You did get a great deal. Some of my favorite recipes are skillet pineapple or peach upside down cake, buttermilk cornbread (no sugar added please), applesauce cake, biscuits & fried chicken. When you grill, put your baked beans in a cast iron skillet & on the grill also. If you want more pieces, shop garage sales or flea markets & be on alert for good buys. Look on ebay, etc., for pieces that you would like to have and note their prices, so you'll have a price in your head that you feel is a good buy, but be careful as some are too high. I did buy my Lodge 14" pizza pan on Amazon with free shipping because I knew that those rarely ever appear anywhere; great for a crunchy crust. My dd has 2 dutch ovens and one lid (one with a bail and one without) that dh found on the roadside after a garage sale. They had so much rust on them they were bright orange and whoever threw them away obviously didn't know anything about cleaning them. DH put a wire brush on his drill, cleaned them up, I washed them, let them dry and redid this procedure several more times. Then we oiled them well and heated them up good, then redid this several times. They are great. I got dd a 12" skillet as part of a 3 minute "supermarket sweep" that I won as a useful "memory". I have the small egg skillet, the 6", 8", 10", (2) 12" skillets, dutch ovens in various sizes, deep chicken fryer, 6 ct muffin pan, corn stick pan, 2 qt. pot, 10" griddle, 10" oval fajita pan, drop biscuit pan, bacon press and more that I can't recall right now. Like SD, I cook anything in cast iron, including chili, spaghetti sauce, greens. Like she said, just wash it before it gets cold (but not too hot) and dry it on the stove just a little. I am on the lookout for a cast iron pie pan as well as anything else unusual or that someone I know might could use. Got two 10" skillets and an 8" skillet at an auction for $10. they were already seasoned. My friend needed a 10" and our IT manager needed the other 10" as well as the 8" for his camper. Always keep your eyes peeled for a good deal. I gave my daughter & nieces skillets as Xmas presents when they were growing up, for their hope chests. I also give the 3 piece sets as shower gifts or housewarming presents.