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Harold Henry estimates he has around 2,000 pieces of Lodge cast iron cookware. The 89-year-old farmer from Hamilton, Missouri, may well be Lodge’s biggest fan. Why Lodge? He calls it art.

But while the cast-iron cookware industry in the U.S. has been around since the late 19th century, it might be surprising to learn that the American legacy brand Lodge Manufacturing, established ...