But those bygone brands (Wagner shuttered in 1952 and Griswold closed up shop in 1957, right around the time Teflon was popularized), along with most antique cast-iron cookware, have grown ...

Antique and vintage cast-iron cookware were hand-poured into sand molds and hand-polished to a smooth finish. These labor-intensive pans were cast from thinner molds, which makes them lighter than ...

Smithey’s genesis is in Morton’s affinity for vintage cast-iron cookware, which he had spent his free time finding and restoring while working in banking and real estate investment.

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Lancaster Cast Iron Cookware is gaining renown with locals, tourists and even food magazines for its skillets made in Conestoga, Pennsylvania.