On Jun 28, 9:33*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > "svu geek" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I recently purchased my first cast iron grill pan. After seasoning it
> >> and cooking burgers in it, I noticed a small hole in the inside
>
> >> The pan is Emerilware which is made by All-Clad. Do you all think I
> >> should exchange it?
>
> > Wow, All Clad is supposed to be "the best" according to the prices
> > they charge. *. *You have a defective casting that should have bee
> > tossed back in the crucible at the factory. * *Take that "made in
> > China" pay back and get a Lodge made in the USA instead.
>
> Yet another reason not to buy into the alleged glitz and glamour of pots and
> pans touted by Food Network personalities *Lodge all the way for me!
>
> Jill

I don't have any All-Clad cast iron, but I wouldn't give up my Emeril
stainless made by All-Clad, for anything.

Lodge is crap - y'all would be better off to haunt second-hand stores
or auctions and get old Wagner, well-seasoned, and made to last. They
don't have that pebbly finish the new Lodge has.

N.