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 ...

There’s something about cooking an old family recipe in an heirloom cast iron pan that makes it taste just like the delicious meal that Grandma used to make. But if your treasured cast iron pan is ...

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 ...

An empty cast-iron pan on a wooden surface. - Ilia Nesolenyi/Getty Images Treat your cast-iron pan right and it'll last a lifetime. No wonder it's among the best cooking pans you can find out there.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Cast iron can rust when it’s left outside to the elements or if it wasn’t dried thoroughly after cleaning,” says Chris Wing, the ...