Home chefs looking to upgrade their pots, pans, and kitchenware collections have no shortage of options when it comes to cheap cookware, much of which is cranked out by cheap labor overseas. For those who care about buying domestic, however, some of the finest dinnerware in the world is manufactured right here in the U.S.A.
Though the cookware is made in four states, Brooklyn Copper Cookware is based in its namesake New York City borough — and the company is cashing in on a resurgence in interest in all-copper cooking. Each one of the saucepans, sauté pans, casseroles, stockers, and covers is handmade with premium metal.
Made in Clarksville, Tennessee, cookware from Belkraft International is not sold in stores and can be ordered only directly from the factory. This model keeps prices low on the uniquely made cookware, which is crafted in an exclusive seven-layer process. Its products, which have a reputation for superior heat distribution, come with a 50-year warranty.
American Kitchen Cookware has been in West Bend, Wisconsin, for decades. The company's lineup includes nonstick, stainless steel, and cast aluminum offerings, all made by hand. Everything the company sells comes with a lifetime warranty for material defects and craftsmanship under normal use.
Also made in West Bend, Wisconsin, 360 Cookware was founded and is still run by a Vietnam vet who worked for decades at what was the West Bend Cookware company. The company, whose lineup is based on the "waterless" cooking method, produces fry pans, saucepans, stockpots, slow cookers, sauté pans, and bakeware.
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Made in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, All-Clad Metalcrafters was founded by a metallurgist who was awarded more than 50 patents for bonded metals. Not only is All-Clad manufactured in America, but its products are produced with American-made steel.
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Although some Made In products are manufactured in family-owned facilities in France and Italy, much comes from U.S. manufacturing plants. New York City's Le Bernardin and Chicago's Alinea are just two of the several 3-star Michelin restaurants using cookware from the line, which includes stainless clad and carbon steel cookware, as well as high-end kitchen tools and knives.
Manufactured in Wisconsin and Arizona, Wolf Gourmet produces not just high-quality cookware and kitchen tools but also countertop kitchen appliances. Its cookware line is made from multi-clad stainless steel and is known for having ergonomic handles.
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Not all Viking products are made in America, but its line of five-ply cookware is, even if the costs only start at $200. (There's a bit of the more affordable three-ply line still around too.) The lineup includes mirror finish and nonstick sauté pans and fry pans of different sizes and shapes.
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Based in Pittsburgh for four generations, USA Pan is the largest commercial bakeware manufacturer in the world. Its stoneware line is made from clay sourced from Tennessee, and it offers full lines of cookware and bakeware, the latter of which is made in Kansas.
Opening for business in 2015, Smithey Ironware is based in Charleston, South Carolina. As the name implies, the company specializes in iron, including cast iron skillets, Dutch ovens, handled skillets, and flat-top griddles, although Smithey also produces a carbon steel farmhouse skillet.
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Family-owned and made in Minnesota since 1946, Nordic Ware is famous for its legendary Bundt pan — there are now more than 70 million of them in households across the globe. The company started by manufacturing things such as Ebelskiver pans, Krumkake irons, Rosette irons, and Platte Panne pans, which are unique to the cooking and culture of the ethnic Scandanavian people who settled the region generations ago. Today the company produces hundreds of more familiar cookware items, virtually all in Minneapolis.
Based out of Providence, Rhode Island, Nest Homeware was founded in 2013. The company manufactures elegant, smooth-surfaced cast iron cookware, including skillets, Dutch ovens, braising pans, self-basting lids, and full sets.
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A staple in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, for more than a century, Lodge Cast Iron is one of America's oldest continuously operating cookware manufacturers. Now in its fifth generation of family ownership, Lodge was founded in 1896 and continues to make heirloom-quality iron cookware of all sorts.
Also located in Tennessee — Clarksville, in this case — is Heritage Steel. With more than 40 years in the industry, the company is known as one of the top producers of multi-clad stainless steel cookware. It's also famous for its German steel (and Chinese-made) Hammer Stahl Cutlery line of knives and kitchen utensils.
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Calphalon offers a huge variety of ceramic, nonstick, and stainless steel cookware, including the Calphalon Unison line, which features one slide nonstick side and one sear nonstick side. The company also makes cutlery, bakeware, and appliances in its Perrysburg, Ohio, facility.
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The Finex company consists of a small team of craftspeople based in Portland, Oregon. Their passion is cast iron, and that passion is evident in their uniquely shaped and meticulously crafted cast iron skillets, griddles, Dutch ovens, grill pans, and sets.
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Like Finex, Field Company deals only in cast iron, but its claim to fame is a line of skillets that are lighter and smoother than virtually any other cast iron cookware out there. Each one of its products is made from hand-poured iron in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Handcrafted in Rhode Island, the goods that come out of the Duparquet Copper Cookware facility are based on the heavy, sturdy vintage cookware items that survived the years and continue to be passed on as family heirlooms. The copper is spun, the handles are riveted, and the cooking surfaces are tinned and polished all under one roof.
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