Pausing at Iowa's Largest Skillet

While not the world's largest, this skillet in the small town of Brandon lays claim as the largest in the state; I've seen no other make such a claim so I'm going to to with them.

Statistically, the bottom of the pan is eight feet across; the sides taper up and out to open that up to over nine feet at the top. The handle is five feet long. Overall, the pan weighs in at about one thousand pounds.

If it were to be used to fry eggs, you could fry about five hundred at one time. Bacon, about ninety pounds, not strips, pounds. Pork chops, about three hundred and fifty.

While not on the Register's list, it's a fun and amusing little stop along the way.