Lodge

                                A LITTLE HISTORY

          A LOT OF CAST IRON

Nestled alongside the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains is the town of South Pittsburg, Tennessee (Population 3,300). Yet out of this tiny community comes the finest cast iron cookware in the world. Lodge Manuafacturing began making cast iron products during the first presidential term of William McKinley. Amazingly, some of the first cast iron frying pans, tea kettles and Dutch ovens made over 100 years ago are still in use. Today, Lodge Manufacturing is still a family owned, family operated business producing the most extensive selection of quality cast iron goods on the market. Lodge now offers an expanded line of cast iron cookware for America's kitchens - Dutch ovens, chicken fryers, a variety of skillets, deep fryers, country kettles and more. When cooking moves to the great outdoors, Lodge cast iron goes too, with griddles, fish fryers, combo cookers and camp ovens unparalled in quality.

When Joseph Lodge making cast iron in the early 1800's he began a legacy that would create the foundation to an enduring standard of quality carried forward for four generations of family management. The resulting privately held metal formula, precision molds, and exacting wall thickness are the results of years of dedication to improving quality that began with the first skillet from the first sand mold.

Not even the most expensive stainless or aluminum cookware can rival the even heating, heat retention, durability, and value of the Lodge Cast Iron. Its legendary cooking performance keeps it on the list of kitchen essentials for great chefs and the home cooks alike.

For more then 100 years Lodge has been making cast iron cookware. And, much of the cookware made many generations ago is still in the kitchens of fourth generations cooks. It's why we say that when you choose Lodge Cast Iron Cookware you've just made a friend that will last more then a lifeline. The Lodge family appreciates your patronage and hopes that if this is your first piece of Lodge cast iron, it will be the first of many.

America's Original Cookware

Since 1896