2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa Top 8

May 16th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, May 15, 2025 – The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has revealed the Top 8 finalists in the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest. Over 31,000 votes were cast over the last week, and the top eight products will now compete in another round of head-to-head matchups to determine the top four finalists. One of the products – The Moose Fireplace Grill – is made in Red Oak.

Product	Company	Location
Beyond® Walls	Allsteel	Muscatine
Blue Bunny Mini Swirl Novelties	Wells Enterprises	Le Mars
Butter Braid® Pastry	Country Maid, Inc.	West Bend
CP770 Cotton Picker	John Deere	Ankeny
Kreg® Pocket-Hole Jig K4	Kreg Tool	Ankeny
RE3423M Rugged Sealed Server	Crystal Group	Hiawatha
The Moose Fireplace Grill	The Moose Fireplace Grill, LLC	Red Oak
Viking Pump CHC Chocolate Pump	Viking Pump, Inc. Cedar Falls	Cedar Falls

Voting is now open and will conclude at midnight on Wednesday, May 21.

Manufacturers, consumers, and the public are invited to vote daily in each of the matchups at www.coolestthingia.com. The winner will be crowned at ABI’s Taking Care of Business Conference, June 10– 12 in Council Bluffs.