Cleaning cast iron stove grates is essential for keeping your stove and kitchen clean. Unless you have a cleaning fairy, you’ll probably need to know how to get them looking like new.

Opting for ceramic-enameled cast iron can help on that front, but the pans are still heavy, and you just have to know how to use them properly to avoid damaging your glass-top stove. Read more ...

We wanted to know whether the skillet was easy to maneuver, how well it took to seasoning and if it cooked evenly on the stove, in the oven and wherever else it might go. A lot goes into maintaining a ...

Stoves manufactured since 1988 tend to be safer, more efficient (less firewood!), and cleaner burning (less smoke, fewer chimney sweepings!). Cast-iron stoves are still an option — they hold heat more ...