Let me first say, I have absolutely no experience with bundt pans, muffin pans, corn stick pans, popover pans, gem pans or the like, vintage or modern. In this early stage of my cast iron obsession I have focused on cookware, not so much bakeware. That said, I've been in a local shop a couple of times over the past month and seen this bundt pan at $25. I've picked it up, but my initial impression was heavy and pebbly, and I didn't really want or need it so let it be.
Today when in the shop I decided I wanted to try a cake in a bundt pan when I saw this again. Doing a quick check on ebay, I saw that virtually none of the cast iron bundt pans have sold recently for less than $100. Induced into an immediate state of buyer's fury, I got the pan for a hair short of $23.
Now that I am home and looking over it, I'm back to my initial feeling; I don't think it's particularly old (it's very thick and heavy, has a pebblyI feel it was preseasoned). My guess is Lodge, mid 90s to mid 2000s? I don't think Lodge makes these anymore.
Anyway, if I made a mistake, at least it was a cheap mistake. Even if I can't flip it (which was really my intention as soon as I saw the sold listings on eBay), it will serve as a reminder to not jump into something I don't know about until doing the research - a reminder I shouldn't need, as this kind of sillyness seems to be something I manage to do over and again!
Here is the pan:
image by twillightkids, on Flickr
image by twillightkids, on Flickr
---------- Post added at 06:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:43 PM ----------
Cheryl Watson over on the WAG forum says its Lodge 1990-2000. Agreed?
Today when in the shop I decided I wanted to try a cake in a bundt pan when I saw this again. Doing a quick check on ebay, I saw that virtually none of the cast iron bundt pans have sold recently for less than $100. Induced into an immediate state of buyer's fury, I got the pan for a hair short of $23.
Now that I am home and looking over it, I'm back to my initial feeling; I don't think it's particularly old (it's very thick and heavy, has a pebblyI feel it was preseasoned). My guess is Lodge, mid 90s to mid 2000s? I don't think Lodge makes these anymore.
Anyway, if I made a mistake, at least it was a cheap mistake. Even if I can't flip it (which was really my intention as soon as I saw the sold listings on eBay), it will serve as a reminder to not jump into something I don't know about until doing the research - a reminder I shouldn't need, as this kind of sillyness seems to be something I manage to do over and again!
Here is the pan:
image by twillightkids, on Flickrimage by twillightkids, on Flickr---------- Post added at 06:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:43 PM ----------
Cheryl Watson over on the WAG forum says its Lodge 1990-2000. Agreed?