Question

[Gary Hays]

I keep seeing people refer to a piece being gated or having a gate mark. Can someone explain what that means to me.

Thanks.....Gary

[Robert Hilman]

A gate mark is a line on the bottom of the skillet. That is were the cast iron was pored in to make it. Around 1880 they started gating on the lip of the skillet so you can't see it as  much.

[Gary Hays]

Thanks Robert.

[Jesse and Kim Dunfee]

gatemark......

[Gary Hays]

Thanks Jesse & Kim. A picture is worth a thousand words.!

[Roger Barfield]

Jesse, does that skillet have a pour spout?

[Jesse and Kim Dunfee]

I would call it a griddle

[Roger Barfield]

I guess to me, the griddles have only the slight flare upward around the edge.  I've always thought of this type as a shallow skillet.  Either way, it looks like a nice one.

[Jeff Seago]

I like it as well!

Could we see a pix of the top??

[Jesse and Kim Dunfee]

It Hasn't been cleaned so it looks nicer in person.

[Sandy Glenn]

Jesse, Thanks for the pictures -- very interesting.  Is that a diamond shaped ghost of something under the H at the edge of the gatemark?

That really is neat.

[Jesse and Kim Dunfee]

yes Sandy

[C. B. Williams]

That's about the same depth as a "skillet-griddle", one of my favorite pieces to use. The sides are deep enough to keep juices from spilling and shallow enough to allow easy access of a spatula or other tool.