The Lodge Factory outlet store

Ask questions about or share pics of your latest find...

The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby eggsalad » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:46 pm

So I happened to be driving up I-40 when I saw the billboard for the Lodge Factory Outlet store in Sevierville, TN.

Well, I loves me some cast iron so I couldn't resist a visit.

The short version is - don't go out of your way to visit a Lodge Factory Outlet store.

95% of what they sell is first quality stuff, at a price you can pay anywhere.

The remaining 5% is "factory seconds". I looked at a few, and the problems were obvious, but not detrimental to use of the cookware. Yet the prices are only 15-20% off full MSRP on new, first-quality items.

Just so all you cast-iron junkies know...

-eggsalad
eggsalad
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 235
Joined: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:39 pm
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby KCStudly » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:26 pm

So maybe a good reason to go would be variety and availability of selection?
KC
My Build: The Poet Creek Express Hybrid Foamie

Poet Creek Or Bust
Engineering the TLAR way - "That Looks About Right"
TnTTT ORIGINAL 200A LANTERN CLUB = "The 200A Gang"
Green Lantern Corpsmen
User avatar
KCStudly
Donating Member
 
Posts: 9610
Images: 8169
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:18 pm
Location: Southeastern CT, USA

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby eggsalad » Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:13 am

Okay, sure - if you're the sort of person who has to touch things before you buy them. Otherwise, I'm certain that anything Lodge makes is available for sale online... maybe even cheaper than full MSRP.
eggsalad
Teardrop Master
 
Posts: 235
Joined: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:39 pm
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby GerryS » Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:22 am

Or maybe is just a side trip. Like seeing a muffler man or the worlds largest ball of paint (seriously!)

Our first trip was to Chattanooga, the only reason we didn't stop is because we had a serious case of gethomeitis. We hadn't fully embraced the camping lifestyle. Next time...we'll stop.
User avatar
GerryS
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1178
Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:19 pm
Location: Central Indiana
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby printer88 » Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:33 pm

GerryS wrote: gethomeitis.

I've had that many times :D
"When all is said and done....a lot more will be said than done."
printer88
Teardrop Inspector
 
Posts: 14
Joined: Tue May 20, 2014 1:21 pm
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby GerryS » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:56 am

Sometimes, I suffer before I even leave.
User avatar
GerryS
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1178
Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:19 pm
Location: Central Indiana
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby Mary C » Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:36 pm

had a friend from way up in TN and used to go by there once a month never did stop but I really want to and plan to!!

Mary C.
User avatar
Mary C
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1776
Images: 473
Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:29 pm
Location: Waco, Georgia
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby GerryS » Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:12 pm

:stompspam:
User avatar
GerryS
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1178
Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:19 pm
Location: Central Indiana
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby theicomguy » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:33 pm

We have purchased many "2nds" in Pigion Fordge and Sevierville. If your careful and look around the pile you can get some good deals. I think most of our cast iron has come from both those stores. We try to hit it each time we are in town to see if there are any different styles or items we want. Got a nice WOK last fall for $5.99 and use it weekly now.
theicomguy
Teardrop Builder
 
Posts: 26
Images: 14
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:16 pm
Top

Re: The Lodge Factory outlet store

Postby bobhenry » Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:30 am

Guess I am just a snob but Lodge hasn't built a decent skillet since 1950 in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I have a dozen Lodge skillets but they are flat bottoms, no notches, single notches and 3 notch units all made in the 30's and 40's

My prize possession is a Chicago Hardware chicken fryer love the hammered look !
Growing older but not up !
User avatar
bobhenry
Ten Grand Club
Ten Grand Club
 
Posts: 10355
Images: 2614
Joined: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:49 am
Location: INDIANA, LINDEN
Top


Return to Cast Iron

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests