Rusty, I LOVE Lancaster cast iron!!!! Have the 8 and the 10 can't wait for the 12. I am fortunate to live within 2 hours of there location. Have spoken to both owners and they are awesome people! In my opinion they have created the closest skillet to our Griswold's. Love the pour spouts. Also enjoy the Field skillets. But as far as new C.I. Lancaster it by far our favorite!
This is my first smooth cast iron skillet I have cooked with lodge for 10+ years but this is a huge upgrade. I definitely need to upgrade all of my cast iron now! Thanks for watching I really appreciate it! 🙌🙌
I inherited a 3 legged potbelly pot made in Falkirk Scotland. In south Africa where they call it poitjie. Compared to modern ones my one has very much thinner walls. I think during the height of production they were getting very good quality compared to today. We could just machine the base after casting. I also inherited a beautiful llittala pot from Finland and its got a machined base. I love it
Awesome you will love it! I have been cooking with this skillet for about 9 months now and it is amazing! I have also added a No. 12 I couldn't be happier 🙌🙌🙌
@@RustyBBQLamb I already have a lodge Dutch oven for baking bread , its well seasoned by me and can use the cover as a frying pan/skillet for meat or chicken .. What I need is a pot to boil water and sauces for pasta etc ,might have to go with a 5ply all clad. Cast iron isn't the best for acidic foods like tomato sauce hence the reason for a Al Clad 5 ply. Thanks and great videos !
Well we all know we are being watched 😂😂 but enjoy your new pan and of you ever want and upgrade check out Lancaster cast iron! I just got my second skillet from them both are amazing! Thanks for watching 🙌
Normally use a small amount of soap just depends on what I cooked ps this skillet is amazing I just got a bigger one. Hopefully will make a video soon showing it off
Some people will probably tell you no but with probably over 400 Cooks in that Skillet. Since I filmed this video I can assure you I have not managed to damage it yet! I use a variety of different materials, plastic metal and wood. Whatever seems to be appropriate for that particular application. Thanks for watching. I appreciate it!
That was A LOT of butter for 2 eggs just sayin. I could use a quarter of that and fry 3 eggs in my week old field skillet, but i prefer a marble sized chunk of bacon grease.
This is my first time seeing a Lancaster. It seems to be modeled after a 1920s design with the outside heat ring, larger pour ears, and machined surface. An unmarked 1920s pan of this size is worth $20-$30 while a marked skillet will be slightly more expensive depending on the maker. I'd say anything under $50 would be a good price for this pan. Seasoning only protects the pan from rusting and looks good, it has nothing to do with sticking. Too much heat and too little butter has more to do with sticking, low and slow.. This is possibly why food tastes better in cast iron. I'm going to two estate sales tomorrow with cast iron waffle makers (rare) in each, wish me luck.
Under $50? This #8 sells for $175. A marked 1920's skillet will also sell for well over $100. Makes me wonder where you're getting your prices from. Estate sales aren't a good representation of market value. Usually things are dirt cheap.
I'm in Chattanooga Tn. the prices were what I would expect to find at an estate sale / flea market, unrestored. You're prices seem to be at the other end of the rainbow fully restored on eBay or Etsy. I just collect, not hoard, or resale so knowing when to walk away is one of my boxes that has to be checked. 1st the find 2nd it has to be marked. 3rd condition cracks, warps, rust 4th being satisfied with the price. I have walked away without regretting it while I've overpaid and never quit kicking myself. Here's what I've learned about reasonably priced vintage iron and where to find it around here. Don't be in a hurry, enjoy the hunt. Its taken you all your life to realize ya didn't have one. Vintage cast iron basically comes from estate sales, flea markets, thrift stores, and even convenience centers. Yes at the dump! From what we'll call "the first find" it passes to collectors (me), antique booths ($30 skillet sells for $90), Then there's my personal favorite FB Marketplace. These folks don't often know what they have but its cast iron so that must mean big money! Some will be restored and make it to eBay, Etsy, etc. This is the major leagues of cast iron with pricing to match. (only limited by human stupidity). I'm sorry, I'm a big ole nerd when it comes to this stuff. I can talk your fingers off.
I agree w Turd. There are millions of old vintage skillets available in the $30-40 range. Then consider the absurd prices mftr's are asking for new skillets. A skillet is a skillet. Nothing less, nothing more. Mftr's want t promote them as a family heirloom and way overprice. I would guide anyone wanting a nice skillet to visit a flea market etc. with $40. Maybe go purchase 3 diff sizes at the flea market and spend $30-40 each instead of $250 each new. It's a piece of metal you will cook in. If you mess up the seasoning just start over. Personally, I am glad there are tons of old ones available or these new mftr's would be selling theirs today in the $600-$1,000 range. It's just a mold. Too many people today with too much money looking for something to way overspend their money on if the mftr will just tell you it's an heirloom piece. They are really doing this in the carbon steel skillet artwork pieces . P.T. Barnum knew the scoop@@BornIn1500
@@kimberly1567 Since this video came out I've started restoring for two estate sale companies. One of them is located in Dayton Tn. where Jeff sells restored vintage skillets for $45 for a #8, $40 for a #7, dropping $5 per size. They aren't Griswold but good users. His restoration guy keeps the collectable stuff (he can't find good help) ! lol You don't have to spend a fortune for a better skillet. After restoring a Finex griddle I started looking at "premium" cast iron. The best I would relate it to 1970s cast iron with a machined cooking surface. The other is around 1980s iron w/ a machined surface. None of it and I mean none is as good as early 1900s cast iron and you can still find them for $20. Channels usually can't say this because Griswold doesn't currently have sponsorship programs. In my opinion you are paying big bucks for a 1970 machined skillet. If that's ok with you have at it. The skillets that we are collecting now sold new for less than a dollar. Can you imagine collecting 100 years from now when they sold new for $175+. This world makes me glad to be getting old !
I will never cook with newer lodge, you want good kodge go with the very ild stuff, lancaster is fantastic, i live with in 2 hours of lancaster and a guy i work with went to school with the owner of the company, all hand done.
@@RustyBBQLamb I love my cast iron, and the Lancaster is the closest I have found to the older Wagner's I have. I do have an old lodge but somehow the person I got it from warped it. I can use it but everything runs to the edges of the pan. Just an fyi they are working on a Dutch oven lol.
These skillets might not be vintage or inexpensive, but they are smooth. Been cooking on this At least one time a day for over a year now. Couldn't be happier. Will never go back to my Lodge that's for sure
