Lets talk pots and pan and other kitchen items. - Page 2

I found a box of kitchen tools. There's one I didn't recognize. I passed it to a cook, who didn't recognize it either, but she said she could use it to pit olives.

Pots and pans, yes pots and pans,lol..

I was sorting through piles out in the yard last fall and I ended up with many pounds of pots and pans that are best scrapped. I will be parting the ones that I have set aside a little later. But it is on my to do list so I can get the scrap processed and then out of my way.

I find many interesting SS pieces that were used in Chinese restaurants and other food service. I don't find a lot of the restaurant items, and most times they are smaller items. I have been putting restaurant and interesting cooking items aside for doing something with at a latter date.

When you have piles of pots and pans from many years of salvage, the poundage can add up.

I will try and update this later when I get some of the pots and pans prepared. They won't do it themselves so I have to think on it awhile until I feel motivated in that general direction.

Something like that in a nut shell, custard dish or tobacco tin...

It all depends on the tolerance of the sheet aluminum that the yard is selling it the mill. My old yard used to sell sheet aluminum as 5% contaminated, which allowed for some handles and zinc screens inside windows

Originally Posted by olddude

some yards pay a little premium for kitchen ware al or stainless, or at least they used to. In good shape it is all resale able weather to a secound hand, thrift store or yard/garage sale.

Most cast iron kitchen ware is very resalable certin brands are premium stuff.

Personally I wouldn't reuse any of the junky Teflon pots and pans (no judgements if you do) but I would certainly reuse any cast iron cookware and have. One just needs to learn how to properly "season" a layer of cooking oil onto the cast iron pans and voila, you now have an excellent non-stick surface and that cast iron pan will last generations compared to these crappy chinese aluminum Teflon ones. I still use my grandmother's cast iron pan sometimes and lord only knows how long she has had it.

was in local hardware store Friday old man was looking at the lodge cast iron cookware telling his wife he would like to buy of them

spoke to him and told him I had assortment of cast iron that need cleaning up. got to get it together to show him fairly sure he will buy

it never know where the next sell will come from

I do like those pots and pans! It takes very little time to remove those handles and make a very nice (HEAVY) pile of clean aluminum. The stainless pans get the same treatment, spoons and forks I sort the plated stuff out of it some is going in stainless other in brass, occasionally some solid silver. This stuff makes a tight load 500lb of aluminum pans vs pipe or sheet; I'll take um both but I'll go for what takes up so little room first always!

I keep all of the Cast Iron pots and pans, re-season and add to my growing collection. Been cooking on them since my mom taught me how to cook many meals ago. Really like some of the frying pans with the art work, getting harder to find though.

That's a very nice pan. I have a few cast iron pans and pots, but nothing special or of size. The cast iron items are popular with many.

Just last week I gave a long time friend 4 cheap brand smaller cast iron fry pans that were very rusty as he asked for some.

He plans on restoring them for use.

I myself have never been a big fan of using cast iron as I'm not interested enough in it's proper maintenance.

But I do enjoy seeing such a pan as it is a beauty for sure.

I do like quality stainless kitchenware.

Thanks for posting the pictures of the huge iron pan. I can smell the beans cooking.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I don't know how many times I've set behind some people in line for non-ferrous while they set in their vehicle and let the yard guys sort out their mixed pile of crap. I'd be telling them to get their lazy butt out and sort it so I don't have to pay an employee to do it for you.
My yard is constantly shocked that I bring everything in presorted and ready to weigh, 5 min in and out. Sorry for the rant.

That drives me nuts having to wait behind the guy with a pile of trash and they are picking thru it with the scale guy.... Dumbest one I saw was this couple, looked like tweeters, had a car load of stuff and they put a PC tower up on the scale and get shred price for it... Then a day later, another pair of odd ones cleaned out a house and had their stuff sorted. One guy runs back to the truck to get his "stash" in a pillow case. All silverware. He thought it was ss, but scale guy drops a magnet on it and the guys face drops.... Test before you go to save yourself the stress.

The last pot I found looks like diecast.

Heres how I sort them:

Test with magnet first and anything that sticks shred

Use a bench grinder or angle grinder and if it sparks throw in stainless if not throw in aluminum

Another popular thread with guests.

I'm always on the lookout for quality cookware. Cast iron is good. Anchor glassware is good. One of my favorites is Revereware copper bottom pots & pans because they last for generations. I occasionally run into professional grade cookware that costs hundreds of dollars to buy new.

My wife is an amazing cook.She's delighted when i bring home high quality tools for her to work with in the kitchen.

A couple of things never to bring home. Anything with a non stick surface ( PFAS) Any ceramic dishware sets because lead was commonly used in the glazing up until fairly recently.

I found that tomatoes will destroy Teflon surfaces.

Many years ago before the "cop killer bullets" thing you could buy Teflon spray in a can. Then some started using it on bullets and no more Teflon spray in the can.

And the many cases of Chinese armor piercing rounds sitting on the docks became out lawed as they could defeat body armor.

Many things happen because of "secret type" reasons.

The main reason they got rid of leaded fuels and leaded paint is because the lead interfered with the satellites and such.

The military still uses leaded paint "in certain cases". But you won't find much talk on it.

A tin foil beanie helps too.

Originally Posted by hills

A tin foil beanie helps too.

The best ones are pyramid shaped I'm told.

I have met people that wore them.