Saw a 'cast iron' fire pit at a fancy garden center in Asheville that was clearly stamped aluminum

The sales guy tried to tell me it had the same heat retention as our shop's real pours. Anyone else run into stuff like that where people just don't get the material?

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henderson.val15d ago

That's just wild... aluminum can't hold heat like cast iron at all. It heats up fast but cools down just as quick. A real pour has that heavy, steady heat you can feel for hours. Some sales talk just ignores basic physics. Makes you wonder what else they're getting wrong about the stuff they sell.

parker_brown5915d ago

Honestly, I would have fallen for that sales pitch a few years ago. I bought a lightweight "camping skillet" that claimed to work just like cast iron. One windy evening trying to cook over a fire showed me the difference real fast. The thing just couldn't hold a steady temperature to save its life. That experience made me a total believer in the real, heavy stuff.