Shipping payment auction policies. 10 cast iron skillet with a heat ring and a little rust.
Vintage No 4 Vollrath Cast Iron Skillet Heat Ring Cast Iron Antique Cast Iron Skillet Cast Iron Cookware
Estimate 5 3 000 sep 23 2020.
Heat ring on cast iron skillet. Start with the brand. If you see a ring around the bottom rim of the skillet you re also in antique country. Griswold 14 cast iron skillet with heat ring with large block logo.
A smithey ironware s no. Skillets have inset heat ring with 3 notches at 9 12 3 o clock. Join the discussion today.
Good and clean excellent condition. When you spot a cast iron skillet at the junkyard or flea market it could be a hundred years old. Griswold 14 cast iron skillet with heat ring.
All skillet do lids have grid of pointed tips for basting drippers may have raised letter molder s mark on underside a line of pieces with an unusual scalloped heat ring consisting of crescent shaped segments is believed to be from this time period 1940s 1987. Its purpose is to raise the pan s bottom slightly from the old wood range cooktop so as to equalize heat. So it helps if you review common cast iron brands before you start scouring salvage piles.
Sometimes incorrectly called smoke ring fire ring or another name none are correct since the heat ring has nothing. Henry phillips powell who spent two years studying cast iron design and manufacturing documents in the library of congress says the earliest records show it was called a machining ring before companies began advertising its supposed functionality. My understanding is that heat rings were used back when stoves were flat and they were meant to elevate the pan from the heat source.
Since the heat ring denotes use on a wood stove it also means the piece is an antique. Discussion from the chowhound cookware cast iron food community. See sold price 8 bids.
Read the cast iron skillet with heat ring on induction. Since stoves were originally made of wood the heat rings were incorporated into the cast iron design to lift the pan so it wouldn t touch the wood stove directly. How to identify an unmarked antique cast iron skillet tip 1.
Sell a similar item. The heat ring is the small rim around the outside of the bottom of many usually earlier skillets and some other pieces. I would love to get an earlier piece due to the quality of the cast iron specifically a pre logo griswold but they all have heat rings.
