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Open thread
Thursday, Feb 2, 2023 - Posted by Isabel Miller * Today at 10 the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association will launch their “Makers Madness” contest, a bracket-style tournament in which the public will decide which product earns the 2023 title of The Coolest Thing Made in Illinois. What’s your favorite product made in the Land of Lincoln?…
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- Stuck in Celliniland - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 7:57 am:
For IL food products:
–Kitchen Cooked potato chips (Farmington) (although part of that company has been outsourced to Utz from Pennsylvania)
–Mrs. Mike’s potato chips (Freeport)
–Mel-o-Cream donuts (Springfield)
- Mamacita - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 8:19 am:
Boos butcher blocks (it’s pronounced Bose)
- JoanP - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 8:31 am:
Coolest? Has to be Yoberri ice cream and frozen yogurt.
- Lurker - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 9:11 am:
Butch’s frozen pizza from Morton
- Lurker - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 9:25 am:
And I see all the groundhogs are agreeing on 6 more weeks of winter. Well since it feels like winter hasn’t really started, 6 more weeks is ok with me.
- 13th - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 9:36 am:
Ski
- weary - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 9:53 am:
Beer Nuts….Bloomington and they smell pretty good when they are roasting!
- Dysfunction Junction - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 10:01 am:
The Rivian R1T. Runner up: Giordano’s pizza.
- Amalia - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 10:08 am:
are the Oscars statutes still made here?
- jimbo - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 10:33 am:
I wish there was a ‘Made in Illinois’ list somewhere. I’d truly prefer to buy something made here, but I rarely know what that is.
Case in point- Been buying nails for decades only to discover several years ago that Maze brand nails are made in Peru, IL. Now I make it a point to go to the retailer I know carries them when I need nails.
- Livco - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 10:34 am:
Horween leather. Official leather of NFL footballs and used in a bunch of USA-made products, including Allen Edmonds boots and straps for Shinola watches.
Definitely makes Elston/Armitage/Ashland smell like a tannery if we’re on the state aroma question…
- SIUEalum - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 10:37 am:
I’m stretching the definition of ‘made’ but I vote for the horseradish farms in the Metro-East.
- The Captain - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 10:37 am:
I also started Makers Madness around 10, expecting to be brown liquor drunk by lunch time.
- Stuck in Celliniland - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 11:15 am:
Vose’s Corn Dogs (State Fair only)
- MisterJayEm - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 11:19 am:
“What’s your favorite product made in the Land of Lincoln?”
The fine publications of Haymarket Books.
– MrJM
- Gruntled University Employee - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 11:20 am:
Weber grills, Palatine, IL.
- Been There - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 11:24 am:
I am not a gun fan but I am curious as to which gun manufacturer Todd is going to pick. Many to choose from.
- Rabid - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 11:49 am:
Sislers ice, ice cream, Ohio. Over 114 years old family owned
- cermak_rd - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 12:47 pm:
What’s really interesting is to look at the machines and equipment that IL makes that then are used to make other things (or restore electricity or minimize outages, etc.)
- Loop Lady - Thursday, Feb 2, 23 @ 1:42 pm:
Craft premium so spirits.
We do grow lots of grain here.