oval roasters?

[Susan Salsburg]

I posted a photo of an oval roaster( with an eye roast) on the FB cooking page a few days ago. It's one of my favorite pieces; gate marked & very thin. Got me thinking: when were oval roasters made? With the gate mark I would guess mine is rather early. Any ideas?

[C. Perry Rapier]

I posted a photo of an oval roaster( with an eye roast) on the FB cooking page a few days ago. It's one of my favorite pieces; gate marked & very thin. Got me thinking: when were oval roasters made? With the gate mark I would guess mine is rather early. Any ideas?

Hello Susan. Its always good to hear from you.  :)

Well, I'm an 'oval roaster man', in that I have plenty of them. I have some that were made by Wagner in the very early years, so before 1900. And one of the Wagners that I have, a great big number nine, has a gated lid. But I don't recall seeing any oval roasters that would have clearly been using for cooking in an open hearth. SO, I'm guessing time wise, I would say that they are not that old, so I would venture to say the last part of the 20th Century. Somebody might know otherwise and if so I would like to hear what they have to say.

OH, and also Susan. I want to see a picture of your 'eye roast'. I'm guessing its a rib eye roast, either with bone in or boneless.  :-/

[Susan Salsburg]

Perry - Am I allowed to post food here? It was just a simple eye roast with red potatoes & baby turnips. Some rosemary from the garden. Kind of hard to brown the meat/ make gravy as the bottom gate is quite heavy. Rocks even on my woodstove so I'm guessing this might have just been nestled in coals at the edge of a fireplace. Beautiful thin casting with the usual air bubbles of some of the early pieces. Sue

[Randy Eckstein]

Looks great Sue.  Would you please repost the pic and cooking tips for it in the Too Many Chefs in the Kitchen category.  I've always just boiled turnips, does the roasting help bring out any sweetness in them?

[Susan Salsburg]

I think roasting only works if the turnips are young/really small & fresh. These came from a friend's garden that morning. I drizzled some olive oil & honey over the veggies because the meat didn't have much fat.

[Robert Hynes]

That's the way to do veggies.

I'll dutch parsnip, turnip, potatoes, carrot together with any meat and I find everything sweeter. Celery, julienne carrots and onion add lots of flavor to the gravy

Can you post some detailed pics of the roaster if you don't mind? Think i'm seeing a split handle, that's typical of Canada. I assume no marks at all on it?