This monster showed up today. 14.5” Copper saute from the 1960s. Newly retinned. My first tin lined pan! It’s pretty incredible so far.
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Wow. Tell us more. e.g, maker, who tinned it, weight? Did you get a deal?
Most likely made by CVD Villedieu for The Bridge Company. It is stamped “made for the bridge company” and based on similar pieces and rivets CVD probably did it. I have no idea who tinned it as the person I bought it from had it retinned. It weighs 13 pounds and a few ounces. It’s 2.4mm thick at the rim, gets down to 1.8mm as you go down the rim, and then based on a friend who has almost the identical pan but also calipers to check the base, the base is probably 2.5mm. I don’t have calipers able to measure the base.
I don’t know if I’d call it a deal, but being this pan is newly retinned, over 2mm thick, 14.5”(!), I’m happy with paying $500 shipped. Figure retinning cost $100? Shipping anywhere from $50-$75? That leaves $325-$350 for the actual pan. I haven’t been able to find many this size and those I do fine are close to or more than double what I paid.
Thanks. Enjoy the heck out of it.
I plan to!
I was perusing the Sur La Table site and came across this deeply discounted Staub double-burner griddle. Our new gas stove has one of those elongated burners and we have yet to use it, so this caught my eye.
Anyone have experience with this type of large griddle, or have an opinion about this particular model?
I cook on a CI griddle, mainly grilled sandwiches and cooking English muffins. CI does not transfer and spread heat very evenly. So unless you are ok with pancakes that have “burner ring,” watch closely and keep things moving around.
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Our gas stovetop came with an elongated CI griddle and burner. The cooking surface of the griddle is 16” x 7”. I don’t use it much. Not only does it heat very unevenly, but it’s really not big enough to be of much advantage. In it’s defense, I see the unit you’re eyeballing is a a few inches wider. Still, when we were looking for one for the outdoor grill, we both decided the largest double burner model was too small to be practical, even for the two of us (we ultimately purchased a full 17” x 22” flat top).
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As others have said, you will have hot spots to negotiate–uneven heat. This can be a virtue, but mostly it’s a vice.
Thanks, all. I think you’ve convinced me I don’t need this item.
YW. Double griddles/teppanyaki can be useful and fun. I would keep an eye out for a deal on a good clad one (like Demeyere) or aluminum. If you don’t abhor nonstick, there are quite a few options that aren’t expensive.
Did any kind of griddle thing come with your range? I’ve got one with my stove (it has a similar elliptical central burner). Mine’s about an inch less wide that the Staub you were looking at.
It’s aluminum rather than CI, so as long as I heated it up fairly slowly I didn’t have as much of the uneven heat problems. Still, I only used it for a while, and not often. With a family of 6 it made more sense to get one of the larger counter-top electrics when making a lot of pancakes or French toast or what not.
Now that there’s just 2 of us here during the school year, I might break it back out and think of something to use it for.
Assuming the elliptical burner still works!
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No, it didn’t come with anything.
This model of stove was recommended by wirecutter and we were able to see the exact model at a very very old-school independent appliance shop in our neighborhood. The promise of buying from this shop rather than from a big box store helped me overlook the elongated burner that I didn’t really want.
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Soapstone is wonderful stuff. It can handle hot pans. The markings of use just add to its charm. You can darken it with mineral oil, leave it unoiled, or oil infrequently. I choose the third and tend to prefer the unoiled look. I just do it, rarely, for fun and work hard to get off any excess oil.
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I just used a wax to darken it to start but will see how I like it as it goes more gray again.
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So pretty! Enjoy!
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It was pretty zen waxing it while sipping my coffee
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This might be a more appropriate thing to talk about on what’s on your mind, but coveting/waiting/saving for is the big thing for me. I’ve just come back from 3 weeks with my 92 year old mother in Ohio. She lives in her home and still drives - my DH & I pay her mortgage and big expenses. Much of my time with her involved medical, social service and legal matters. I came home and confronted this topic - what am I waiting for?
I can’t go up and down stairs safely now. Our bedrooms are all on the second floor of our home. We have been talking for a number of years about having an addition built for a first floor bedroom and handicapped accessible bath. Today I swallowed the frog and contacted a builder. My husband’s father was a builder and my husband has serious carpentry skills but he can’t do this one himself. I told him I just don’t want to live the rest of my life unhappy sleeping in a recliner in our family room.
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You are commended for having foresight, good sense, and resolve. Make it enjoyable!
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