyJ wrote:

He already has a double griddle, needs a BIG one for BIG appetites.

But the Lodge cookware is good stuff. I have some items, need to pick up
a pan for jambalaya. Price is right: a 10" cast iron pan is less than
$10 at my local.


That's true, Roy, but if you want a No. 8 cast iron skillet (10" dia.)
you should consider buying a vintage Griswold skillet. It is much lighter
than the Lodge pan, and probably will never crack if you put cold water on
a hot pan. It will appreciate in value.

I once saw a cast iron skillet lid in a junk pile. I asked if I could have it
and the guy looked at me incredulously and said sure, if I wanted it. I bead
blasted it and seasoned it and listed it on ebay (it was a Griswold No. 12
lid) and it sold for an insane $132 and the buyer was ecstatic to get such
a deal.

No, I never went back and told the junk pile guy how much his junk went for.
That would be cruel and unusual punishment.

But no. 8 skillets go much more reasonably.

Grant