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yetanotherBob

In article >,
says...
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> How exactly do you destroy a piece of cast iron. I thought they could
> survive almost anything?
>
Cast iron pans are tough, but not indestructible. A friend of mine
dropped a 5 qt. pot (I think it was a old Wagner) onto a concrete floor
from about counter height, and it broke cleanly into three pieces.
Luckily it was empty. It probably hit the floor at just the wrong spot
on a corner or edge. Cast iron is brittle by nature, like glass, and I
believe it can become stressed over time from normal use. And then
there are the stresses built-in during the casting process, which are
pretty unpredictable.

Bob