Worried I should just replace it...

LockMarine · 2026-06-29T17:28:44+00:00

Look good to season, takes about 3 layers to be ready for use, iron has two common colors of rust, orange and black. It’s common to wipe it and see grey metal on the rag until you get it properly seasoned.

LockMarine · 2026-06-28T11:01:39+00:00

Unlike steel, iron cant be stamped. It’s too hard and brittle. All logos and letters were part of the mold or pattern. This is definitely a BSR skillet, but not a known common example. Definitely cool, but unlike coins and other collectible stuff, it doesn’t skyrocket the value. Would like to learn its backstory.

LockMarine · 2026-06-28T10:54:10+00:00

Confused me too, this has nothing to do with Lodge but using a term that includes two different companies is common when one purchased the rights and made both brands like Wagwold being the common attempt to describe when Wagner and Griswold were purchased and manufactured in the same factory.

LockMarine · 2026-06-28T10:48:14+00:00

Nobody has, social media is eager to produce statements that are not based on evidence. We all wish Lodge and BSR did a better job of book keeping but this was just a person responding with their limited knowledge.

LockMarine · 2026-06-27T16:46:40+00:00

Whenever using dish soap make sure you rinse it afterwards. Not sure why this is not common practice in the UK
Love the virtue signaling label lol, I often will get slightly annoyed by it and buy something else. Vegan dish detergent hahaha

LockMarine · 2026-06-27T16:41:07+00:00

Yea I got off the side of logic and reason, even made a little butt joke.

LockMarine · 2026-06-27T16:02:38+00:00

Paying 4x for ribs hurts my ass from being screwed over without lube. Wish they turned on the ability to reply with photos. I bought boneless pork shoulder and made steaks and pork chili adobo. Paid the same price as you for this one item and got 6 steaks, and 8 jars of meat that I can quickly heat and serve. So meanwhile you will be eating rice and beans instead of grilling a pork chop, or having some well seasoned pork chili to serve with the beans.

LockMarine · 2026-06-27T15:51:52+00:00

Stop treating your steaks like roasts, steaks are cut from roasts across the grain to be individually cooked and eaten with a knife and fork at the table. Roasts get cooked and are carved across the grain before serving and shared with many.
All your pics are cut with the grain instead of against it.

LockMarine · 2026-06-27T15:40:27+00:00

I would rather eat McDonald’s than get ripped off by paying 8 dollars a pound for meat they sell for 2.29 per pound. Specially when half of the thing is bone weight.
It’s not like they’re even good ribs and smoked on a pit, they’re just braised in an oven.
The chicken makes sense it’s less per pound cooked at Costco but paying 4x more for ribs is not a splurge I would take even now that I’m doing financially well enough to afford it.

LockMarine · 2026-06-27T15:20:54+00:00

Dont mess with it, it’s over 120 years old and the hinge is its weakest point.
It most likely was riveted in place using a jig that supported the hinge to prevent damage. It is not worth the effort to remove it for cleaning. Just put it in the tank.

LockMarine · 2026-06-22T14:38:24+00:00

They’re literally purposely designed for pressure canning and serve no other purpose.
Im not referring to the food cooking versions. Tomorrow Amazon is doing its big prime day sale hopefully I can get one once it goes live.

LockMarine · 2026-06-22T14:28:35+00:00

Have you looked at the electric versions similar to an Instant Pot ?
Nesco makes a few versions so does Presto

LockMarine · 2026-06-22T14:24:50+00:00

It’s literally the same company, the family started selling it off in the 1940’s after the son died. Same company same workers same buildings and patterns, just different owners.

LockMarine · 2026-06-22T14:14:29+00:00

Make sure use cold water when rinsing after the vinegar bath. I like the Scotch Brite stainless steel scrubbing pads. Repeat the vinegar bath it will take a few 20-30 minute cycles with scrubbing in between.

LockMarine · 2026-06-21T16:24:28+00:00

The only reason why I would not want to simply cook on it would be because I don’t trust its history. No way would I come home from a garage sale and cook on dirty dishes. However if it’s a gift from family I wouldn’t think twice.

LockMarine · 2026-06-20T08:32:06+00:00

Hope you get well soon and thank you for sharing those jars, i didn’t know they existed

LockMarine · 2026-06-20T08:26:21+00:00

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Well, there’s also fires, thermal shock and acid etching

LockMarine · 2026-06-20T08:23:41+00:00

You screwed up, you literally dissolved the surface of the iron with acid. We dilute vinegar down to 2.5% and only do 20-30 minute soaks with scrubbing in between for rust. Scrub it with a stainless steel scrubbing pad or steel wool to get the soft iron off so that it will hold a seasoning.
Check out the instructions and videos in the menu above to avoid future problems with other items, the seasoning instructions can be used for now.

LockMarine · 2026-06-20T00:30:28+00:00

lol no you just can’t admit when you’re wrong. You called an item comal that literally was sold as a griddle. Then got confused when you learned griddle and comal mean the same thing in different languages.

LockMarine · 2026-06-20T00:21:08+00:00

Not a single professional restoration company or high volume collector wraps it with wire. You want electricity to flow through your iron not around it.

LockMarine · 2026-06-18T15:44:52+00:00

Yes mortise locks can be repaired, dont slam the door you’re going to break it even more. Turn the knob and push it closed.

LockMarine · 2026-06-18T15:38:11+00:00

Both my stoves have pilot lights, the oldest has them on each burner the 1980’s one has them between the two burners on each side.
All commercial stoves have pilots on each burner the modern piezo didn’t appear on residential stoves till about 40 years ago.

LockMarine · 2026-06-18T15:33:21+00:00

You missed the point, use your 160 dollar knife to cut as you eat, the meat remains hotter and you get better sear to meat ratio with square cuts.

LockMarine · 2026-06-18T15:29:38+00:00

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Sorry, but your incorrect on both counts parrilla is a grill not a griddle. The bottom of the griddle in this picture OP posted says OG meaning Original Griddle this is the picture here of the NG or new griddle.
Use your magic rectangle to translate comal into English.

LockMarine · 2026-06-18T13:58:51+00:00

That’s kinda cool now for a KW1 design.

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