A community for cast iron cookware. Recipes, care, restoration, identification, etc.
Rules: Be helpful when you can, be respectful always, and keep cooking bacon.
More rules may come as the community grows, but for now, I'll remove spam or anything obviously mean-spirited, and leave it at that.
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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.
wow, looks amazing after
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.
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.
Makes sense it would be 1950s. My grandparents married and located to their house in the mid 40s.
Thanks for doing the research there!
This makes me really happy. I'm sure it's very pleasing to see it restored. 👍
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.