Ash Nelson
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I recently acquired this little rusty number off of Craigslist, gross but complete.
It's a Lodge Sportsman Hibachi Grill! They still make these, and a new one will set you back $100 or more. This one cost $30, and a quart sized jar of elbow grease. Actually, there was no elbow grease involved in the cleaning, just in the making of the electrolysis tank!
Here she is, all cleaned up and ready for some charcoal:
I forgot to take any pictures of the actually grilling, I was too hungry and it smelled soo good! This is one fantastic little grill. The whole top surface gets hot, so even though it's small, you can pack the whole top with food.
I'm guessing this one was made around the 1970s, with the "Duck in Flight" motif, but I really don't know. In my research about it I discovered that this grill is actually a re-purposed Sad Iron Heater. In the late '30s - '40s, when sad iron usage was falling off with the advances in electricity, the sad iron heater design was changed a bit and re-released as a grill. The earliest models would have had four feet instead of the three that mine has. I just thought that was a neat evolution of design.
I have even scored a Lodge Fish Fry pan that was made for the Sportsman grill, also off Craigslist, for only $15!
Now, I'm on the lookout for the deep roasting pan that fits it too.
It's a Lodge Sportsman Hibachi Grill! They still make these, and a new one will set you back $100 or more. This one cost $30, and a quart sized jar of elbow grease. Actually, there was no elbow grease involved in the cleaning, just in the making of the electrolysis tank!
Here she is, all cleaned up and ready for some charcoal:
I forgot to take any pictures of the actually grilling, I was too hungry and it smelled soo good! This is one fantastic little grill. The whole top surface gets hot, so even though it's small, you can pack the whole top with food.
I'm guessing this one was made around the 1970s, with the "Duck in Flight" motif, but I really don't know. In my research about it I discovered that this grill is actually a re-purposed Sad Iron Heater. In the late '30s - '40s, when sad iron usage was falling off with the advances in electricity, the sad iron heater design was changed a bit and re-released as a grill. The earliest models would have had four feet instead of the three that mine has. I just thought that was a neat evolution of design.
I have even scored a Lodge Fish Fry pan that was made for the Sportsman grill, also off Craigslist, for only $15!
Now, I'm on the lookout for the deep roasting pan that fits it too.