On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:29:12 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>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.

A few of us have mentioned this more than once. It seems the Lodge
die-hards won't listen. A new Lodge pan is like cooking on sandpaper.

Lou