Gate Mark #8 Cast Iron Long Griddle, Sad Iron Heater

Description

This antique bottom gated cast iron griddle is in excellent restored condition. Made by an unknown foundry before 1880 when the side gating patent was awarded. Some bottom gating continued until about 1930 so this possibly dates a little later. You can see two "gate" marks on the bottom of the griddle. A "gate" is the port where molten cast iron was pour in to fill the mold and make the pan.

These long griddles were once used to heat up the old solid ("sad") iron clothes pressers on older wood or coal fired stoves. Several irons were placed on the surface to warm up while one was being used.

Can you imagine making breakfast on one of these? It will cover two burners and is deep enough to hold the grease from a rasher of bacon. Make several pancakes at one time for the grandkids. Fry up some eggs, potatoes or sausages. The uses are endless. (If one of your burners is smaller than the other, turn the larger burner down to even out the heating.)

The cooking surface measures almost 8" x 18" and is though there is evident pitting it is still very smooth. The outside dimensions are almost 10" x almost 22" including the handles. You'll see some pitting on top and bottom from over 140 years of use.

A rectangular casting flaw appears over one gate mark. This is not a repair to the pan. It looks like the foundry, in order to salvage a damaged pattern, applied a patch to it which in turn shows up on the pan. It will not affect its use.

Weighing in at 5 pounds and 4 ounces this lightweight griddle does not sit flat. the left to right wobble corrects with 3 business cards. No cracks, no repairs (see note above).

Ships in a USPS large flat rate box. So the shipping charge is the same anywhere in the US, even Alaska or Hawaii.

Ships from a smoke free pet friendly home.
Cleaned to bare metal using no harsh chemicals and seasoned 3 times with organic coconut oil and beeswax so it's ready to use out of the box.

Packed using plenty of padding and bubble wrap so it arrives safe and sound. (see last picture as an example)

(Our ID 1003)