A good cast iron pan will serve you well for a lifetime—and with care, can be handed down, too. Even so, many good cast iron pieces end up in junk yards or at thrift stores, rusting and ...

Griswold cast iron skillets restored by Mike Sanders, a concert promoter and club owner, at Sanders’s Lawrenceville home on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS) ...

To find, restore and cook with an old and enduring cast iron pan is to cherish it, nearly as much as a favorite knife.

At a cast-iron manufacturer in South Carolina, vintage skillets and other items arrive the worse for wear — and return to their owners with a gleam.

Navigating the secondhand cast iron market can be challenging. But to score a quality vintage piece, knowing what to look out for makes all the difference.

He started buying vintage Griswold cast-iron cookware at flea markets, garage sales and thrift stores, and taught himself to restore it.

We’ve tested numerous methods and products to find what’s best to restore, clean, and season cast-iron cookware.

Then a year later, Smithey opened a cast iron restoration shop to encourage cooking with vintage cast iron again.

A piece of Lincolville'sA treasured piece of Lincolnville’s spiritual and cultural heritage will ring once again. On Friday, ...