About Us
Who We Are
My family and I are patriots that enjoy making unique products for your kitchen. Our inaugural product was The Great American Waffle Iron. A waffle iron is one of the more difficult pieces of cookware to design and produce.
Our foundry had to be accurate to within a few thousands of an inch for it to function properly and safely since it is piece of cookware with moving parts. I have never been accused of doing things the easy or normal way, so we started off with a Big challenge.
The Birth Great of
American Waffle Iron
Our History
For the past 30 years I have been fascinated by antique waffle irons and have collected many. After cooking with my very first one, I immediately reached into my cabinet, pulled out my electric waffle iron, and dropped it into the trash bin. It was only a few years old and already had damage to the non-stick coating and I knew the plastic legs weren’t going to last either. However, now I had a real, permanent, cast iron waffle maker, a 160 year old North, Hamilton and Chase. There was no turning back.
Antique Waffle Iron Collection
In the late ’90s I dreamed of making a U.S. made cast iron waffle iron but lacked the capital, manufacturing know how and retail connections. Over the past decade, as ecommerce matured and weekend waffle rituals with my children complete with rotating antique irons and animated storytelling became family tradition, that dream reignited. Drawing on the artwork and heritage of our antique irons we spent countless hours refining every detail until Appalachian Cast Iron and its flagship Great American Waffle Iron became reality: functional artwork that honors the generations of American foundry workers who built our nation.
