Have seen the cast article and will use the much lighter coleman first.
  note on fires...most areas in this state and in others are still on
fire bans.  prefer to use my internal stove set anyway much safer and
leaves no litter or fire pit scars behind.  for  scouting i used mostly
cast as well, but not for my camper uses.
jimt
On Friday, Oct 18, 2002, at 09:34 America/Denver, George Goff wrote:

> In a message dated 10/18/02 9:58:26 AM, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes:
>
> << I have a Coleman Griddle >>
>
> An utterly useless device for anything other than heating frozen
> waffles.
> With my son's Boy Scout troop, I have been though a bunch of the junk
> Coleman
> hawks to the unsuspecting outdoor types.  Now, it you want a real
> do-all
> piece of cookware which will serve almost any culinary endeavor, get a
> Lodge
> Fish Pan.  It is a 20" X 12" X 3'' cast iron pan.  The depth is what
> makes it
> really useful.  Try frying a pound of bacon in that Coleman jewel with
> the
> grease reservoir and see how much of the grease is reserved in it.
> The Lodge
> Fish Pan will fry up a pound of bacon or a dozen and a half of burgers
> without a mess.  With an inch of oil in it, you can make French fries
> that
> are as good as it gets.  You want enough chili for an army, you got
> it.  The
> thing is as close to universal as it gets.
>
> The true beauty of this pan is that you can use it on your sissy
> propane
> stove or over a real man's fire fueled with hardwood.  It is not as
> cheap as
> the Coleman abomination but, it will still be in use long after you
> are gone.
>  Oh, I almost forgot: in a pinch you can drive onto it in order to
> level your
> RV.
>
> George
>