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pamdathebear t1_ixv4b9x wrote

The world's largest cast iron skillet measures 18 feet across and weighs 14,360 pounds. Created by Lodge Cast Iron, a 126-year-old American cookware company, the “history-making” cast iron skillet can be viewed in person at the new Lodge Museum of Cast Iron, located in South Pittsburg, Tennessee.

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Cameleopar t1_ixw41vv wrote

>18 feet across and weighs 14,360 pounds

For true Americans who reject colonial British units, that's 0.06 football fields and 30,952 Big Macs. For the rest of us, that's 5.5 meters and 6.5 metric tons.

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bmx13 t1_ixvlxe4 wrote

18 feet including the handles, looks like a 12' pan size by my reckoning.

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dalnot t1_ixww0r9 wrote

The sign behind looks like it could say 12 ft diameter

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benefit_of_mrkite t1_ixvln76 wrote

They also have a cast iron cornbread cooking competition in South Pittsburg sponsored by lodge

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crosstalk22 OP t1_ixweddd wrote

I did see that, and on that weekend you can tour the foundry

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