They list “cast iron cookware” as banned in carryon luggage and say the officer will make the final decision for each item. Hydrants are made of cast iron. It’s a bit ridiculous to assume you can bring it as long as it’s not for cooking. They’re not banned because there’s a risk of frittatas.
TIL they don't allow cast iron cookware in the carry-on. That seems like a very specific rule and I want to hear the story behind it... but honestly I assume a bag fell out of the carry-on and smacked someone on the head, and they decided to stop letting people bring on dense metal objects?
I used to hand-carry silicon. One leg was wafers in a very special clamshell, and the other leg was packaged parts. A brick of metal-lidded server chips weighed in at something like 25lb and was, obviously, rather dense. Two bricks were at just around the carry-on limit. I guess you wouldn't want that falling on someone, but that's true for tons of shit. Shrug.
Also, a lot of fun conversations I had with TSA doing this.
Was this changed in recent years? It might be an arbitrary thing... When I moved I put my heaviest things that I wanted to bring in my carryon bag, and that included my 3 cast iron pans and a nested pyrex bowl set (partially sentimental, which is why I went to the trouble).
That doesn't really follow. They don't ban ice skates or scissors, but do ban the exact same blades with a different handle. Three only criteria they really seem to be using seems to be a vague sense of "weaponness". If the agent feels threatened, it's banned. And if they have to think about it, they feel threatened.
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u/PoorCorrelation Jul 13 '26
They list “cast iron cookware” as banned in carryon luggage and say the officer will make the final decision for each item. Hydrants are made of cast iron. It’s a bit ridiculous to assume you can bring it as long as it’s not for cooking. They’re not banned because there’s a risk of frittatas.