Griswold & Cast Iron Cookware Association

04/09/2025

The 33rd Annual GCICA Convention is Almost Here!
We can’t wait to welcome you all to St. Charles, MO for a weekend full of cast iron, connections, and community! Here’s a quick look at the convention schedule so you can plan ahead:

THURSDAY, APRIL 10
• Breakfast: 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM (Atrium)
• Board Meeting: 10:00 AM (Calhoun Room, 2nd Floor)
• Registration: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM (3rd Floor near elevator)
• Dinner (Pasta, Pizza & Salad): 6:00 PM (Calhoun & Rocheport)
• Birthday Celebration: 8:00 PM

FRIDAY, APRIL 11
• Breakfast: 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM
• Registration: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Welcome Session w/ Scott McCarter: 9:00 AM (Windsor Room)
• Show & Tell: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
• Lunch: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
• Table Topics: 1:00 PM
• Bundt Pan Presentation (John Briggs): 2:30 PM
• Skillet Pour Demo (Gary Baran): 3:30 PM
• Boxed Dinner: 5:00 PM (Atrium)
• Auction Preview: 5:00 PM
• Auction: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
• Hospitality Room: 9:30 PM – 11:45 PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 12
• Breakfast: 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
• Swap Meet: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
• Business Meeting: 1:30 PM
• Skillet Toss: 2:30 PM (Location TBD)
• Banquet Dinner: 5:00 PM
• Hospitality Room: 9:30 PM – 11:45 PM

PRE-CONVENTION SOCIAL TIME – WEDNESDAY NIGHT!
We highly encourage everyone to come early for pre-convention fun! Visit members’ open rooms to check out their displays, chat, trade, and connect. It’s a great way to kick off the event!

Open room numbers will be shared via email, and posted at the hotel.

Let us know if you have any questions — we can’t wait to see you all in St. Charles!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from the GCICA Board!

Wishing you a joyful and prosperous 2025 filled with great memories, exciting discoveries, and delicious meals in your favorite cast iron. Thank you for being an essential part of our community!

— The GCICA Board

11/28/2024

**Happy Thanksgiving from the GCICA Board! 🦃**

This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for our amazing members and the passion you bring to preserving and celebrating the history of cast iron cookware. Thank you for being part of our community and helping us keep the tradition alive.

We wish you and your families a joyful and delicious Thanksgiving filled with love, laughter, and of course, perfectly seasoned cast iron dishes!

Share your favorite Thanksgiving cast iron recipes or photos below—we’d love to see how you’re using your favorite cookware this holiday! 🥘🍂

Happy Thanksgiving!
– The GCICA Board

09/14/2024

04/27/2023

Thursdays need more cast iron..

05/02/2022

Our goal is to be a thriving community of collectible cookware enthusiasts. Providing the resources, networking events and relationships required to be successful with collectible cookware.

Expect content involving acquiring, selling, trading, preserving, using, valuing, collecting, cleaning, finding, identifying, and understanding cookware.

Cookware is a real asset valued by people around the world. People have desired the ownership of cookware for centuries. The attraction may be its necessity in life, or its characteristics such as age, rarity, unique function, appearance, difficulty to make or some other unique trait. Whatever it may be that creates the desire to own cookware, this community values.