Posted: 1/5/2011 7:52:53 PM EDT
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While doing some reading about the ultimate long term self sustaining survivalists, Lewis and Clark.
They mention having a cast iron skillet. I have plenty of Cast iron. and I mean PLENTY. But they mention an nice piece, that I have only been able to find random OLD images of rusted and "antique" ones. They were about 12" in diameter and had a 4' Handle. Thats right... 4 FEET. Designed to cook IN and open fire on a tall trivet or on a rock in the center of the fire with the fire built up around it. I saw a couple companies in the UK that make them, but they are pretty "toys" for kids with a 6" skillet. Can anyone point me in the direction of a worth while new one that is ultra long handle with a larger skillet surface? Thank you. |
| This is arfcom.... Make your own extra large handle!! Hardware stores sell pipe long enough.. Buy some small round bar, make a hoop to fit the skillet, then weld on the extra long handle. That way, you dont turn a skillet into an outdoor skillet... Or if your really skilled, pick it out of the fire with your bare hands.... |
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This is arfcom.... Make your own extra large handle!! Hardware stores sell pipe long enough.. Buy some small round bar, make a hoop to fit the skillet, then weld on the extra long handle. That way, you dont turn a skillet into an outdoor skillet... Or if your really skilled, pick it out of the fire with your bare hands.... This. If you already have the cast iron skillets then you can use pipe or rod to make whatever else you need. I would personally prefer open skillets with smaller beds of coals than a larger fire with lotsa of crap flying all around. Better yet might be a small dutch oven for about the same weight as a skillet and its long handle. More versatile. |
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The only long handled skillet I ever saw had a wooden handle and it is not for sale because my friend loves that thing. I can kind of see wanting to do this if you don't have the time or urge to have a nice fire to make a nice bed of coals to cook on. With traveling and cooking every night I kind of figure they got a decent fire going and started cooking using the flames before they even had a decent bed of coals. This would give them more time to travel or sleep and since they cooked this way all the time, at least in the evenings I think, the time savings would be nice. Plus they can go with broken branches and what not vs. trying to always get larger stuff that would make a nice bed of coals. With all that said, I probably would just go with the dutch oven since you can hang it and swing it in and out of the fire if you rig up a setup. And by no means am I an expert or pretending to be an expert on this. Just my thoughts typed out to see if there will be any discussion on this or not. |
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We just had a piece of metal Pipe that was about 18-24 inches long that had the end flattened out to the width of the pan's handle. You could just take the piece of pipe and slide it all the way onto the handle and move it with ease. It also is much easier to transport as two pieces... |
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While doing some reading about the ultimate long term self sustaining survivalists, Lewis and Clark. They mention having a cast iron skillet. I have plenty of Cast iron. and I mean PLENTY. But they mention an nice piece, that I have only been able to find random OLD images of rusted and "antique" ones. They were about 12" in diameter and had a 4' Handle. Thats right... 4 FEET. Designed to cook IN and open fire on a tall trivet or on a rock in the center of the fire with the fire built up around it. I saw a couple companies in the UK that make them, but they are pretty "toys" for kids with a 6" skillet. Can anyone point me in the direction of a worth while new one that is ultra long handle with a larger skillet surface? Thank you. Try this website, closest I have found. Skillets |
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I have a "T" bar and post set up that works well with a DO.
Also have a long pipe flattened as mentioned in earlier post....It works well....I have mine with a hole in it and a pin....as not to loose the skillet. in all honesty....The only thing I've ever used it for is to season skillets.....I've never been in that big of a hurry.... 
Seriously though...a "T" bar and post setup allows you to move your DO over and into open flame very easily....and with the lid....ash isn't too big of an issue. |
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Sureshooter, thanks for the web site. I just attended a day long BSA ldr trng and the cooking instructor was great and got me thinking of doing a lot more with cast iron on future Pack camping trips.
He also had a homeade charcoal stand, took the frame of a standard folding table with a sheet of stainless steel. Puts everythig up at 'counter top' level when using dutch ovens. |