For more than 100 years Lodge has been perfecting the process of making cast iron cookware. By formulating the right metal chemistry, and creating the exacting mold tolerances, they offer the finest line of cast iron cookware available.

But the process was never complete - not until cooking countless batches of fried chicken, catfish, and crispy crusted cornbread burnished it to a treasured black patina. With the same reverence given the family silver, those pieces of cast iron have been handed down from generation to generation. Many of us wouldn't know where to begin to recreate that prized cast iron finish. We only know that Grandma's cast iron skillet magically became black and silky smooth, and nothing, not even cornbread or pineapple upside down cake, ever stuck. To a novice, the prospect of having to season a piece of cast iron cookware may cause anxiety. And even to an expert, it's a hassle.

Well, at the Lodge foundry they've been working on a little magic of their own. The result: a revolutionary new line of seasoned, ready to use cast iron cookware that's even better than Grandma's. An electrostatic spray system evenly coats the entire surface of the iron with a proprietary vegetable oil prior to the cookware moving into very hot industrial gas ovens. The high temperature allows the oil to penetrate deeply into the pores of the iron creating that prized heirloom finish.

It may not stop the squabbles over the beneficiary of the family's cast iron cookware, but it does eliminate the time and effort of seasoning for the customer, and offers superior look and performance of home seasoning.