Mike Cooper

The Ebay seller admitted in the description that it was coated with stove black and fortunately it did turn out to be in excellent shape.

Jamie,

This is the only one I have ever seen preserved that way. They do not come like that from the manufacturer.

Jamie,

It was done for preservation reasons. Both carbon and graphite are used medically to detoxify poisoning victims. It came very clean with the method I described. We have been cooking on it and eating what we cooked for several weeks now with no I'll taste or after effects.

Jamie,

It was covered with stove black a black polish mixture of containing graphite and carbon. They had used it to preserve it. But it is good as new now, well even better because the seasoning is taking hold.

I received my griswold #12 skillet preserved with stove black. It would not come off with alcohol, soap and water or a trip through the fire place. In fact, all of those methods would lead you to believe it had been cleaned up. Until, you rubbed it down with oil and that as it turns, out was the cure. So, a few cups oil olive oil and about a half a roll of paper towels later and lots of elbow grease I had a cleaned skillet that we have been cooking on for about a week now. It has a beautiful mirror slick cook surface.

I recently obtained a Grsiwold #12 Cast Iron Skillet preserved with something called stove black. It must have been a wall hanger somewhere.

Any Idea what Stove Black is and the best way to remove it so the skillet can be use???