Please help ID...

[CJ Lucas]

I won a box of camping gear at an auction last week, and one of the items was a chicken fryer. The only marking on it is a diamond with a capital letter "d" inside. It has an outside heat ring and is bigger than any of my other chicken fryers and about a quarter inch deeper. Any ideas on the maker? The box also contained a vintage Coleman pocket stove, which made my $8.50 winning bid well worth it!

 

[Scott McCarrick]

Post a pic please. It is assumed it's a Favorite or Chicago Hardware Foundry [CHF] after acquiring Favorite.

 

[Doug D.]

That would be the assumption if it was a number in a diamond. Would need a pic to see if the heat ring has the distinctive profile.

 

[CJ Lucas]

I am at our cabin for the weekend. I will get a picture when I get back home.

 

[CJ Lucas]

OK, I'm back. I agree that it must be a Chicago Foundry. What has me stumped is the letter, rather than a number, inside the diamond. The dimensions are: 9" across the bottom, 11" wide across the top, 11 5/8" ear to ear amd 3 1/4" deep.

 

[CJ Lucas]

One more picture...

 

[MBrehon]

Could it be D for Deep skillet?

 

[Scott McCarrick]

Thats a CHF/Favorite. Looks like a #8 chicken fryer .I agree with MBrehon about the D, that it means deep.


edit:

Here is one on eBay with a "C" http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-CHF-Cast-Iron-Deep-Fryer-skillet-with-Lid-/200974293460

 

[CJ Lucas]

OK. This pan is much bigger than my other five #8's, though. It's about an inch wider and 1/4" deeper.

 

[Scott McCarrick]

maybe a 9 then