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 ...