Yeti Cast Iron

It may be quality CI but it's too pricy for me. Quite frankly I don't think it is of any better quality than my BSR, Wagner, Lodge, or Griswold pans. It's just more expensive.
 
Too much $$$ for me. Plus, the hunt for the old stuff is part of the fun.

Anyone have the original prices for name brands? The BLS inflation calculator shows $200 now was worth about $15.63 in 1950.
 
I would like this as well. I have been digging around looking for books about cast iron for reference. I have come across a couple of pdfs, but it is more like history of the products.
 
If you want to buy new iron, you can get some really good pans without paying for the Yeti name.

When these first came to market, they sold out so fast that they couldn't be had for months. I guess some folks don't mind getting gouged.
 
They had a signature pan made for them by a foundry in Wisconsin named Butter Pat, selling price $400. Then they bought the foundry and started making Yeti CI.
 
As noted above, Yeti bought Butter Pat, so I suppose they're free to put their name on what they now own. Butter Pat's website acknowledges the Yeti buy out and no longer sells pans under the BP name. As long as it's still made to the previous standard and apparently at a somewhat lower price point, not sure what else needs to be said.
 
Its all negotiations and contracts. The pans or in your case the butter pat were talked about for production and Yetti got the contract to put their name on the cast.
 
Butter Pat was great. I have a couple of their smaller pans that I bought when I was flush. The walls are Favorite-thin, but the cooking surface is thicker and the thickness is uniform. They heat exceptionally evenly. You can get the job done for a lot less money, sure, but Butter Pats are a real pleasure to use.

I like the Butter Pat founder. He did something a lot of us would do if we had time and money to burn: find a way to make a skillet the way they used to. It's one of those "they told him it couldn't be done" stories.

Butter Pat was cool. It was something I didn't mind helping to support. Yeti is more...corporate. I have plenty of skillets anyway.
 
Stella Waldvogel said:
Butter Pat was great. I have a couple of their smaller pans that I bought when I was flush. The walls are Favorite-thin, but the cooking surface is thicker and the thickness is uniform. They heat exceptionally evenly. You can get the job done for a lot less money, sure, but Butter Pats are a real pleasure to use.

I like the Butter Pat founder. He did something a lot of us would do if we had time and money to burn: find a way to make a skillet the way they used to. It's one of those "they told him it couldn't be done" stories.

Butter Pat was cool. It was something I didn't mind helping to support. Yeti is more...corporate. I have plenty of skillets anyway.
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I am not looking to buy anything new, but it is good to see they are growing in popularity. I am newer to cast iron because I don't want to throw out a set of pans every couple of years. Yes, I have steel cookware, but cast iron is better.
 
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