Steak houses used to use these to bring your steak to the table. They had a never-ending source of these serving trays kept SUPER hot. They'd grill your steak, transfer it to the super hot cast iron tray, and hustle it out to your table.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

I think I ate at a restaurant with my family way back when I was like 10 years old. I remember them serving my Dad's steak on one of those plates.

@bongwatermilkshake3001

2 жыл бұрын

I remember eating a steak on a rocket hot piece of cast iron, more than once when I was younger.

@bigjay123

2 жыл бұрын

Bugs Bunny: "Eat up, while its still SIZZLING" Now THAT was a HOT PLATE.

@ZachShannon1

2 жыл бұрын

Years back, I went to a restaurant with my dad and we ordered steaks, which were served on chunks of rock, heated up like the serving trays you mentioned.

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Morning slim. Thanks for the watch bud.

I love to see old things get new life.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

I could see that smiley face all the way through to the first oiling! Lol He stayed happy until he got baked😏 lmao 😂

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

😅

Nobody's going to mention that cross-fade for the before and after shot when you first set it down on the lazy susan? Because that was pretty slick editing. How long did it take you to match them up like that?

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the hard work lies with trying to place the item inline on camera during the before and after. The editing part behind it is rather simple.

Now this is satisfying! Great job.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Alice!

So beautiful. The seasoning brought out all the delicate details. What a treasure!

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Big fan of cast iron, I use it all the time. I've never seen one this intricate though. I would think that it was a farm that had this. New subscriber

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the family John! I have another cast iron video planned in the next 3 weeks or so. I also love cast iron, I think the bug bit me.

@johnbender5356

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration I had a cast confederate headstone I found at fort pillow Tennessee. My ex was terrified of it and convinced me to sell it. I'll always regret that.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbender5356 damn that is a bummer.

@marcwright4790

2 жыл бұрын

It probably came from a steak house. They used to serve their larger cuts on fancy hot plates like these in the 50s nd 60s.

"Holy Cow".... when he started "Scrapping it with that IRON Brush... I cringed. Hurt my ears so much... LOL Turned out Beautiful. Great job.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Judi!

Definitely the sandblasting cleaned it. But I have used a wire wheel on rusty cast iron and that is great too.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Great point! I will try that next time.

That looked great

I really dig the light show at the end of the reveal. It really shows off your hard work.

New life love it

That pan is so cute! It turned out beautifully

The end result looks amazing! Welldone on another great resto!

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, patat.

Beautiful job!

Nice piece, I love cast iron. 😁👍

You are a very talented person Keep up the great work. I like the content. I'm going try the steak recipe. Keep the video coming. Edward.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

Wow! Such a unique piece, turned out really nice. Steaks looked tasty, on point.👍🏼 You are a wizard, aren't ya. Lol.

Great restoration again , I think "AJ cooking" should be a new channel🥩🥩🍗 👍

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, we have a channel in mind, we have posted our first video (which is the same as this recipe) there as well, much more to follow. Below is a link to Fire & Friends. kzread.info/dron/QAQNEvi9UDdrp862en4aPw.html

Glad you did both sides and used flax seed oil!

The only thing I would’ve done differently would’ve been to polish the cooking surface to a mirror finish. It’s still fully capable of being seasoned afterwards and it makes the cooking surface extremely nonstick. That one looked pretty smooth anyway but there was a little bit of the original sandcast marks in the cooking surface.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the input!

Awesome restoration, the meat looks super delicious

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Kotze.

New subscriber here, and I'm really glad I found your channel!

For those of us who do not have the equipment, soaking the cow in deep white vinegar overnight would work well too.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Soaking for at least 24 hours yes, it would work pretty good!

I personally would call it a hot plate but that works

You do some good work 👍👍

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I’m so impressed!

This is a beautiful and unique piece. Great restoration

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Muito show do Brasil.

Nice piece, nice resto, nice food, nice video. Thanks.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you too

11:47 that cast iron cow’s face should’ve turned and looked at the tomahawk like 😳

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

hahahah I know right?

Look like a Brahma, a sacred cow.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow! 👍Thanks for the comment.

This was great! Gorgeous skillet. Thank you for sharing! 👏

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime Evelyn!

Asombrosa recuperacion de esta placa de chisporroteo de vaca de hierro fundido vintage, respetos y saludos desde Venezuela.💯👍🤘👍💯

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

@amilcar moncada Gracias mi amigo

What a beautiful plate!

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

I think so too!

Excellent work👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Another great restoration and recipe of course😋

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Christa!😋

Beautiful object!

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

I think so too!

Looks like it was meant to be a decorative serving tray rather than a griddle.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

I think its both, It worked fine as a griddle, but I think it's better suited as a serving tray to be honest.

Boy…those steaks…yum! It would be fun to serve the meat directly on the good looking griddle, maybe using a wood plank to protect you table.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

That is how they serve them in some restaurants.

Beautiful work.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

You did a magnificent job seasoning that cast iron it's beautiful ❤️ those steaks don't look half bad either 🤣

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

What a great video & restore - nice job!

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!😋

Greetings, Cool project and Great job buddy as always like 👍

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit. I see you almost have 1000 subs. Good luck man.

@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL

3 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration Thanks for your support buddy, good luck to you too

Beautiful

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Julie!

Très très bon travail....belle pièce ! 👍🏻👍🏻

Incredible results!!

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paula!

Not old, bright orange rust indicates modern low quality cast iron.

@sevendeadlychins

2 жыл бұрын

How modern would you say?

@judichristopher4604

2 жыл бұрын

Really!!!! Good to know.

@judichristopher4604

2 жыл бұрын

My mom has some cast iron in the kitchen, and its old, and it's not bright orange... I see what you're saying.

@rowan2u380

2 жыл бұрын

He said vintage, whats the problem?

@elizabethbentley2582

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair 1980 was 41 years ago

Qué satisfacción poder usar lo que tanto trabajo costó restaurar y disfrutar de una rica comida.Genial

Hello AJ beautiful restoration professionally done good job i all so like the way you cook beautiful well done

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment Vince.

Nice find and restore. That's the prettiest little bbq plate I've every seen. The wood looked like the iron-bark here in Aus that I struggled every afternoon cutting as a kid, lol. Burns well though, long and hot. I love those rib on the bone steaks... hard to beat. Well done and thanks for the video.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We use mixture of ironwood, sicklebush and knob thorn for making the fire, I think the ironwood we use and the iron-bark you used to chop may be similar.

Steaks with garlic butter? Drooling!

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

It was really yummy!

Wow wow wow

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Michael. Glad you enjoyed it.

Muy bonita pieza de hierro y ahora restaurada más. Saludos desde Venezuela Ciudad de Maracaibo y buen provecho 😋.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias desde Centurion, Sudáfrica

In Indonesia steak restaurants use it as hotplate. They serve steak sizzling hot steak at the table. Some small restaurants still using this. Just search indonesia steak hot plate. First time saw it when I was younger 20 years ago. Maybe this plate is a lot older than me. 🤣

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

I think its quite old! Some of the restaurants also serve the steak on plates similar to these. Only thicker.

@elbertlim2872

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration it's still popular here. In Asia we got pepperlunch. The plate is not thicker but it bigger. It's a DIY steakhouse.

@CarolineAnandSiddiqui

2 жыл бұрын

You're right ! I googled it and saw the exact same kinda plate

That Tomahawk looks so yummy

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

It was! Haha

oh i'm even hungry

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, we were as well. Good luck with your channel mate.

@dalmiroubina2162

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Miam!

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Miam en effet. Merci.

Perfect.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

just like you!

Muy buena restauración, pero ver éste video me dio mucha hambre.

Very cute cow! Never seen one like that before. Do you sell these items or keep them yourself? I used to have a cast iron pan with farm animal shapes, and one with cats.

That's not fair. I want some.

Fabulous

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

some strange dinner you have))

I thought this was an old grilled cheese sandwich before I read the title lol

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha it does have that look!

At first I couldn't even tell it was a cow. It looked deformed with all the rust 😂

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Классная работа, прекрасно!

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

спасибо дружище!

@dariazhukovska9207

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration woah, that was unexpected😅

I have an old cast iron skillet, like 40's or so, that desperately needs help. Do you ever restore things for people if they send them to you? 🤣

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

If someone sends me a restoration I can do It for them no problem. If it makes for a good video, the restoration is free.

@behindtheglamour

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration I may have to consider that! I don't know if it'd be all that interesting, so maybe you could give me an estimate just to be safe 😂 Feel free to reach out and we can definitely discuss!

Merci tysytube! Bonne journee

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Merci à toi aussi et profite bien de ton week-end.

Very nice don't have that one..

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear.

So, have you noticed the front of your stove door seems to be missing? 😆 I'm just having fun if course.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

It's a stove I got from the metal recycling yard, you should have seen what the front used to look like haha. Damn it was busted up.

Nice plate for cook👍 Also well done steak👍

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

cant unseen the smiley face…

That's a Griswald #14 ...... Trust me

شغل رائع شكرا على هذا الفديو

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

شكرا جزيلا

Never seen a cast iron like tht, I luv it! Off subject QT: Has a customer ever come to you w/a restoration tht you just couldn’t do?! Bc it was just to broken, to late to restore & would have to scrap 70% or more of the object so @ tht point it’s not restoration anymore.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Yes many times actually, sometimes its because finding spare parts is just nearly impossible and I just don't have the machinery to "Make a new one" hahaha

@Ianna80

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration I thought that might happen but I don’t restore things as a job or lots of items like you do so I didn’t know for sure. I really like watching what you do, it’s awesome to see some of the things that my g-parents have be restored 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to answer my QT, I appreciate it!! Have a good day & be safe out there!

I was wondering what was a sizzle plate? I thought it looked like a cast iron griddle. Many a delicious pancake and bacon slices was cook on the old cast iron griddle.🍳🥓🥞

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Its basically the same thing haha I just thought sizzle plate sounds more fitting.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Why exactly does the cast iron need the seasoning, with the oil? Is it just personal preference, or does the seasoned, baked cast iron actually transfer the flavoring to the meals you cook on it? We used to have a huge cast iron pan that we'd have to salt clean, then oil it, but I never quite understood why.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Seasoning is just oil baked onto cast iron through a process called polymerization. It gives your cookware that classic black patina. Seasoning forms a natural, easy-release cooking surface and helps prevent your pan from rusting.

Wish you would have showed clean up of the skillet.

Yooo U did the damn thing I thought it was a dog But it’s a cow nicce job man. 👍🏼 I love cast iron

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha thank you, I have another cast iron video coming soon.

That is pretty cool! I’ve never seen one in the shape of a cow. I do find it ironic that you cooked. Two steaks on something that looks like a cow.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Haha finally someone got it!!! That is one of the main reasons I chose this restoration!

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

The other reason is that I love steak haha.

@myitbos1335

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all ironic.

@DoubleADwarf

3 жыл бұрын

More "poetic," I think.

There is a lot of time invested in this, the outcome is really stunning, what was the cost to the customer for such a labor intensive project?

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

If this was for a customer, it would have been free.

In Spanish it is called "comal", pretty comal.

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! I like the word comal.

Wonderful job! I would have just polished it till the cow couldn't moo (yes, stupid here :) ) But I wonder - what are those two bolts beneath for? Did the skillet have another component?

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Haha it would look nice and shiny. Thos two bolts are used by some restaurants, the plate sometimes has a wooden base where thise slot in to and prevents it from slipping. The steak is then served on the plate to the customer to help in keeping the food warm, and it looks good.

How do you clean it after use? Do you just wipe off the grease?

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Warm water, soft sponge wash.

Wondering if it's the old old Best Western kind of plate? Great resto

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I have no clue, thanks for the comment though. 👍

@elbertlim2872

2 жыл бұрын

Idk where it is from originally. But in Indonesia still using it until now. First time saw it when I was younger 20 years ago 😂 Maybe this plate lot older than me.

@theropesofrenovation9352

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbertlim2872 Just might be!

Afiyet olsun

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Teşekkür ederim.

WOW,look at all the views.........

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I know, I never thought it would be so good!

Just curious. Do you rust these objects to restore them for your public?

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Haha no, I don't. This is how I source them from the metal recycling yard.

Fo' sizzle my nizzle

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

おいしそう

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

ありがとうございました

I’d make ginger beef and other hot pot meals if I had a sizzle plate.

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

We will have to look into ginger beef. Thanks for the comment.

Where did you get the cow plate?

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

I bought it from a old lady on facebook marketplace.

Is a sizzle plate similar to a fajita skillet?

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. They work on the same concept.

A FAJITA /STEAK PLATE.

🥰🥰🌺🌺❤❤👍👍

@AJRestoration

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

Why doesn't the skillet have a HANDLE?

@AJRestoration

2 жыл бұрын

Not too sure actually.

@littleblueorchid

2 жыл бұрын

@@AJRestoration it remind me of the skillet they use in my country to serve steak and noodles on. They actually heat up the cow over fire then put the cow skillet over a wooden base then put the food on the cow.

I want to eat a thick steak 😋