3 Best Splatter Screens and Guards, Tested by Our Experts

To minimize those messes, there are splatter screens. These products act as a physical barrier between your food and the stovetop. Because they have small holes, they’re perfect for cooking foods that require allowing steam to escape from pans during cooking. And most of the models we tested had folding handles that save space in kitchen cabinets for storage.

After frying bacon and searing chicken breasts with six different splatter guards, we found several models that helped keep stovetops clean, and one that also allowed for access to food in the process.