"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cast-iron pans are a home chef's best friend—and for good reason. The hard-wearing, versatile pans can be ...

The boxes arrive with Griswolds, Wagners, Lodges and other vintage queens of cast-iron cooking, now worse for wear. Some are rusted over, or too encrusted for anyone to make out their branding. Some ...

The pan sitting at the back of a thrift store shelf, orange with rust and crusted with decades of carbonized grease, looks like a lost cause. It isn't. Cast iron is essentially indestructible as long ...

It's not hard to restore your cast iron cookware. All you need is some baking soda, steel wool, and a bit of elbow grease. Using steel wool, thoroughly scrub the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ashley L. Jones received her first cast-iron Dutch oven from her mother-in-law more than a decade ago, she felt connected to ...

Those new to the art of cast iron cooking can easily be overwhelmed by its maintenance requirements. Is using soap OK? How often does it have to be seasoned? Are you really supposed to clean it with ...

Tony Traffanstedt of Piedmont watches a “boiling pot” each day; but he is not stirring a stew or making moonshine. He is restoring cast iron and bringing it to a black, smooth, and lustrous finish. He ...

Natural cleaning isn’t always foolproof. I made a simple mistake that almost wrecked my cast iron pan, until an expert shared ...

When Ashley L. Jones received her first cast-iron Dutch oven from her mother-in-law more than a decade ago, she felt connected to a proud tradition of down-home cooking. It was the first major step in ...