Cast Iron Frying Pan - CRACKED

[Heiny]

Last week I noticed that our cast iron frying pan has developed a crack in it

what are the usual causes of cast iron cookware cracking (It had not been dropped that I am aware of)

[savanahkelpy]

Ummm,,,getting clobbered with it, by SWMBO?,,,,

[Robbo]

It may have had a flaw in it from manufacture that has just shown up now but a rapid temperature change such as dunking the pan in cold water while it is still very hot can cause a fracture in cast iron.

[Matto]

(It had not been dropped that I am aware of)

Hey Bubba,

Sorry to hear that. Where does the frypan live when it's being transported? My money is on it copping a hit from somewhere. Cast iron is strong, but brittle. They need to be packed somewhere tight where it can't vibrate/get hit by another saucepan/shake around/etc.

Otherwise all I can think of is what Robbo's already mentioned, thermal shock.

Have you been competing in the recent Australian Safari? Getting a bit of air-time in the camper??

Thanks,
Matto

[Heiny]

Hey Bubba,

Sorry to hear that. Where does the frypan live when it's being transported? My money is on it copping a hit from somewhere. Cast iron is strong, but brittle. They need to be packed somewhere tight where it can't vibrate/get hit by another saucepan/shake around/etc.

Otherwise all I can think of is what Robbo's already mentioned, thermal shock.

Have you been competing in the recent Australian Safari? Getting a bit of air-time in the camper??

Thanks,
Matto

Hi Matto

It lives in the tailgate kitchen and doesn't have much room to move when travelling, I was originally guessing thermal shock may be the culprit but wasn't sure