There are plenty of foods that thrive in a hot cast-iron skillet, but these four ingredients can do real damage to your favorite pots and pans.

Cooling down a cast-iron pan once it's too hot ... But do you need it to fry chicken or sear a steak or make pancakes? Does it even really help? That might be up for debate, but I'll throw ...

From Caraway’s nonstick (and non-toxic) bundles to a hobbit-sized cast-iron frying pan, these little pans do big things ...

The versatile Lodge 5 Quart Cast Iron Deep Skillet has an ... It can be used to fry small quantities of food or as a traditional pan. It is flexible, which means you can store fewer cooking ...

I landed on this one because if I had to only cook with this single pan for ... braise, fry, and bake in it. It’s solidly made and certainly has some weight to it — all cast iron does, and ...

This is huge for a pan that’s made of a material that isn’t built to last forever like cast iron and stainless steel. I think it hits the perfect sweet spot of being affordable (not the ...

Thankfully, everyone seems to agree on what not to do, at least -- you can't treat your skillet like any other kitchen pan. Whatever you do, resist the urge to soak your dirty cast iron or run it ...