Cast Iron Skillet?

https://www.amazon.com/Lodge-L10SK3-Pre-Seasoned-Skillet-12-Inch/dp/B00006JSUB

it's even pre seasoned for extra laziness. Hell, if you want to go nuts there's a 15" one that's only $40

>>8156260
Check out local auctions or auctions in small towns as well as estate sales.

lodge is ok

le creuset is better

>>8156260
http://www.stargazercastiron.com/products/

Someone on /ck/ linked to this cast iron. The nice part is like the old cast irons skillets of the past, it has been sanded down for you. Pricey though. I would totally buy it for $50 but not $80. Of course you could just buy the cheapo Lodge and sand it down yourself.

>>8156416
>Of course you could just buy the cheapo Lodge and sand it down yourself.

is it really necessary to sand it down if you season it properly though?

>>8156416
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFhtdVQWMA8

Be aware that your purchase is supporting a nu male hipster redditor "person".

>>8157516

I have a couple lodge items and compared to my father's and step father's handed down mirror finish cast iron I can really say that sanding and polishing will really improve their usability.

>>8157549
Pity. At least his pan looks normal. Unlike this guy's...

https://youtu.be/xJZl1w0-f2Q

>>8156416
Damn I would go for that one if it wasn't shipping in December :[

>>8156338

Agree with this. Cheap. Especially if you have prime and AMZ pays the postage. Just made bacon on one of these tonight.

If you splurge, you can get another one with grill markings.

>>8156260
There's really nothing in between lodge tier stuff and then ridiculously expensive stuff.
>>8156416
>>8157549
This is neat and I'll keep an eye on it, but it looks like they're just not ready for distribution.

>>8156260

The kind you find at a garage sale for five dollars. My best pan I fished out of a dumpster at a job site after pouring a heap of busted tile on it. Surface like glass. Meanwhile my new production lodge gathers dust.

>>8157516
Yes. Seasoning is a microscopically thin layer that will never in a million years of use fill in the voids left by the coarse casting sand before the surface is just worn down instead.

Pans smoothed by use have just been very slowly and inefficiently sanded. They haven't magically accumulated a mirror like layer of polymerised fat a millimetre deep.

>>8156260
Sounds hipster, but really, garage sales, flea markets and thrift shops will have what you really want.

Look up a few names of old quality cast iron manufacturers (I love my Griswold pan more than anything) and keep an eye out.
A quick option is eBay, but you'll end up paying $60-100 in exchange for getting the exact pan you want