[OKSooner]

As long as we're on the subject, does anyone know where to get quality cast iron cookware these days? I'm down to ONE good cast iron skillet. I'd like to have a couple more and a good dutch oven and maybe a few other things. The operative word here being "quality", obviously, rules out the one brand commonly seen in "Large Department Stores". The last QUALITY manufacturer I knew of was a company called Atlanta Stoveworks, which went out of business about 10 years ago.

Whomever makes this "Lodge" stuff ought to be whipped...

[LasVegasMac]

Why don't you like the Lodge stuff?

I've had some of it for years, no problems.

Once in awhile you can see a defect (lid does not seal, thin spot) but I always look close before I buy.

Just curious.

LVM

[Phantom Lord]

Lodge is the last company in America making cast iron cookware. I bought a cast iron cookware set at Sams Club about 2 years ago for some crazy price like $36. It had a dutch oven, a 12 pan, an 8 inch pan, a coal stand for the dutch oven, a hook for removing the dutch oven lid, and a big flat griddle. It all came with heavy cloth carrying and storage cases for each item and was all packed in a wood crate!

I can not remember the name of the manufacturer, but my local Sams in Cary NC is still selling them. So find someone with a Sams membership and head on over.

[r9etb]

As long as we're on the subject, does anyone know where to get quality cast iron cookware these days?

Have you tried a sporting goods store? Look in the camping section....

On the topic of care and feeding -- well, we've got a nice skillet that we use all the time. We seasoned it for the first time according to the manufactuter's instructions, and have ever since used it just like the regular frying pan that it is.

We cook everything in it, wash it with soap, and otherwise do all the wrong things. We do wipe the inside with vegetable oil after every washing, and use butter and/or oil when we cook in it.

And it works just fine.

[AppyPappy]

As long as we're on the subject, does anyone know where to get quality cast iron cookware these days?

yard sales and auctions.

[Vic3O3]

Whadda ya got against Lodge cookware? I love mine!

[NYTexan]

Try http://www.campchef.com
They have some neat stuff!

[FreedomFarmer]

Head up to White Cloud, Kansas, or Sparks, Kansas on Labor Day or Memorial Day weekend for the largest flea market in the world.

(I know, some a@@hole promoter will say 'his' is larger..)

They hold the flea market twice a year, and you won't believe the quanity, quality, or the crowds.
I've put together SETS of cast iron by Waggoner and Griswold for under $40 by strolling the dealers tables.

The shock of seeing over 100 thousand CASH spending shoppers on a 1 street town twice a year, is a Capitalists' Dream come true.