Wash the Skillet with Warm Soapy Water and Dry Well: While using soap on cast iron was frowned upon for years, it is, in fact ...

In the nearly three years since Smithey began its restoration service, it has refurbished more than 1,000 skillets, Dutch ovens and other cast-iron pieces, antique and modern. At $40 per item ...

In 2012, Thiesen founded a site called The Pan Handler, which sells her refurbished cast-iron discoveries for upward of $1,000 or more. (Trophy pieces of cookware can go for more than $20,000.) ...

brimming with beautiful local hex signs and rusty old tools. My father told us to look out for cast-iron pans, and it became a game. I was fascinated as he explained that a good skillet would last ...

The Yazoo County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday said 43-year-old Cedric Ross was wanted ... cards and hit her in the head with a cast iron skillet. The sheriff’s office did not share details ...

Harold Henry estimates he has around 2,000 pieces of Lodge cast iron cookware. The 89-year-old farmer from Hamilton, Missouri, may well be Lodge’s biggest fan. Why Lodge? He calls it art.

So it’s no surprise that readers couldn’t stop buying best-selling home, beauty, and kitchen finds like Lodge cast iron skillets ... on a cloud,” one 80-year-old reviewer wrote.

Photo credit: George Papadatos There’s something magical about a perfectly seasoned cast-iron skillet sizzling with promise ... that perfectly captures Chicago’s spirit: a blend of old-school charm ...