Griddle IDS

[DReedy]

Anyone know the brand of these griddles? The have a unique second small handle.

https://imgur.com/cnHqqZ6

thank you,
Dean

[Doug D.]

I see a sad iron heater with handles typical of its era on both ends, and a regular handle griddle with no extra handle. Any markings indicative of a maker are normally on the bottom, so no help there.

[DReedy]

ok, you are right, it appears to be part of the top griddle but it is a handle from underneath. How was a sad iron heater used?

thanks,
Dean

[Doug D.]

Normally by removing a bridge piece between two stove eyes to create an elongated oval opening in which to set it.

[Lynne G]

So, to revive this thread, am I correct in understanding that the bottom, larger piece is a sad iron heater?
At the 7:00 mark in this video, Brandon begins talking about a griddle that is similarly shaped so I'm confused about what these pieces actually are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_EZ...ist=WL&index=6

[Doug D.]

The longer piece in the photo is what's being called a sad iron heater. Regardless of what the shallow pan is being described as in the video, its intended use was as a sad iron heater. The deeper pan could have been used as such as well. "Long pans" of the era are typically seen with a draining lip at one corner. This is not to say, however, that no one ever employed a sad iron heater as a cooking device; after the era of woodstove popularity, the same patterns are seen advertised by some makers as "long pans" or fish fryers.

[Lynne G]

Thank you for that clarification. What year are those catalog pages?

[Doug D.]

1916 and probably 1930s.