cleaning a griddle

Bonnie Scott said:
I picked up this griddle this morning. It's too long to completely submerge in the lye tank. If I just turn it over occasionally will that make a difference in the way it turns out?
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If you were to completely clean one end and then flip it over, my only concern would be the clean end starting to rust. It does not take long.

I think flipping it over occasionally will help with that.

So, go for it.
 
Thanks Jeffrey, I was worried so I pulled everything else out readjusted and managed to get it under. I was afraid it would end up with a stripe.

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Do you have any idea who may have made it?
 
Just one of those early gate marked mysteries. You will find that most of the early gate marked pieces will have no history, or they had a paper label back in the day. They still make a great user.

I have a 40 Gallon food grade heavy barrel with a lid. The barrel is large enough to stand up any griddles that I have to clean. The lid is to keep in the odor, keep out things that do not belong in there. Birds do get thirsty. Also stop the evaporation in the summer sun.

No diving allowed.:chuckle:
 
I saw one that recently sold on ebay but it had a six on it and this one has an 8 on it. I believe the one that sold on ebay was smaller than this one.

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Jeffrey, it's 38 degrees outside, far to chilly for swimming. The weather man is calling for snow. You were supposed to keep the snow up at your place.
 
I have been passing on this griddle for a couple of months. It was priced at 22$. It was sitting on the floor of the antique store and it had a bad wobble. The other day I finally picked it up and set it on the glass counter and the wobble went away. I should have known a 100 year old wood floor could not be trusted.
 
Here's my offering on a rectangular griddle with a pour spout: it has only an 8 on its bottom, but I'm thinking it's a Lodge deep long pan, as shown on pg 231 of the Red Book? The top measures 10 1/2" by 20 3/4" and the book gives manufacturing dates of 1906-1930 and notes it's "in the line of the Blacklock Foundry.

Right now, it's painted, but it looks as it'll clean up quite well, with no warp in it. I'm picturing it with pancakes on my Glenwood wood cookstove..
 

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