Manufacturer profile
About Skutt
Reviewed 2026-07-26
Skutt Ceramic Products, Inc. manufactures electric kilns, firing controllers, and pottery equipment for ceramic and glass work. The catalog's Skutt manuals center on kiln operation and controller programming, including KilnMaster, GlassMaster, and GlassMaster LT systems. These documents combine firing schedules and material practice with temperature sensing, relay control, electrical setup, diagnostics, and service procedures.
History
Skutt's official history says Ralph and Neil Skutt, a father-and-son team, produced an early multi-sided hobby kiln in Olympia, Washington, in 1953 under the name Skutt & Sons. The lightweight sectional design helped make electric ceramic firing more accessible to home and studio users. The company describes itself as a family business and traces its continuing kiln specialization to that original design.
Over subsequent decades, Skutt expanded into ceramic, production, and glass-fusing kilns and moved from manual shutoff devices toward automatic programmable controllers. Its current material discusses the transition from KilnSitter control to automatic systems that manage increasingly precise clay, glaze, and glass firing requirements. Manuals for GlassMaster and KilnMaster equipment therefore document both kiln operation and an instrument-control system built around programmed ramps, holds, thermocouple input, relays, alarms, diagnostics, and firing records. A current Portland contact address is official, but this draft does not label it headquarters without explicit wording.
Equipment specialties
- ceramic and pottery kilns
- glass-fusing kilns
- programmable kiln controllers
- thermocouple-based firing control
- kiln service, calibration, and electrical diagnostics
Sources
- Our Story — Skutt Ceramic Products, Inc. (accessed 2026-07-26)
- Best Customer Service — Skutt Ceramic Products, Inc. (accessed 2026-07-26)
- Skutt Service Training Manual — Skutt Ceramic Products, Inc. (accessed 2026-07-26)