Cook or Keep?

[lemisfits]

I finally thinned the herd and I am considering cooking on my kettles.  I have a Pat Pending Cado, early-mid 70s Copper Mist, and a B Code Redhead.  I haven't cleaned any of them since acquiring them.  Do you guys just collect them or do you guys actually cook on them consistently?  Which one should I break in first?

[G$]

Cook.

[pbe gummi bear]

I clean all the kettles I pick up. I find it therapeutic and rewarding to see a beater come back to life. That's one of the aspects of this hobby that I enjoy the most- along with the cool people I get to interact with and finding cool stuff on CL. With that said, I don't always cook on all of mine. I know how a kettle cooks so I don't really see the need to try out every color. Maybe one day I'll have the urge.

[argentflame]

I like to cook on all of mine. It's fun to cook on 3 to 4 kettles at the same time. Or if I'm too lazy to clean one I just use the next kettle.

[OoPEZoO]

If I can't (or won't) cook on it, I don't want it.  I have a few that only get used on special occations (yellow MBH), but they all get used.

[SixZeroFour]

I clean all the kettles I pick up. I find it therapeutic and rewarding to see a beater come back to life. That's one of the aspects of this hobby that I enjoy the most- along with the cool people I get to interact with and finding cool stuff on CL. With that said, I don't always cook on all of mine. I know how a kettle cooks so I don't really see the need to try out every color. Maybe one day I'll have the urge.

^ x2

[G$]

do you guys actually cook on them consistently?   

That's why they made them, right?   

Cook on them, you will enjoy it.   I am not sure how to evaluate "consistently" but mine get cooked on. 

[Craig]

To me, there's nothing more fun than the feeling of cleaning up an oldie and cooking on it that night. It is a joy to cook on a 40+ year old avocado or a 30+ year old early all wood handled blackie. Soon my family will dine on food cooked on a kettle that is past the half century mark. Sure I constantly clean my kettles and look at them but having AND cooking on the classics is what makes this hobby fun to me. Plus the fact that I use most of mine somewhat justifies the amount I have to my wife.

[1911Ron]

I try to cook on them all at some point, however if it is breezy or somewhat windy i will only cook on my golds, if not i'll haul out one of my older ones!