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Originally Posted by StylinRed
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That's the brand I was talking about. Their pots are amazing.
My parents got a pair of them like 5 years ago in Japan and it's just mind-blowing the finesse on their quality. If Le Creuset was the Ferrari of cast irons. Vermicular would be the Pagani where they took it to a whole new level.
Nevertheless, I think dollar to dollar, Lodge is very hard to beat. If you can find old Lodge (earlier than the 90s from what I can tell) where they used virgin iron ore rather than mix of recycled/new, that's even better. I've seen them from time to time in estate sales. They tend to be finer (less or finer pores. If you are familiar with modern Lodge, you can tell them apart the moment you see it) and lighter/thinner. Modern Lodge needed the added bulk/thickness to achieve mass production rate.