A cast-iron skillet is one piece of cookware that everyone should have in their kitchen. No matter what meal you're making, ...

Where do you stand on one of the eternal questions of metalwork: brazing, or welding? As your Hackaday writer, and the daughter of a blacksmith, it’s very much on the welding side here.

It's true that cast iron pans have many good uses but there's an enduring idea about the skillets that is false, and it ...

Anything with sesame is his all-time favorite food this week. Whatever you do, resist the urge to soak your dirty cast iron or run it through the dishwasher. For really stuck-on bits, a simple ...

Smitten Kitchen (aka Deb Perelman) recently did a limited braiser collab with the French cookware legends at Staub, and it’s ...

During the move one of the cast iron chain drive handwheel brackets broke into three pieces. Cast iron is no fun to weld. It has to be pre-heated, welded with nickel rod, and slowly cooled.

Cast iron skillets have developed a positive reputation for having unmatched qualities -- and using the skillets often only ...

The short answer is yes! Preparing meals in cast iron pots, pans, Dutch ovens, and cornbread molds can boost the iron content in what you’re eating. This is a simple strategy to up the iron in ...

Add diced tomatoes, garlic, cayenne, oregano, thyme, and tomato paste, mixing well. Add chicken stock and bring to a full ...

If you’re looking to stock your kitchen from scratch with new cookware, you can’t go wrong with a cast-iron skillet.

Here’s how it works. Treated well, the best cast iron skillets will last a lifetime. And even if they go a little rusty in places, knowing how to clean a cast iron skillet will bring it back ...

braze and weld, versatile Cast iron - used for wood and metal working vices, manhole covers, pans, gates and machine bases, eg pillar drill Dull grey, rusts easily Brittle if thin, can be cast in ...