Cast Iron

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A community for cast iron cookware. Recipes, care, restoration, identification, etc.

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It survived a house fire in 1982 and lived in a barn for 40+ years afterwards. (lemmynsfw.com)

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My aunt said that my grandmother tossed this in the barn after her house burned in 1982. She gave it to me the other day after I'd asked about family cast iron.

This is before and after electrolysis and seasoning.

Has some pitting but overall it's in great shape.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wow, looks amazing after

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Yeah it came out really great. I wasn't expecting it to be as nice as it is.

It works well (unsurprisingly) I just cooked Walmart hash browns in it for my kiddo.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm going to guess that's from the 1920s from the stove ring on the bottom, but I'm not familiar with those manufacturer marks.

Edit: I was wrong, looks to be 1950s BSR.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Makes sense it would be 1950s. My grandparents married and located to their house in the mid 40s.

Thanks for doing the research there!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This makes me really happy. I'm sure it's very pleasing to see it restored. 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Quite pleasing. I've found myself looking for the nastiest cast iron I can find. It's quite lovely to see them nice and clean.