griddles for camp..

[2rocky]

I'm looking at adding a rectangular griddle to my campbox. Size to fit on my 2 burner Coleman stove or cook over a fire.

Wondering if folks have a preference for cast iron or Carbon Steel and what is worth spending money on ...


https://www.independentironware.com/shop/p/openfirechapa a 12x20 carbon steel handmade griddel with sides

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/produ...A6s2jpFUeNeH1QeA_1W45ApCthZTkMrBoC6eMQAvD_BwE Lodge's carbon steel offering

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/collections/griddles/products/double-play-reversible-grill-griddle an "economy" cast iron griddle.


Is it worth spending the extra?

 

[Steiny77]

Anything you can do on a griddle you can do in a cast iron skillet, plus it's more versatile and has other uses.

 

[Elktrack]

I'm looking at adding a rectangular griddle to my campbox. Size to fit on my 2 burner Coleman stove or cook over a fire.

Wondering if folks have a preference for cast iron or Carbon Steel and what is worth spending money on ...


https://www.independentironware.com/shop/p/openfirechapa a 12x20 carbon steel handmade griddel with sides

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/produ...A6s2jpFUeNeH1QeA_1W45ApCthZTkMrBoC6eMQAvD_BwE Lodge's carbon steel offering

https://www.lodgecastiron.com/collections/griddles/products/double-play-reversible-grill-griddle an "economy" cast iron griddle.


Is it worth spending the extra?

IMO, For what you are doing I would definitely go with the steel over cast iron. I love cast iron pans but the steel griddles are better in this application. Easier to clean and maintain too. Just less fuss all the way around with the steel griddle vs cast iron griddles. I have had a griddle get a little rust on it and it was super easy clean up with flap disk and back in action.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I've got a cast iron lodge griddle and a carbon steel camp chef griddle.

I like the camp chef more than the lodge. I can cook more, and different things, but I'm also using the 2 burner camp chef stove, not the coleman. My griddle takes up 1 burner so I can still use a skillet or make coffee, etc.

@Steiny77 isn't necessarily wrong either. A good 12" skillet can do everything. But, if I want pancakes, eggs and bacon for 6, I can do all of that on my griddle a lot easier than I can my skillet.

You can't go wrong with Lodge products. Either will work, but the steel will be lighter and I think you'll like it more. You still need to worry about rust, etc, but they are easier to maintain than cast. The bespoke cast iron industry is sniffing iron fillings for the prices they want.

 

[Tmbrgost]

We have used all of the listed above and keep going back to a 12” cast iron skillet as the go too for everything. We recently added a second one.

 

[Jwill]

I think that lodge carbon steel would be my choice. The cast iron would work fine too but pretty heavy for camping.