Antique and vintage cast-iron cookware were hand-poured into ... of the sand mold and weigh significantly more. The two Wagner skillets we bought from eBay. Photo: Michael Hession For our original ...

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 ...

If you recently purchased or inherited a vintage cast iron skillet, consider yourself lucky. These timeless treasures off some of the best-tasting food on Earth with minimal maintenance and ...

But there are others (particularly cast-iron nerds and collectors) who swear by the superior quality of their vintage pan made by Griswold or Wagner that they found at a scrap yard, de-rusted in a ...