About Lodge

Some folks in the riverbank hamlet of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, questioned their fellow villager Joseph Lodge. Would Joseph's cast-iron foundry make a go of it? Why even President McKinley would take to the dandy crispy-crusted cornbread cooked up in Joseph's special cookware, but could Joseph really make a livin' producing frying pans, Dutch ovens, and tea kettles?

Yep. And at Lodge Manufacturing Company nestled along the Cumberland Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains, Joseph's great grandchildren are still producing the world's finest cast-iron cookware in the world. Professional chefs and home gourmets across the globe tip their toques to Mr. Lodge's extraordinary cooking invention from an ordinary small town.

Although the original Lodge cast-iron foundry opened in 1896, the Lodge family operates the business today with high-tech equipment and the super high-grade materials. People in the tiny community of roughly 3,300 are just as proud of their cast-iron facility as they are the tender pan-fried chicken, slow-simmering stews, and thick golden pizzas that Lodge cookware serves up everywhere.

Lodge produces the most extensive line of cast-iron cookware on the marketskillets, grill pans, Dutch ovens, fry pans, biscuit pans, and more. Even the finest stainless-steel or aluminum cookware cannot compare to Lodge cookware's even heating, heat retention, durability, and cooking performance. Plus, Lodge cookware will last more than a lifetime. Joseph Lodge had the right idea after all.