All you need is a little elbow grease to make it good as new.

New to cast iron? Learn how to season, clean and restore your cookware with simple steps from a cooking editor who fixed her ...

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 ...

Cast iron pans are essential for professional chefs and avid home cooks. If you know how to season the pan and avoid certain foods -- specifically hyper-acidic ones -- then the cooking vessel's unique ...

Cast iron is a naturally porous material that can become rusty when not maintained regularly. The rust isn't inherently harmful, but it does compromise the cookware's performance. To remove rust, ...

If your cast-iron pan has rust spots and has seen better days, don’t get rid of it. It may look beyond repair, but there are a few easy ways to remove the rust and re-season the pan so you can put it ...

Q: I have a cast-iron skillet that I have been using for a few years. It has brown, rust-colored stains that don’t come off, no matter what I do. I’ve tried kosher salt and a small chain, soap, a ...

As an outdoor cooking lifestyle evangelist, Paul Sidoriak embraces all cooking and keeps up with the equipment and recipes that unite people, whether in the kitchen or on the patio. Rusty pans are ...

A few weeks back, I was excited to find that someone had cast off a Lodge cast iron grill/griddle combo on the curb in my neighborhood. To them, it was trash, or maybe just scrap metal. But to me, it ...