Wall mart has Ozark Trail 3 Piece Cast Iron Skillet Set on sale for $15.98 I just ordered a set on line.

All my fry pans are cast iron.The old Griswalds and Wagners though.

My wife's mom just brought me some cast iron from an old house they are cleaning out. 3 Griswald frying pans and a Wagner. Plus a couple others I haven't looked over yet

I sure like my Griswalds!

I didn't really need any, but figure for that price I can donate them to the Association auction. There are five in the kitchen now.

just polish them a bit. they are heavier than the old pans but work every bit as good. cast iron never wears out. buy the best modern no stick skillet you can find and use it for a year. needs tossed out and the cast iron is still getting better from use.

I take the new cast and run a palm sander in it to smooth it out. Just keep changing to finer paper and it will be as smooth as any ever made.

Ozark Trail 5Qt Cast Iron Dutch Oven With Handle
Ozark TrailWalmart # 556738964
$17.82

Did they ever make a cast iron skillet bigger than like 15-16" I have three that size and they are great for fish frys. You can cook a lot of battered items spread out over that big surface like onion rings without them all getting stuck together and you still get the heat holding ability of the cast iron to keep your grease hot.

No 14 is the largest Griswold I believe it is around 15 inches across. They are very pricey when you find one. The last no 14 i saw they wanted 750 for.

I got their big dutch oven with feet a couple months ago for $17. I grabbed it right away thinking it was a typo.

I have #14 lodge as far as I know that was the largest they make.

we had some carbon steel pans for doing big shore lunches that were 18 and 24 across big long handles

Bayou classics makes a 20 inch cast iron https://www.overstock.com/Home-Gard...llet/6135400/product.html?option=8286505


when I was in scouts we had some big ones I though 18 and 24 inch but I may be remembering them bigger than they were I found this 20 inch

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Camp-Chef-20-Deep-Dish-Lumber-Jack-Skillet-With-Seasoned-Finish/20468126

Had a nice set of pans the wife said they are to heavy so that was the end of that. LOL

Thanks! I'm adding that to my Christmas list.

I just bought a cast iron wok. I cook a lot of stir fry and I love it. Weighs a ton but really holds the heat. Found out in my searches that the Swedish make a bunch of high quality cast iron stuff.

Pete

That was the problem with my wife also, so now I move the pans around for her. Still using them. Had a venison steak fried in one last night.

An old Erie #12 is the biggest pan I have in use. A single burner distributes heat pretty evenly but I think bigger than that it would be a problem. If I need more room I'll use my cast iron griddle.

I can see using a bigger pan for deep frying.

My wife has complained about the same thing. We compromised, we don't use the cast iron sauce pans anymore and but still use the pans and griddle almost daily. Swapped out the iron sauce pans for good quality clad stainless.

Thanks! I looked at RK and Wal a couple months ago and what they had I didn't want or too high. I've got tired of some woman telling not to scratch that skillet. Just ordered my own skillets.

lodge ,makes a cast iron wok , no good for tossing the fry have to use wooden spoon to move it around but does heat very well

if you don't have any lodge cast iron pizza pans , add that to the Christmas list , we now have 2 wife dropped in to the seconds store in South Pittsburgh TN they work very well on the grill in the summer to do a frozen pizza as well as on home made pizza night we can do 3 big pizzas with our dough recipe it is nice to be able to have 2 on the pizza pan and the 3rd in the #14 skillet and keep them moving in and out of the oven.

it only seems like I am cooking for a Platoon it is really just a bunch of teens.