In the nearly three years since Smithey began its restoration service, it has refurbished more than 1,000 skillets, Dutch ovens and other cast-iron pieces, antique and modern. At $40 per item ...

Now a regular at the monthly Antiques Faire, Affoumado has become a go-to Bay Area specialist in cookware restoration.

Lodge doesn’t have a formal written guarantee or warranty on its classic cast-iron ware. That said, many of us have Lodge skillets at home that range in age from 15 to 20 years old and have ...