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That $15 lodge skillet from a garage sale warped on my glass stove top after 3 months
Picked up what I thought was a steal from a lady in Pasadena but the bottom wasn't flat enough for induction and now it spins like a top. Anyone else get burned on cheap cast iron that didn't work with their cooktop?
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nina1479d ago
Oh man, "spins like a top" is exactly the right way to put it. I grabbed a similar cheap lodge from a flea market in like 2018, thought I was so smart. Within a month it had a slight wobble on my glass top and it just got worse. The warped part in the center made it so oil would pool on one side and burn on the other. I tried getting it flat with some sandpaper and a flat surface but that just made the bottom all scratched up and ugly. Ended up giving it to a friend who cooks on gas and he loves it, but for induction or glass tops those old uneven skillets are just a gamble. You're not alone, that flat bottom thing is way more important than people say.
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adam_robinson9d ago
Read somewhere that Lodge still uses the same sand casting method from the 1800s. Explains a lot.
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