admin Lodge VS Field Company Both of these skillets are the real thing: iron poured and finished in the United States, no coatings, no “designed in USA” asterisk. The Lodge 10.25-inch Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet (L8SK3) and the Field Company No. 8 (10.25-inch) are the same size and share the same lifetime promise, yet they sit … Read more
More than 31,000 owners rate Lodge’s L8SGP3 square grill pan 4.5 stars. Cast and seasoned in South Pittsburg, Tennessee since 1896 — we sort the real complaints (smoke, cleaning the ridges) from the quirks and stand behind the Made-in-USA claim.
The Buck 119 Special is the fixed blade that set the shape for the American hunting knife — still made in Post Falls, Idaho. We verify its US manufacture, sort the real complaints from the quirks, and rate it 4.4 out of 5.
7,781 owners rate USA Pan’s half sheet 4.7 stars. It is folded near Pittsburgh from commercial-gauge aluminized steel — and the maker’s own words, not ours, put it one honest notch below an unqualified Made in USA.
Nearly 4,000 owners rate the Channellock 440 tongue-and-groove pliers 4.8 out of 5. Forged in Meadville, Pennsylvania — we verify what is made in the USA and report what owners actually complain about.
Channellock forges the 357 end cutting nipper from American steel in Meadville, Pennsylvania — and says so plainly. 1,333 owners rate it 4.6 stars. We read the complaints, and most of them are aimed at a job the tool was never built to do.
The Lodge L12CO3 is cast and seasoned in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, and it is the right pot for cooking on coals. Owners love how it cooks and complain about how it arrives — here is the lid problem you need to check for.
The Lodge 12-inch skillet (L10SK3) is cast and seasoned in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, costs about $30, and holds heat better than anything near its price. At 7.69 lb it is a serious lift — here is who should buy it.
Hard-anodized in Cartersville, Georgia by the man who got sick of flare-ups. Owners keep saying the same thing: it rescued a grill they were ready to throw out.
6,700+ owners rate it 4.7 stars. It is assembled in Huntley, Illinois — but the box says “with globally sourced components,” and the lid thermometer lies. Here is what that all means.