On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:42:22 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Heck, I have a friend whose cast-iron pan failed on him recently.
> Nothing wrong with its quality, nor was he overheating it or anything...
> it simply spontaneously fractured.

Holy COW!

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:09:24 -0800 (PST), Lyndon Watson
> wrote:

> On Nov 19, 10:40*am, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> > Overall, the enamel cast iron is very sturdy, but it would be silly
> > to claim it has quite the expected lifetime of plain cast iron, or
> > that it doesn't require a little bit of care to not get damaged.
>
> I have 3 pieces of Danish "Copco" enamelled cast iron, and one of them
> (a deep covered casserole) has suffered a progressive loss of enamel
> on the bottom. It just comes off in flakes, which is annoying when
> they get in the food. The other two pieces (a crepe pan and a shallow
> baking dish) are, however, just fine.
>
> But my trusty naked cast iron Wagner skillet is about the best piece
> of cookware that I have ever invested in.
>
Sorry to hear about your flaky enamel... where was it manufactured?

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Nov 19, 6:49*pm, sf > wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your flaky enamel... where was it manufactured?

Denmark, as far as I know. The brand was later changed to "Morso" (or
"Mørso"?) and I don't know if it is still made.

LW

On Nov 19, 7:42*pm, Lyndon Watson > wrote:
> On Nov 19, 6:49*pm, sf > wrote:
>
> > Sorry to hear about your flaky enamel... where was it manufactured?
>
> Denmark, as far as I know. *The brand was later changed to "Morso" (or
> "Mørso"?) and I don't know if it is still made.

It's bad form, I know, to reply to one's own posts, and I shouild have
done this before I posted, but I googled "Morso" and found that the
Copco ware was made in the N.A. Christensen foundry on the Danish
Island of Morso.

LW

On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:50:36 -0800 (PST), Lyndon Watson
> wrote:

> On Nov 19, 7:42*pm, Lyndon Watson > wrote:
> > On Nov 19, 6:49*pm, sf > wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry to hear about your flaky enamel... where was it manufactured?
> >
> > Denmark, as far as I know. *The brand was later changed to "Morso" (or
> > "Mørso"?) and I don't know if it is still made.
>
> It's bad form, I know, to reply to one's own posts, and I shouild have
> done this before I posted, but I googled "Morso" and found that the
> Copco ware was made in the N.A. Christensen foundry on the Danish
> Island of Morso.
>
> LW

Thanks.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:42:22 +0000 (UTC),
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>> Heck, I have a friend whose cast-iron pan failed on him recently.
>> Nothing wrong with its quality, nor was he overheating it or anything...
>> it simply spontaneously fractured.
>
> Holy COW!

CI can break if stressed. It may have been from something that happened
last use of five before that. Dropping, thermak shock are the most common
problems.

On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:08:39 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
> wrote:

>>> Heck, I have a friend whose cast-iron pan failed on him recently.
>>> Nothing wrong with its quality, nor was he overheating it or anything...
>>> it simply spontaneously fractured.
>>
>> Holy COW!
>
>CI can break if stressed. It may have been from something that happened
>last use of five before that. Dropping, thermak shock are the most common
>problems.

Over the years, I've had two pieces -- one new Le Creuset, one old
Griswold -- break in shipping to me. In both cases, the handle and an
attached V-shaped piece of the pan body broke off.

-- Larry

Steve Pope wrote:
>
> In general cast iron or stainless steel has an indefinite lifetime,
> unless the stainless-steel piece delaminates or something like that.
>
> It's only when you get into enamel, or especially non-stick pieces
> that the lifetime is something to even worry about. Even then, unless
> you are careless with a quality enameled cast iron piece, it's going to
> last many decades.

The cheaper pieces can bend or warp. The pieces discussed in this
thread are the good quality ones intended to replace any of the existing
cheap ones.

I've fractured a cheap Visions pot with rapid temperature change. I've
warped a cheap non-stick skillet with heat shock. A friend who liked
blackened fish but who didn't know the right way to do it managed to
crack a cast iron skillet once - I must have turned purple at the effort
of resisting laughs when I saw it. I've outright crushed a cheap
camping pot once by packing it wrong - I didn't bother resisting
laughs at myself over that one but it did justify a trip to REI so all
was not lost ;^).

The good quality stuff, no such failures with any of it.