Cast iron cookware is made to last for generations. But despite best intentions, sometimes life happens. We’ve heard the stories about your best friend putting your prized skillet through the dishwasher, or leaving your favorite piece by the campfire in the rain. Or maybe you have a special piece of cast iron passed down from your great grandma that has seen better days. We are here to help restore your beloved cookware to its former glory. We love cast iron and we love restoring cast iron.
When you send your cookware back to us, it will be under the expert care of our cast iron restoration team. We will lovingly care for your cast iron or carbon steel cookware, taking it through our specialized restoration process. Whether it’s a Smithey, an old Griswold or Wagner, we would be honored to bring your pan back to life and send it back to you for another lifetime of memories.
Restoration Service Terms and Conditions
Smithey Ironware Company LLC (Smithey) offers premium services to restore and enhance your cast iron and carbon steel cookware. Please read the following terms governing the purchase of a restoration from Smithey.
1. You will receive a return slip via email for your restoration order within two business days of order being placed via email. Service orders not shipped to Smithey within 60 days will be cancelled and charges will be refunded to your original payment method.
2. Upon receipt of your cookware at Smithey, it will be inspected prior to any services rendered. The following list includes (but is not limited to) issues that prevent us from rendering the agreed upon service to your cookware: enameled cookware, cookware containing cracks and or structural damage, engraving a non-Smithey piece of
cookware, cookware does not fit the dimensions you provided.
3. Please carefully package your cookware prior to transit. Smithey is not responsible for items damaged or lost in transit.
We are only able to restore seasoned cast iron or carbon steel cookware. We are unable to restore enameled cookware, copper cookware, stainless steel cookware, aluminum cookware, cookware with rubber/plastic or wooden handles or components.
I sent my old crusted Griswold black iron skillet to Smithey to be restored. It was a gift from an old friend. I was shocked to get it back looking brand new. I have used it to make cabbage and noodles, and to make my sourdough English muffins. It worked beautifully.
Don’t get rid of your old cast iron, send it to Smithey’s , they are the best.
For my birthday, I received the 12 skillet and lid combo with engraving. Inadvertently the lid got water on it and the rust. It was brand new and never used. I called Smithey the next business day and they couldn’t have been more helpful. They fixed the rust spot and it is as good as new!
Highly recommend Smithey for high quality and amazing customer service.
There’s no telling how many chickens that my Mother fried in her #10 Griswold skillet, but I’m glad it came to me from her estate. The burned-on crust was too much for me, but you folks restored it to like-new! Thanks!!
I had high hopes when I sent my mother-in-law's skillet to you for restoration. It was in pretty bad shape but I was told that it would return in almost brand new condition. What I got back was not quite what I expected. It appears very little work had been done to it but it was somehow treated with a coating but the interior and exterior remained quite rough. I am using it and it it works adequately. However it is not very pretty. I hope for better, but maybe that's the best they could do.
I had (as far as I could tell) a mid -1910's Wagner 7 pan that I stole from my Father when I left home 37 years ago. I assume he stole it from his mother when he left home 30 years before that! It was usable but in rough shape. Lots of build up and had suffered from years of abuse . The Smithey Team made it like new, it is such a beautiful piece now. I have always loved this pan but even more so now. I think I'll be handing it down to one of my kids (hopefully in another 30 years).
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