Griddle IDS

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

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