Wanted: deep skillet for daily use.

[Resa Pavana]

My deep skillet "chicken fryer" pan's handle cracked when it was dropped.  :'(

It was completely unmarked, but the lid fits my #8 small label Griswold skillet (lid has self basting spikes). It had a fire ring with three notches.

Looking for a daily cooker. Got most of my pans almost decade ago. I peeked at eBay, but the first few I saw mentioned being wobbly, and one had odd tweaks on the lettering, which made me suspicious for it being a recast. Felt lost and sad.

Then I recalled the fine folks here! Hoping someone has a few completed projects gathering dust, and one could find a new home on my stovetop.

~Resa

[Spurgeon Hendrick]

Resa, Chicken fryers are easy to find in antique stores and sometimes in thrift stores. I have a couple chicken fryers I’m not using, but the postage to get one to you might make it too expensive (compared to what you can find locally). What part of the country do you live in?

[Resa Pavana]

Thanks Spurgeon! I live in the SF Bay Area. Time-wise antique shopping is a no-go right now, and we're really missing it. It truly was our "daily user." Plus, a lot of thrift store pans here are recent Lodge stuff, with that rough inside cooking surface.

My priorities are the lighter weight and smooth cooking surface of an old pan, and having no wobble. Plus, not a recast! I'm pretty sure the last pan I got on ebay back in 2011 was a recast. It's says Martin, but it seems too heavy, there's uneven interior curves, and the "8" looks like a second grader wrote it in almost dry concrete. It has been consigned to the outdoor grill, for mushrooms and onions.

Any of yours fit the bill?  :)

[Stuart Lowery]

Resa,

  If yours had three notches and the lid has spikes, it's likely a Lodge, I might have an exact replacement. I'll look at my "collection", I know that I've got several extras.
  It's hard to guess whether shipping from Michigan will be more or less than Georgia...

[Resa Pavana]

Thanks Stuart!