I’ve got some I rescued from my MIL’s basement, took a wire brush on a rotary air grinder to remove the rust, and resurrected via seasoning in the oven with oil. Long process.
I’ve filled up a shopping cart at the real factory store in South Pittsburgh, TN. On at least two separate occasions. The outlet mall Lodge stores are not the real deal, the real deal is a couple hundred yards from the foundry.
I have a largish camp Dutch oven and carrier I used to take to races and make peach or blueberry cobbler. This made me very popular with our trackside neighbors. It’s also one of the few acceptable uses for matchlight charcoal. You can’t cook meat over it.
We’ll call it a tie without getting piece count and scales involved.
“We’ll call it a tie without getting piece count and scales involved.”
Agreed. Good job of getting a rusty one cleaned up and back into use. I rescued a square Lodge pan from my late father-in-law’s garage. I soaked it in white vinegar overnight, then easily scrubbed it clean. Seasoned it well with bacon grease and placed it in the oven for a few hours. Good as new! I ordered a square lid from Lodge for 19.99 and that set-up is my go-to frying pan.
I have my own, my mother’s, and my grandmother’s cast iron, plus a few miscellaneous pieces rescued from the Boy Scouts and Goodwill. Every year after we deep fry the Thanksgiving turkey, we put all the cast iron in the leftover hot oil to season overnight. I’d love the directions to the Dutch oven cobbler.