I love cooking, but I hate cleaning up afterwards. Few things derail a weeknight dinner faster than oil popping out of the pan and coating your stovetop, backsplash and counters in greasy splatter.

Cleaning up oily or saucy messes from a stovetop after cooking is not most people’s idea of a good time. Grease from frying bacon, splatters from long-simmered marinara or curry, and finishing marbled ...

cooking in kitchen in pans on stove - Peopleimages/Getty Images If one had to pick a favorite kitchen sound, the satisfying sizzle of raw food hitting hot oil would be right up there. It's the sound ...