American Culinary Corporation

This is only our opinion but there are fewer crafted items still being produced in the USA that can be considered iconic. One such item is the iron skillet. Maybe you own one or maybe you remember your grandmother cooking with one or perhaps you have a favorite iron pan you take with you on camping trips.

What qualities do we like about iron skillets? For one, they have a rustic quality that hearkens to a long ago era. But the appeal goes beyond aesthetics. Quality iron skillets are easier to cook with, they can withstand higher temperatures, and are easier to clean. Because of their intrinsic material quality, these types of cookware can last practically forever.

Certainly there are a few well known iron skillet brand names. Two well recognized iron skillet names are Wagner and Griswold. One company, the American Culinary Corporation, produces both of these product lines right here in the USA. There really isn't much more we can say about these USA made iron skillets because their good reputation is already widely known.

This is an excerpt from their Facebook page about their history:

Company Overview
The American Culinary Legacy began in 1865 when Mathew Griswold formed the Griswold Manufacturing Company in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. Those legendary metal crafters had little competition until 1881 when Bernard and Milton Wagner of the Wagner Holloware Co. in Sidney, Ohio, USA entered the market.

In 1891, American craftsmanship blossomed when William and Louis Wagner joined their brothers and The Wagner Manufacturing Company was born. There was fierce competition between these American icons. The brothers at Wagner Mfg. had one mission; to design and manufacture cookware that would be "The World Standard of Culinary Excellence". The pioneering, brothers developed the chemistry of blending metal and were the first in America to cast; iron, aluminum and blended metal cookware. They forged a legacy of innovation, design, patents, proprietary metal, educating consumers with presentation standards and developed the original, less water cookware and in time bought out their competitor, Griswold Manufacturing Co..

We are the oldest and most esteemed cookware crafters in America. No one has received more Gold Medals and International Awards than us. Our equipment is testimony to over 122 years of dedication to: design and manufacture, unsurpassed in quality and value. The Wagner brothers are gone but, the proprietary metal formula, trade secrets, designs, blueprints, tooling, molds, patterns, manufacturing facilities, intellectual property, property rights, goodwill of Griswold and Wagner were acquired and are now owned by American Culinary Corporation......for "Generation to Generations"

https://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Culinary-Corporation/143573378610?ref=ts

We have provided a link to their Facebook page if you would like more information about these USA made goods. If you have read this article, we thank you and welcome your comments.