well hello folks it's Mike here I just
want to welcome you back to Mr cast iron
and today for our question of the day
we're going to talk about cast iron
skillet Wobble the dreaded cast iron
skillet wobble well Eric uh as you can
see here asked a question he said my
cast iron skillet wobbles from the very
middle is this intentionally made this
way or deformed it says Wagner o and
it's a first cast iron I've had so folks
let's talk about that for just a minute
if my cast iron is Warped is it ruined
no it's not ruined but you know it's up
to you to check that like if you go to
as I do yard sales or flea markets or
Goodwill or wherever you Source cast
iron uh Facebook Marketplace or whatever
but you got to really be careful with
places like eBay and Facebook
Marketplace unless you know you're
actually able to check it and what you
want to do of course I've got my uh
number eight three knots Lodge this is
one of my favorite Skillets I really
like this Skillet it's a great size but
what you want to do if you're able to do
this be sure and take your cast iron
skillet that you're looking at buying
lay it on a table or the sidewalk or
something flat and grab it by both sides
and just kind of wiggle it like that all
the way around on the flat surface to
make sure that it doesn't have any
wobble in it so you know if it does then
the cast iron has
probably gotten too hot or something
like that and it's been warped so you
got to really be careful with heat and
and we talk about that a lot on here
cast iron is not uh I mean it can take a
lot I mean it can take a lot of
you know abuse in in certain ways but
heat sometimes can cause a cast iron
skillet to warp if you're way too high
for too long or whatever so that's one
thing I I'm very careful to say be
careful about throwing a cast iron
skillet on top of a fire uh you know a
lot of people say you know just throw it
on the fire and burn it off to season it
well it's okay as long as you're not on
the direct fire but if you're off to the
side or whatever and you heat it up
you're able to do that but we're not
talking about that today that will help
that will can cause it to wobble and
warp so you got to be careful about that
if you're out on a fire or fire pit or
something like that is it run no it's
not but you know it may cause a problem
if you're using like
uh say an electric stove uh that has
just the burner eyes on it or if it's a
glass top stove that's where you'll
notice it probably uh more so than
anywhere else because the glass top when
you put the skillet on there you will
see or hear feel a little bit of wobble
sometimes they may even spin some people
call cast iron skillet Spinners you know
and that's what they're talking about
when you hear that
now if you're on like a gas stove like I
use uh you know you've got the uh the
grill grate on top the burner grate on
top of your uh fire and so it'll set you
know without any problems like that but
like I said the things that you want to
look for be sure when you're uh you know
looking to Source a piece of Skillet or
a piece of cast iron for your collection
be sure and check the wobble make sure
that you know it's not spinning or
wobbling when you set it on the concrete
or or on some flat surface another way
to do that is if you have uh the ability
to do so pour a little bit of water in
it and see if it pulls up right in the
middle mine has just a little small
indentation right here in the middle so
when I pour oil in here to cook it'll go
toward the middle so you know if that's
not a problem for you then it's it's not
a big problem so don't worry about it
another thing too on your older skill
Village he says here that the skillet
that he has says Wagner it's a Wagner
Skillet so you know like this Lodge has
a heat ring you know it has this this
heat ring here and the heat ring itself
may actually be uh you know a little out
around or or something like that that
could be the problem it may not
necessarily be the inside of the skillet
it may actually be the heat ring so
check those things too and so just be
careful I can say when you're sourcing
your Skillets from flea markets uh yard
sales Goodwill wherever like that you
know just just be sure and check it and
everything and you'll be fine so Eric I
hope this has helped you I hope this
answered your question your Skillet is
fine if you don't mind it and you want
to use it you can use it it kind of
hinders the resale value if you go to
try to sell something like it being an
older Wagner as you mentioned here you
know that someone that's very
knowledgeable is going to notice that so
uh you know it's not run you can
certainly use it a lot of people have
warp Skillets and stuff like that that
are users and anyway we hope that's been
helpful folks we love your questions and
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iron we'll see you later bye-bye