I did a Lodge



I usually only use it to sear meats. But I can scour it with a stainless scrubby. Then rub it with lard or bacon grease and heat it to smoking one time. Then I can do eggs over easy in it the next morning.

lol, see my other post


 

I get old ones at antique stores and sand blast them ... they are always smooth on the inside
Why in the hell would you sand one?

OMG Ya'll just read my mind

I just bought one of these a few weeks ago on a whim after an exhaustive single morning of research  I honestly didn't even go OCD with the seasoning just burned some grapeseed oil in it and started cooking.  Never touch it with soap.  I can pretty much fry eggs without oil or butter at this point.  Worth the money I dunno, I like it.  New cast iron all looks really mottled and cheap.  My moms antique cast iron is smooth but takes a lot longer to heat up than this.

The 12.6 is great.  Just the right size to do 4 eggs over easy.  So quick to heat up I can go from cold pan to breakfast tacos in about 5 minutes.

My Lodge griddle I just got was pretty rough and it was the best of all the ones Walmart had. It was all sticking up rough though, no pits. I used a random orbit sander and a couple grits on it and got it slick as glass. My big square Lodge griddle was the same way, but I water sanded it.

I did not know that. And to think I cook on mine every day. I guess I'll have to quit since it won't work.