I cook with cast iron frequently, but I have been unable to find any recently-manufactured cast iron cookware that is actually worth buying. I think I last che

I cook with cast iron frequently, but I have been unable to find any recently-manufactured cast iron cookware that is actually worth buying. I think I last checked around 2006, so maybe the quality of available product has improved since then. I do know that "pre-seasoned" pans are just a complete waste of time, because you have to remove that spray-on crap before seasoning it properly. So I pretty much just use the one Wagner pan, manufactured before 1996. The nonstick PTFE coatings on my other cookware has always come off after a few years of use. I can't refresh the coating in my own kitchen, so the pan is basically useless after that. So I'll stick with the polymerized vegetable oil seasoning, even though the cast iron cookware is not as idiot-proof as more modern cookware construction. I like being able to keep something for 20 years, and not have to continually discard and replace crap that's not even 5 years old. It would be nice if I could laser-sputter AlMgB14 + TiB2 onto a 12" round BAs wafer, and cook on that, but that's not likely to happen in my garage--or anywhere else with an oxygen atmosphere.