2026 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa Nominees
04/06/2026
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Product |
Company |
Location |
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23-28XL Scraper |
Mobile Track Solutions |
Elkader |
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3-Foot First Ever Ceremonial Ribbon Cutting Scissors |
Quality Manufacturing & Golden Openings/Cutting Edge Success |
Urbandale |
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3775 Construction Tractor |
Mobile Track Solutions |
Elkader |
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6812CV Beet Harvester |
Art's Way Manufacturing |
Armstrong |
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Agri Drain's Smart Drainage System |
Agri Drain Corporation |
Adair |
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AT35NSL FLOW Bulk Feed Trailer |
KT Pacer |
Cedar Rapids |
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B18 HP Firewood Processor |
Blockbuster Firewood Processors |
Washington |
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Beer Caves (Walk-In Coolers & Freezers) |
Leer Inc. |
Carroll |
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Brick Trowel |
MARSHALLTOWN Company |
Marshalltown |
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Butter Braid® Pastries |
Country Maid, Inc. |
West Bend |
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Cascade Vibratory Cleaning and Deburring System |
Iowa Engineered Processes (IEP) |
Independence |
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Cedar Ridge Straight Bourbon Whiskey |
Cedar Ridge Distillery |
Swisher |
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Cemen Tech CS2 |
Cemen Tech |
Indianola |
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Demco Side Dump |
Demco |
Spencer |
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dScribe Studio, 55" - Digital Lightboard |
Revolution Lightboards |
Dubuque |
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Flexzilla® Garden Hose |
Legacy Manufacturing |
Marion |
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Frosted Frog 60 QT Cooler with Wheels & Telescoping Handle |
Frosted Frog |
Rock Valley |
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Grass Finished Beef |
Whippoorwill Creek Farm |
Lovilia |
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Gushers |
General Mills |
Cedar Rapids |
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Hammerstrike Hole Cutter |
Standard Golf Company |
Cedar Falls |
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Heat Halo |
Heat Halo LLC |
Des Moines |
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Hybrid Power Source (HPS) |
Stellar |
Garner |
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Ironclad Tornado Shelter & Gun Safe |
Ironclad Shelter Solutions, LLC |
Earlham |
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Load Cell |
Scale-Tec |
Anamosa |
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MalWood Hydraulic Clutch Pedal Kit |
MalWood USA |
Ottumwa |
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Marie Callendar's Pot Pie |
Conagra |
Council Bluffs |
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Maytag Blue Cheese |
Maytag Dairy Farms |
Newton |
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Mi-T-M ePowerStation |
Mi-T-M Corporation |
Peosta |
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Pella Steady Set™ |
Pella Corporation |
Pella |
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Potato Peeler |
Vanmark Equipment |
Creston |
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Power Paver SF-3404 |
Power Pavers |
Cedar Falls |
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Pureed Meals |
Mom's Meals |
Grinnell |
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Red, White, & Blue® |
Tassel Ridge Winery |
Leighton |
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RFID Tags |
Metalcraft, Inc. |
Mason City |
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Sand Processing Plant |
Bell |
Cedar Rapids |
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Schwig's Floating Garden Box |
Schwig Outdoors, LLC |
Atlantic |
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SMR - Turkey Barn Robot |
Poultry Patrol Inc |
Coralville |
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Spalding Arena Renegade Basketball Hoop |
Spalding |
Jefferson |
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SPAM® Bachan’s® Original Japanese Barbecue Sauce Flavored |
Hormel Foods Corporation |
Dubuque |
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SSAB Zero™ steel |
SSAB Iowa |
Muscatine |
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Sterzing’s Potato Chips |
Sterzing Food Company |
Burlington |
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Tailgater |
A-1 Mobile Storage Service |
Manchester |
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Temp-Plate® Energy Banks |
Paul Mueller Company |
Osceola |
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The Claw |
Oertel Metal Works |
Davenport |
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The Original Indoor Hard Shell Shot Put |
Hadar Athletic |
Humboldt |
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The Repaint Tray |
Repaint Studios |
Iowa Falls |
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Tome Cologne |
Tome Cologne |
Ankeny |
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Tone Pod Electric Guitar |
Jon Kammerer Customs |
Keokuk |
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Toy Tractor Pulling Sled |
River Bottom Toys |
Alton |
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Tractor-Steering Motor |
Bodine Electric Company |
Peosta |
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Vegetable Peeler |
Rada Cutlery |
Waverly |
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Velocity Turnout Gear |
Veridian Fire Protective Gear |
Des Moines |
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Vintage Corkscrew Wheel Replacements |
Wold Rim & Wheel |
St. Ansgar |
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Weiler D1075 Blasthole Drill |
Weiler |
Knoxville |
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Western Smokehouse Meat Sticks |
Western Smokehouse Partners |
Burlington |
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WH 7582 |
Puck |
Manning |
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Winnebago EKKO 23B |
Winnebago |
Forest City |
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WVSM Pro (Wireless Vital Signs Monitor Pro) |
Athena GTX |
Johnston |
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Yield of Dreams Iowa Corn Lager |
Iowa Brewers Guild |
Iowa City |