Identify this iron cooking piece for me

My dad gave me this - what is it? How would I season it? What would you cook on it?

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skillet

Best Answer

It is a stove top griddle. You set it across two burners (hobs for Brits), and heat it up.

You can use it for any griddled foods: pancakes, hash browns, grilled sandwiches, hamburgers, steak, and so on.

The little track around the edge is to capture any juice or fat that run off the surface without making a mess.

You season it like any other cast iron pan. It is probably easiest to do so in the oven. You only need to season the cooking surface.

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How can I tell what kind of cast iron I have?

For instance, Lodge's iconic egg logo was created in 1973, so you can guarantee any pan that simply has the name \u201cLodge\u201d carved into the back is at least more than 45 years old. Robert says a quick way to determine if the pan is early or pre-20th century is to look for a gate mark on the bottom side.

How do you identify an unmarked cast iron pan?

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