My cast iron skillet survived a cabin fire last week

I left my trusty Lodge skillet on the stove during a breakfast rush at my buddy's cabin up near Lake Arrowhead. The whole kitchen caught some smoke damage from a grease fire that flared up when I stepped out for wood. That pan came out blacker than coal and I figured it was toast, but after a scrub and three rounds of reseasoning it's back to cooking eggs like nothing happened. Has anyone else had a piece of gear survive something way worse than you expected?

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stellas5620h ago

Wait, it survived an actual cabin fire?

emmajackson14h ago

lol yeah somehow it made it through. The whole thing got me thinking though, how many other old tools or gadgets we just throw away without realizing they could outlast everything else in our houses. Like I found an old cast iron skillet at a yard sale once that was all rusty and gross, cleaned it up and it's been perfect for years. We're so used to stuff breaking every few years now we forget some things were built to last through anything.