found unusual cast iron item.

[Tim Hintz]

I am trying to identify a cast iron item I found. It looks like a frying pan but the bottom is not solid. It is full of 3/8 inch holes. There is one other piece with it. It is looks like a bacon press.
What is this thing? Is it complete with the two pieces or is there supposed to have a third part?

Thanks,
Tim

 

[Doug D.]

Doesn't sound familiar. Would really need a photo.

 

[W. Hilditch]

SWAG - a homemade cherry pitter if the holes were drilled and not cast into the piece. Place the stems through the holes and push.

Hilditch

 

[Bonnie Scott]

It sounds like it might be one of these flaming skillets, maybe. :icon_scratchchin:
http://www.chefsales.com.au/cookware/10024-aus-ion-26cm-flaming-skillet.html

 

[Doug D.]

Or: http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_n...+25+Inch+Grill+Skillet&_trksid=p2047675.m4100

 

[Bonnie Scott]

Or: http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_n...+25+Inch+Grill+Skillet&_trksid=p2047675.m4100

That version sure is less expensive than the one I posted.

---------- Post added at 04:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:16 PM ----------

I saw an unmarked #3 Wagner once at the scrap yard that had multiple holes drilled in the bottom of it. I didn't buy it because I had no idea what it would be used for? Later on I saw a guy on instagram who laser cut patterns into the bottom of the old steel pans and called it a grill pan. He uses them for grilling sausages.

 

[MDFraley]

I came up with a Chestnut roasting pan that appears to be the same as Doug & Bonnie have posted. Afraid that I can't beat Doug's price though.
Guess if you had an old steel campfire pan with a long handle and a good drill & bit one could make his own quiet easy....
http://www.amazon.com/Paderno-World-Cuisine-Carbon-Chestnut/dp/B000ZM4P4A

 

[Sharon Shuman]

Then you'd need a chestnut tree--good luck on that one!:grin:

 

[Lloyd B]

Then you'd need a chestnut tree--good luck on that one!:grin:

I have three!

 

[Sharon Shuman]

Very good, Lloyd! Most have been extirpated from Northern forests.

 

[Lloyd B]

Very good, Lloyd! Most have been extirpated from Northern forests.

Down here too, guess I'm just lucky..........until you step on one of those evil hulls!