Cast Iron Hibachi

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MDFraley

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I spent the better part of yesterday looking for a match to this CI Hibachi and came up empty handed. I paid $5 for this thing back before Christmas. It's set up until this weekend and I decided to put it in the e-tank and restore to what I thought it would have looked like new. It has a top grill of sorts which did not come with it.
I've searched Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Cajun and various other ethnic groups and no match. Attached are before and after pics for any clues. This is my first "no find" match in two years. I don't need "similar" pieces because I've seen most all of them. This is not a one and only piece because where I bought it there is one just like it. Thanks in advance for your efforts.
http://imgur.com/a/ZbAfm
 
I can't get an idea of the dimensions on it. In some pictures it looks like you could only get one burger on it and in others it looks like you could fit a dozen.
 
Kevin...It's 12" out to out across the top and stands 8 1/2" tall. From the way it's built it should be classed as a table top Hibachi because it has the wooden base. The Dampier door has three settings for heat regulation. I thought the holes around the top may have been drilled when I first looked at it but looking more closely they are part of the casting as there are some unevenness where the molds weren't exactly round. That's about everything I can give any info on.
 
Actually it is more help than you might think. The antique store had two of them which might explain why, from reading your link. I know he visits a lot of Estate sales and auction houses and it could very well be these were an estate sale find of a family from India living here in the US. My piece looks similar if you were to imagine 70 plus years of aging. My piece could be a newer version of that same Kummati Aduppu . The cow dung spreading doesn't sound all that sanitary but one must remember that the cow is sacred in India and worshiped as such. I'll do some further investigating and should you find something please share with me thru this post or a PM.
To bad they didn't have self lighting charcoal back then. It sure looks like a mess to clean that thing after every use.
Thanks again..
 
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