Our favorite cookware is fought over by my kids. I have to check their luggage to make sure they don't take it home with them. It weighs a ton, will last many generations and my kids are envious because my husband has seasoned it just right. Lodge cast iron. We have All-Clad that is top of the line and great stuff, but it still can't beat the other. And who can knock something that you can use over an open fire, on a gas stove, for a boat anchor...