For a second opinion, I turned to Adam Feltman, an associate brand manager for Lodge Cast Iron, who echoed Gritzer’s advice to use soap and water to wash a cast-iron pan.(If you’re in the ...

Welding cast iron can be tricky, though, which is why some companies don’t do it. But Peggy Wright, who works in sales for Architectural Iron in Milford, Pa. (800-442-4766; ...

For centuries, cast-iron was the only nonstick there was. But then the 20th century saw the introduction of commercially manufactured nonstick skillets, which rely on a chemical-based coating.