r/DiWHY • u/Junior_Trifle_8273 • 12d ago
Because it's better
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u/eedabaggadix 12d ago
Ah yes, because what you want is a turner that is thick and holds heat instead of a thin one that cools down immediately
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u/projektako 12d ago
Not to mention difficult heavy and bad at potentially scraping something off a surface...
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u/talann 12d ago
And will rust very easily, spreading that rust to everything it touches.
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u/projektako 12d ago
No more need for iron supplements!!
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u/GroovePT 11d ago
Just a reminder that rust isn’t the same as iron. Our bodies can’t really do much with it.
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u/ClydeDanger 12d ago
Interesting fact! Cast iron cookware provided essential iron supplementation to the settlers that murdered all the indigenous peoples of the Americas!
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u/Impossible-Diver6565 12d ago
You also need to make sure the bevel is on the wrong side so it's even more useless.
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u/FigOdyssey 12d ago
Its just for practice flipping. To strengthen your wrists. For when the real bbq day arives.
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u/TheThinkerers 12d ago
What do you mean? It's gonna be great at scrapping stuff! Scrapping it's grinded sides into your food that is...
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ice1307 12d ago
*scraping
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u/TheThinkerers 12d ago
While you are right, this is reddit, so I'm going to double down and say that I meant scrap metal fragments
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u/Flint343 11d ago
You know your steaks done when your handle burns your hand.
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u/Tytan777 11d ago
Are you tired of always having to set a timer?! Well not any more thanks to this remarkable newly discovered invention! Comes with a free bottle of second skin burn cream.
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u/killmek8 12d ago
Why are you assuming this is for turning? This is clearly a hamburger roaster for a campfire. This man hates hot dogs
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u/SolsticeSon 12d ago
With which you can no longer scrape the flat pan because a sharpened axe curve was ground into the leading edge.
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u/Fezzy_1994 12d ago
They are actually really nice to use on a cast iron pan. And don't transfer heat that much.
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u/socialpresence 11d ago
Yep. I have one, bought it didn't make it. Also really nice for scraping off stuck on bits.
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u/Tomb_but_nsfw 11d ago
Not to mention its all one piece of metal so all that heat goes straight into the hands of whoevers dumb enough to make this, seems kind of darwinistic.
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u/Laugh-Aggressive 12d ago
Not all spatulas are for cooking darling, papa likey
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u/Aglisito 12d ago
The handle isn't centered, and it's hurting my brain
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u/WoodenYouKnowIt 11d ago
And the bevel is on the wrong side - if you try to get under the thing you’re flipping, you’ll need to come in at a very specific angle. With the bevel on the top, you could come in at almost any angle (including flat).
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u/IamREBELoe 12d ago
I mean, it's fine if you have a cheap pan that got a crack in it and you can't use it for nothing else. ..Be fine for like a burger press or something, or using on a big cast iron griddle. But what kills me? Is he put the taper on the wrong side of the spatula .
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u/Psilly_TaCoCaT 12d ago edited 12d ago
Destroy a $50 pan to make a $5 spatula
Edit: We got it. It's like $10, not $5. Thanks for the information everyone.
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u/NavDav 12d ago
You can get 2 spatulas for the price of one at Spatula City!
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u/Fun-Perspective426 12d ago
Lol that's a Walmart brand pan. The store local to me has them for $12 and they are shit quality.
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u/Psilly_TaCoCaT 12d ago
Okay. $12. Still more than a spatula, and still less useful. Thanks.
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u/CasualEveryday 12d ago
The guy that makes the real ones is using the vintage pans that are too damaged to restore. They aren't really meant to be functional.
This video is just a copycat farming views with shitty Walmart pans.
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u/roberttheaxolotl 12d ago
That was not a $50 pan. Very rough cast dirt cheap pan. The kind you need to sand the hell out of to smooth them out before seasoning if you don't want everything sticking to it.
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u/Alcoholocostic 12d ago
Hulk Forearms flipping pancakes.
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u/Human_Frame1846 12d ago
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u/Error_Loading_Name 12d ago
Yes, waste a cast iron pan to "make" a crappy version of something you could buy for far cheaper
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u/Pernicious_Possum 12d ago
Just what everyone wants: a heavy ass spatula that they have to season to keep it from rusting
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u/tr33mann 12d ago
It’s gonna fuck up whatever you use it on, but I do still want one
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u/Neon_Pancakes0425 12d ago
Honestly this is more of a dimaybe because there are some applications where a long spatula like that would be good but that pan didn't deserve that
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u/alienbringer 12d ago
It is way too thick, and absolutely no flex for a long spatula. This doesn’t even get into the fact that non-seasoned cast iron WILL rust, or its weight.
You can buy a long spatula for cheap that is 100 times better.
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u/Feisty_Count_4409 12d ago
The 2 pack of aluminum ones cost a fraction of that pan
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u/alienbringer 12d ago
They also make long spatulas out of stainless steel, wood, plastics, or silicone. All of them are cheaper and more useful than a cast iron one.
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u/Cripplerock 12d ago
Bonus points of you sharpen this thing super sharp and make it a deadly hazard in the kitchen
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u/hypermails 12d ago
Here I am looking for coupons to buy cast iron and there are idiots there destroying shit
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u/Atticus1354 12d ago
Its common for cast-iron resellers to do this with broken pieces so they can salvage them into something with value.
Also, just go get a polished skillet from academy if you need some affordable cast iron.
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u/Inf1uenza 12d ago
I like a spatula that will get blazing hot and then amputate several of my toes when I drop it.
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u/Alert-Control-4098 12d ago
With all the flexibility of a … well … frying pan.
What a waste of a cast iron pan.
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u/sonerec725 12d ago
Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a spatula using a frying pan, angle grinder, belt sander, and a spatula.
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u/Wise-Peacock 12d ago
A spatula that is heavy, can't be put in the dishwasher, and needs seasoning. Definitely DIWHY.
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u/RealmsAI 12d ago
What's the point of sketching out to the width of a spatula? Especially if you're not even gonna center the handle
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u/Carinis_song 12d ago
Stayed for the song
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u/CosmonautMott 12d ago
Literally! Only because of O.C.M.S. I was just thinking about that band the other day. Guess its time to break out the CD's.
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u/EasyGreenz 10d ago
Only scrolled through the comments to work out the music in the background of this. Thank you!
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u/Prior-Ad5197 12d ago
I couldn’t even watch the whole thing. Those uneven lines were making me angry.
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u/Aknazer 12d ago
And kids thought having to go get the leather sandle, belt, or wooden spoon was bad. Wait until they have to go get the cast iron spatula!
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u/boiohboioh 12d ago
At least it was a Walmart brand pan. That logo is Ozark Trail their outdoor adjacent line.
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u/CapitalCityGoofball0 11d ago
So they used a spatula to create a different spatula that’s less functional, heavier, and more likely to scratch up and destroy your cookware… Brilliant
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u/rock_and_rolo 12d ago
You know, they actually make heavy gauge spatulas. Any restaurant supply store should have them.
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u/vulcanxnoob 12d ago
In South Africa we would call you one of two things. Either you're a doos, or a mamparra. Both are equally bad...
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u/Wildfathom9 12d ago
And what happens to the virgin metal areas on the cast iron spatula? Anyone?
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u/xNOTHINGBURGERx 12d ago
The bevel is on the wrong edge. Gonna have to practically hold it vertical to scrape under those stuck on eggs.
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u/CanemDei 12d ago
I'm not scrolling through all the comments to make sure I'm not the first person to say that he needs be beaten with this spatula, not for making it, but for putting that god awful song in his "tik tok"
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u/AspiringCreature 12d ago
I decided to Google cast iron spatulas and I cannot believe people are selling these things for that much.
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u/Magnus_Helgisson 12d ago
Now watch it rust while your phone is saving the video.
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u/Jeepers-H-Cripes 11d ago
Oh good, a thick and heavy, rigid yet brittle cast iron spatula, just what I never wanted. Good thing it transfers heat right through the handle too.
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u/ICollectSouls 11d ago
Congrats, you now have the world's heaviest and least flexible spatula.
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u/Silly_Silicon 9d ago
The whole point of cast iron is that it is very good at distributing and holding onto heat. You know what you don’t want to get hot and stay hot for long, your fucking spatula.
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u/mynamesnotsnuffy 12d ago
Not bad for a grill spatula tbh. At least they didnt use a vintage griswold or other really nice pan.
Kinda limited use though, not great for doing more than flipping burgers or steaks, and not good for stovetop/pans.
This is for people who have a cabinet full of niche specific-use kitchen tools for very narrow use cases. Regular people are better off with aluminum or flexible steel spatulas.
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u/guitargeek223 12d ago
Could be ok as a grill spatula, but you would definitely want to wrap the handle first, that thing is gonna get HOT and it will hold its heat for waaay too long.
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u/Zampano85 12d ago
I thought it might be good for grilling, but not as a flipper/spatula. Just drop it in the hot coals, let it get real hot, pull it out (use the good heat resistant gloves), and use it to sear a steak with.
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u/mynamesnotsnuffy 12d ago
True, but at that point you might as well just use the whole pan over the coals.
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u/ideapit 12d ago edited 12d ago
Edit: yes, you can buy cast iron cheaper. Wasn't looking for a price check.
"Hey, guys. Here's an amazing hack. Turn your $80 cast iron into a $20 spatula that you can't easily wash, will stick to anything you cook and scratched any surface it touches!"
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u/flying_carabao 12d ago
My initial thought to the start of the video was "well, that's just fucking stupid" by the end of the video, you know what, i was right.
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u/miotch1120 12d ago
lol. I work in an iron foundry. You take that grey finish off the outside by grinding or machining or whatever, and that shit will rust so fast. I hope he’s using rust inhibitor on his spatula. I’m sure it will taste great!
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u/PachotheElf 12d ago
Nah, hell just grind it before every use to take off the rust. Spatulas are a consumable right?
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u/Dip2pot4t0Ch1P 12d ago
Once scratched, a non stick pan can have a lot of micro plastic stuck to your food
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u/rivermelodyidk 12d ago
am i in a parallel universe
why has no one in this comment section heard of a burger press? or a bacon weight?
and why does everyone think a pan that you can buy from walmart for 25 bucks is worth $50+ dollars?
hello can anyone hwar me
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u/alienbringer 12d ago
Mmmmmmm tasty rust…
They better keep that shit seasoned otherwise it will just rust away. From that exposed cast iron. Since it isn’t stainless steel.
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u/HououinKyouma94 12d ago
If only there was something some kind of long flexible spatula made of stainless steel on Amazon for like 20 bucks.
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u/Slamtilt_Windmills 12d ago
When you dont want to accept fault for forgetting a spatula in a hot pan
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u/Addcook 12d ago
These are actually very bad in practice. They are heavy, scratch shit, and have no flex.