My mom gave a Wagoner frying pan when I moved out. I inherited the rest after she passed away. I’m the only one who knew how to use them, care for them and restore them. So glad I got them including a HUGE frying pan that’s a good 20 inches across minimum. I remember my mom frying chicken in for Sunday dinners The wagoner is old. I know it’s around 100 yrs.

Looks like a good find to me. My only concern is the made in China part. I’m leery of made in China imports to the USA. I guess I have a suspicious conspiracy mind.

I purchased six of these cast iron skillets from Family Dollar in November. I noticed they had a dark substance that was rubbing off when I washed them. I heated the skillet and poured sea salt in the skillet and poured a little oil in it and rubbed the inside of the skillet with an old dish towel and they have been perfect ever since. I gave five to family members and I use mine every day several times a day ❤

So glad to see a bacon grease saver!

The not washing cast iron with soap is because the old lye based soaps would strip the seasoning. Modern dish soaps like dawn doesn't strip off the seasoning. Just need to dry it immediately.

EVEN AT MY AGE I STILL MISS HEARING MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHERS HUMMING AND SINGING IN THE KITCHEN , LOVE YOUR CAST IRON COLLECTION . 🥰🥰🥰

Hi from Toronto Canada. I'm a 64 year old single man. I was never taught how to cook and had to start by using cookbooks and now KZfaq which is how I found your channel (which I love by the way for more than just the cooking, it's great to see everything you talk about.) Anyway I've always bought those lousy pots and pans in places like your Dollar General and they never lasted long and were never that good. I was always scared of trying cast iron because of all sorts of things I heard about how difficult they were to look after. About six months ago I saw a number of cast iron pans in the local Dollar Store here. I bought a ten inch pan and two four or five inch pans. I use all of them all the time and have all sorts of uses for them. They are fine to look after and cook things better than any pan I've ever owned. Mine cost basically the same price as yours and work quite well and I use them all the time. I especially love making biscuits in them as it's better than the way I made them before with a greased pyrex dish and I make them all the time. Thanks for everything you do!

I loved hearing the Grandfather clock in the background. It’s so comforting.💜 Thanks for sharing!

👵 hi MRS.Lori this is Granny Ingrid from Pennsylvania I just wanted to let yeah know in 1982 I purchased a box of three size Walmart cast iron skillets I paid at that time$ 10.00 and I still have them and they worked marvelous just wanted to share that with you, GOD BLESS YEAH..🙏✝️👍

It looks like you and your husband enjoy a good life together!!

Thank you for a very informative video on a cast iron skillet. I was so impressed by how you said you love the Lord, gardening, families, etc. These are the really important things in life. I have 5 kids they all have a love and deep respect for the Lord. I'm an old retired guy now. I consider this the most important thing I ever taught them. The Lord greatly blessed them and they have wonderful great lives!

After watching you video, I stopped at a family dollar about 20 miles away. I purchased a 12 inch cast iron skillet with 1.5 inch Sides. It would make a great pizza pan. I like the performance of this frying pan and plan to buy a second one and give it as a wedding gift.

Ms Lori!!!!! Oh my goondnesw you’re killing me with those burgers and when you toasted those buns I was ready to come sit down with yall and chow down! Many years ago my precious Mom and I were over in Hot Springs and we are from Bryant so it is a good hour from home. Well we were starving and couldn’t think of any place that sounded good to go eat. We both decided we wanted to come home and fix us a good home cooked burger with a toasted bun. You just can’t get any better. Watching you cook that delicious burger brought back such wonderful memories of her and oh how I miss my Mama! She would have enjoyed watching you and Mr Brown. Good country folk is all we are. Much love to you both. Thanks for bringing back memories.

My mom always washed her skillets with dish soap. She dried them on the stove eye on high. Then she oiled them. I have them now. I want a skillet like this. 👍 God bless all here.

Hi Ms. Laurie. I just handed down a chicken fryer cast iron skillet. It was a wedding present to my Grandmother from my Grandfather when they got married in 1920. It was given to my Mother, then to me and I have given it to my daughter. Love cast iron for sure. makes the best fried taters.

I love your videos Miss Lori. You are so calm and kind,also non judgmental and helpful as you can be. Blessings be upon you and Mr. Brown.

My grandma always cooked with cast iron she lived to be 96 years old, I cook with cast iron every day, I don’t trust non- stick skillets made with Teflon.

My hubby bought me a set of Wagner's cast iron skillets from Walmart the first Christmas we shared as a married couple back in 1988. They're really good skillets, and I have treasured them for 35, almost 36 years. I have since collected many, many more cast iron skillets at garage sales, resale shops, antique stores, etc. My grown kids say that I have an obsession with cast iron!! 😂 I do have my favorites, but it is hard to pass one up! I always think about someone I could give it to. A couple of years ago, I passed a couple down to my daughter in law for Christmas as a last-minute gift bc I couldn't think of what else to get her, and she said those were her absolute favorite gift out of all the gifts she got. Little did she know that I had grabbed them up and boxed them that very Christmas morning before going to their house!! 😂 One of the ones I gave her had no markings on it, but it was shallow like the FD one you bought, and I just loved it for $25 but hadn't cooked on it before giving it to her, so one weekend when I was at their house, I decided to cook breakfast and grabbed that skillet for the bacon, and man oh man, was I regretting giving that skillet away! 😂 J/k That bacon cooked up so good, without sticking one bit! It was a good find! Thank you, Ms. Lori, for sharing your review, and now I'm off to make some homemade hamburgers with onions!! I could smell that all the way through my phone! 😂

I managed to get my Mom’s cast iron when she passed away. And I use them! The best thing was I over heard my 17 yr old granddaughter teaching her boyfriend how to wash the cast iron!

This was so good to see. So many people are struggling financially just to buy food. I so appreciate you showing that you do not have to spend a lot to make good food from scratch. I have plenty of cast iron but I will be looking for some of these. What a nice gift you could make with one of these filled with some ingredients for a meal or some pantry staples.

My Family Dollar doesn't carry this brand of cast iron at all. I went there last week and was impressed: They actually had real Lodge 9-inch skillets for $17. They also had the 10-inch Lodge square grill pan for $20. (I think they were Lodge irregulars with tiny flaws, which Lodge always sells at a discount.) I bought a 9-inch skillet because it's the perfect cornbread pan. 😊

My Wagner is 65 years old. It’s sleek.

One for the algorithm because you remind me about what's right with America.

Miss Lauri...Even a old rusty cast iron can be fixed..... I have used cast iron for 40 years....i wash my cast iron just like I wash the rest of my dishes....but didnt do that until the cast iron had been cooked in for years....now the cast iron keeps its seasoning well even after washing in soapy water!!! Thanks for the video.

Thank you Mrs Lori for showing me this pan. I'm in my 70's and have health issues, is it heavy. I would like to get one for that price. Can I use bacon grease to help cooking meats and garlic and onions. My wife went crazy when you brought out the pickles. She went crazier when you said that the jar lasted 1 year in the fridge. She said that we will have pickles this summer. Thank you for making her so happy. Lots of love and blessings to you and your family.

I love my cast iron. I have one that is over 100 years old. It was my grandmother's, and she would have been 141 yrs old. I have bought several at local flea markets cheap and refurbished them for my kids to set up their housekeeping. Now I need to go to Dollar General for one like yours. I like the depth on that one. Thank you for the video.

❤✝🕊🌹😇🙏🤗🤩🥰🏅🗽🦅I have you and your whole family in my daily prayers !!! God bless you for keeping American Traditions and our Christian Faith alive !!! I love you all !!! Thank you and God bless you all !!! ❤✝🕊🌹😇🙏🤗🤩🥰🏅🗽🦅

Thank you for your open and big heart. That's Christianity. Not the hate shed by so many so-called Christians. I love you and your channel. "Their families have to eat too!!!" 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏

Watching u cook , listening to your nurturing voice , takes me back in my life , when mom , & mamaw would cook using cast iron , I can smell and taste it in my mind , its hard for this Kentucky country not to cry . God bless you , blessed is the fruit of they hands.😁😇

I love my cast iron skillets, can't beat a pineapple upside down cake made in the iron skillet, it's the best!! Thank you for this video, it was very enjoyable just listening to you talk about your great find, and watching you make your supper. God Bless you!

Thank you, Miss Lori for demonstrating the cast iron skillet. Looks good and I am going to look for it. Yes, $12.00 is a good buy!!🍳

I've cooked with iron skillets for over 50 years! To me there's nothing better!! Love your show. God bless ya all. Louisiana here!!

I ❤ cast iron Lodge brand the best. Bought many pieces from Walmart. I think they're very well priced. Last for generations. Made in TN, I believe.

My parents loved iron skillets and I never understood why when you could use nonstick Teflon. 😂 They gave my daughter some of their skillets years ago and she loved them. She wanted me to try it so she bought me one 3 yes ago for Christmas, it is a Lodge. I finally understood why they loved them. Last year she bought me a Wagner from 1906. I LOVE IT. She is obsessed with them and has a big collection of 100+ year old. She uses them daily. Thank you for sharing this!!!! God bless 😊

You have a beautiful collection of cast iron! No wonder you were anxious to add your good find!

That skillet would be perfect to make your crazy crust pizza in. Goodcook pans and cooking utensils are very reasonable and have great ratings. I’ll have to try their cast iron skillet. Thank you for this review!

I really like this idea of reviewing things you purchase. It’s just something a little different. The food in it sure looks delicious! 😋 I love my cast iron skillets.

My 12 inch skillet is so heavy my husband handles it! I might like to try this one for 12 dollars because it’s got to be lighter because of the shorter sides. Thank you Miss Lori!

I really liked this video. I am 63 years old and have been cooking since I was about 9 years old. My Mom always told us boys (there are 6 of us). "You all better learn how to cook for yourselves, Cuz' I'm not real convinced anyone is going to marry you". We were a bit rowdy then. I have been cooking with cast iron on open fires, wood stoves. And, gas stoves. Never tried on an electric stove. Most of our pans are from flea markets, garage sales. And, inherited iron. I saw one of those at the Dollar store and thought about getting one for the RV. I am not one of those "Can't use made in China stuff". My last name isn't Rockefeller. If I can save a buck? Iam doing it. I would agree it seems a bit high in the center. But, really didn't seem to matter. All in all? Looks like a good find. Good luck with the garden this year. Even up here in Minnesota? We are looking forward to that season. Thanks again.

TY You are a sweet lady an I really appreciate the time you took to show a affordable cast iron skillet. God Bless you😊

I save up and buy one piece of Lodge at a time, and have several pieces now. I love them. GOD bless

I bought a 10 inch cast iron skillet from Aldi a few months ago. I used it for the first time a few weeks ago to make corn bread it worked fantastic! Washed up like a dream. I am going to go to family dollar and grab one of these❤️

I'm 69 and use cast iron. I have my mother's cast iron that she got from her mother. It is mostly Lodge. I worked in an apartment complex and picked up lots of rusty cast iron that tenants left. Cleaned them up and still use them. I passed some to my kids and they love them.

I have my husband's mother's Griswold 12" cast iron skillet that she got when she got married in the 1920's. It's a cherished possession. She gave it to me when we got married in 1977. I wash it just like you do and it looks beautiful!

I've had a few cast iron skillets for about 47 years and I've always washed them with dish soap I put them on a burner to dry. Never have had a problem.

I have cooked in cast iron all of my adult life, starting out with handed down from mother and grandmother. Then I guess you could call me a cast iron addict. Collected sets of vintage cast iron for 3 of my grand daughters . And even had a Dr tell my friend he should cook in cast iron to help with his low iron level. My little grandson wanted a rabbit hunting b'day party. And for me to bring my cast iron dutch ovens out to the woods and cook them. Fried rabbit, biscuits, gravy sure was tasty!

Thank you so much for showing how that Family Dollar 12 inch Cast Iron Skillet performed cooking bacon, hamburgers, and onions. It looked fine to me the whole time you cooked with it right up till the end while you were cleaning it up for the next cooking time. I also knew that big hamburger was for Mr. Brown. Never bought one at Family Dollar. But I am going to look into one now that I seen your video. Thank you Mrs. Brown and God Bless you two. Amen.

I love cooking with my cast iron! Once you get em seasoned up good and keep after them it's easy!

I love the depth of that skillet especially for thinner skillet of cornbread! ❤

NEVER BOUGHT ONE, ALL I HAVE ARE HAND ME DOWN CAST IRON AND I WOULD NOT GIVE ONE UP FOR ANYTHING. MY CONCERN IS THE RISE IN THE CENTER

I started to buy one of those Family Dollar cast iron skillets the other day. I’ll get me one now for sure. Thank you for making this video.

When I was moving I discovered a huge jar of pickles I'd made with my ex-motherinlaw one weekend 13 years earlier. The jar was beaten up with lid rusted by Father Time under the kitchen sink but they were gold and the best pickles I'd ever eaten.

GOOD COOK brand is very reliable when it comes to quality. 👍🙋🌹

I would say yes ..for $12.00 dollars.

Looks good to me Miss Lori!❤. I bought a box style cheese grater from Dollar General because I think someone borrowed my “good” one and didn’t return it. I have had it more than 3 years now and it works like a dream. I can’t even tell you how many blocks of cheese I’ve grated or heads of cabbage shredded in 3 years, but it’s a lot. It cleans up easier than my other one. I don’t think I even paid $5 dollars because it was in the bargain bin for clearance. I’m going to look for that skillet at our Family Dollar!

I gave several old skillets to my daughter in law. Now in my 70’s I wish I had them back. I bought 2 in Walmart. They were a little onery. But now after two years they are just fine. Sometimes I wash them with dawn. Sometimes I just wipe them out w paper towel. They are good to go either way. I keep them in my oven. I don’t need large ones anymore.

Please do more product reviews! I'm a great cook but I trust your expertise. Love love your videos and your calming demeanor. God bless you and Mr. Brown. Love from Alabama 🙏

I LOVE product reviews! Especially kitchen stuff!

Thank you so much for showing us this. I've been eyeing these skillets for awhile but wasn't sure it would be any good. I'm definitely going to be getting one now. You're right about iron skillets being so expensive. I have had one on my Amazon wishlist for a good bit but it seems something else always takes precedent. I have never seen your videos before and I think the Good Lord brought me to your channel tonight. I live in Tennessee and I'm learning how to grow vegetables and to can. So I think I can learn a lot from watching you. Thank you again.

It looks like that skillet did a great job on the bacon and hamburger patties and onions. I think you got a great deal! I, too, am cautious and concerned about buying outside of the US. But if it's a high quality piece at a reasonable price then I say go for it! God bless you both! I've been gone a while (in the hospital) and missed y'all! Sending lots of love and prayers to y'all!❤🙏

Last week I was here in Oregon at Goodwill and I found a 10-inch Skillet that was for $13 and I bought it. I discovered that it has never been used and so I called a friend and they showed me how to season it. He's been cooking on cast iron for probably close to 60 years and he told me that if you want to get rust off or anything like that you don't want to expose it to any water, at any time and what he did showed me is to take some bacon grease and melt it first and then take some coarse salt and scrub it and get all the rust off of it.

I like the depth of the skillet. Good find.

Yes Ma'am, I've bought cast iron pans from Dollar General or Family Dollar many a time over the past decades. I believe I still have one that I bought right after I moved away from my Momma & Daddy's. There's been lots of bacon and hamburgers and porkchops fried up in that one. My wife is using it to make cornbread in nowadays, too. (I've had the skillet for nearly 50 years, but I only found her 18 years ago.) I've eyed up the ones at Cracker Barrel a time or two as well, but they don't look to be any better quality than what I could get elsewhere for half the price. --Dan

The only time I bought a new iron skillet was 1973, right after I got married and I still have it. My others were found at garage sales for practically nothing. Love them all!

You are right I always wash mine with soap 😅

I just bought myself a 15" Lodge cast iron pizza pan for my birthday. Walmart had it for $40. Makes the best pizza ever!

Great show thank you

Thank you for sharing.

I love hearing you hum! It's so soothing. Thank you so much for sharing. I am going to buy a cast iron from Family Dollar. I do need a second one. You are loved❤.

Hi Lori, I like the depth of that pan too…🌹. Really like your glasses ♥️

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for your videos

There is nothing better than cooking in cast iron. I'm a decedent of the Wagners on my moms side. But still have Lodge, walmart, and other brands. Have them for different recipes. I even bake with cast iron!! ❤

I have one Lodge frying pan and the rest of mine are just whatever. Lol. One was made in Taiwan and the others...who knows. I've used cast iron forever. My Mom did, her Mom, her Grandmother, on and on. I've been married almost 50 years and have some I've used that whole time. I wash them, scrub them with steel wool, a stainless scrubber, I scrape stuck on food with a spatula. Mine have not been babied. They have been USED! I ❤ them! Thank you, Ms Lori. ❤🙂🌻

Wow! I love your iron skillet collection!

I really enjoyed seeing your cast iron collection!

My gram lived working in the kitchen onthe farm after my Mom and her sister graduated High School in the city. Gram and Grandpa got a new house on the farm in 1959. I spent my summers learned how to cook and bake and 19:32 she always hummed or whistled while she cooked My gramps was a railroad engineer and he also Farmed. They were humble folks in Minnesota My gramps moved from Sweden as a boy and Gram was a school teacher.

I've only got one small cast iron skillet and love it. I'm headed to Family Dollar store now!

Love your collection of Cast Iron!

Great video!! Thank you, God Bless.

I bought a Lodge at Kroger, but most of my cast iron is Wagner & Griswold, from my great great mamaws.

I loved this video! Ms Lori you are a HOOT and a HOLLER! No pun intended. Thank you for making me smile and laugh! 🧡👍🧡

Im really glad i clucked on this. Very informative. Thank you

Love that your sharing ... and those burgers look yummy. That frying pan looks very useful. OMGracious ... those pickles just stole the show. I'm drooling all over my keyboard.

Do you watch homesteading with the zimmerman's ? Ruth anne and Elvin take their skillets and they grind it smooth. And they said it's very much later plus it's very much more nonstick. I'm going to give it a try when I get around to grinding mine down

I always put it on the stove to dry it , and when it is hot and I mean hot 🤷‍♀️I add a small dab of lard to keep it seasoned. I never leave and extra lard in it .

Love your iron collection!

Excellent buy on a cast iron griddle and great cooking ideas. Thanks for sharing and God bless you!

Thank you so much for sharing because yes ma'am every penny counts. Hope Mr Brown is injoying retirement and pray blessings over you and your family ❤

I haven’t bought one of them ! But I love my cast iron I cook on it everyday ! I have done if my great aunts , my mommas, snd done I’ve bought myself , and I love every piece I have !! I’m glad your new skillet works well for you and I hope it becomes a favorite !! God bless 🙋🏻🙏🌈🌈

❤ thank u for sharing this!!

Your burger looked delicious! The skilet worked very well, good purchase 🤩

Those hamburgers and onions look so good. I'm making vegetable soup. I have a few iron skillets handed down from my aunt. She may have gotten them from her mother. That would make them somewhere around 115 years old. I bought one to make cornbread in in the seventies probably at a discount store. I love it. I get really upset if someone cooks anything else in it. Don't get me started on one being left in the sink with water in it. I think you found a good deal. Happy cooking in it. I envy your collection of skillets.

Mrs. Lori, I LOVED your show and tell video! Please do more! Appreciate you and Mr. Brown. God bless you and those you love!

Loved this video.. more please

Love your kitchen!

Never even knew family dollar sold cast iron. Looks pretty good! For 12.00 what a deal! I have quite a bit of cast iron pieces. I love the bread pans! I would like a roaster next.

I love finding an old lumps of rust at a yard sale for a dollar. Next time I have a bed of coals in my wood stove, I lay it in for about 5 minutes, turn it over and let it go another 5 minutes. I really don't want it to get red, just super hot. I fish it out with my poker and let it cool on a pile of ashes; thankfully I have a concrete floor, so it's easy to do. When it's cool, the rust rubs off as dust. Wash, season and cook.

Great video. Thanks 😊

I loved this video. Thank you so much for sharing with us.♥️♥️