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Inherited from my grandma. Lots of “love” caked on the bottom of the skillet.
Luckily the inside was pretty smooth to begin with.
After 2 rounds of electrolysis, 2 rounds of oven cleaner and lots of elbow grease. I couldn’t get everything off of the sides. So I figured it would be okay, like a little extra piece of my grandma’s kitchen.
The finished product after one round of seasoning! I have to do a couple more seasons on it before cooking with it. I look forward to cooking many meals with this. If anyone has any ideas how to identify a maker let me know! It doesn’t really matter to me but it would be neat to know.
DbzFanZero
You might try baking it in your bbq for a few hours also. You will need to season it afterwards though.
KatetDeFibonacci
I've seen numbers similar to that on Griswold pans. It's a challenge without a mark on the bottom.
OmgAunicorn
Got it damn I came here to see a cake, not a pan
BRAD666
And so your grandmas love died.
TwistedRemllov
esbi72
nice work op! i did the same on my grand moms stew pot that came over from Ireland in the 1800's
alittlenugget
I did the same thing to my grandma. She had a lot of "love" on her bottom, too.
daqatz
Nice, the cooking surface is well machined. Should take a mirror seasoning. Example
LegVacuum
Machinist here: it's cast, not machined. : )
cdall
Lmao, "cast" iron
waspssuckforever
Hello, fellow machinist!
LegVacuum
long live machining! 3D printers will not replace us in this lifetime.
daqatz
Cast iron pan expert here. They cast it THEN machined it to smooth out the cooking surface.
LegVacuum
I guess if you consider sanding/polishing to be machining, then you're technically correct. Though machining generally refers to milling.
daqatz
The older pans were milled, and few modern pans too. Look closely
you can see circular milled patterns.
LegVacuum
Those look like grinding marks, not mill marks. I would be surprised to find an older pan that was milled. It was a special thing back then.