Who has silicone oven mitts/pot holders?

[NMDemDist2]

with the new Calaphon I think I need silicone

My Puck set's handles didn't heat up like the Calaphon stuff does and I'm thinking I need silicone

Brands? mitt or pot holders?

Whatcha think, my foodie pals?

:hi:

[pipoman]

1. Funny you should ask

my sister gave me my Christmas present today, 2 9" round cake pans, a bread pan, a muffin pan, a bundt pan, a cookie sheet liner, all silicone I am ready to try them out! I have a set of pot holders my mother gave me last year, they work great.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Consider silicone pot holders to be generic

If you want a mitt, try it on. Some are so stiff as to make grasping a pot handle difficult and even dangerous. Our pot holders look just like this, but in four different colors.

[Lugnut]

3. I have a couple of those kind

They're very good and make great trivets too.

[displacedtexan]

9. I use them more as trivets than as potholders.

They're fantastic for use on granite counter tops,
and they clean up so easily.

[sazemisery]

4. Good for lid removal also. n/t

[Warpy]

16. Also for peeling garlic

Just roll it into a cigar around the garlic clove, then roll back and forth a couple of times under your palm. Voila, a naked clove of garlic with the skin stuck to the silicone.

[NMDemDist2]

12. trying it in on a problem

remember, no shopping here in BumFrick NM

[sazemisery]

5. They have silicone sleves for your pot handles.

Like this:

[NMDemDist2]

6. now that's a slick idea! n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

7. If those sleeves don't perfectly fit your pan, they could allow the pan to slip .......

..... the handle to rotate within the sleeve, and spill.

I know. It happened to me. No injury as the spill was small and missed me completely ........ but it could have been seriously dangerous.

[sazemisery]

8. I agree, Stinky, you would have to be careful with these. n/t

[tigereye]

21. so the question is: why would they make something like that that was unsafe?

as well as not really doing what it is supposed to?

it's odd, isn't it. :shrug:

My husband is a design fanatic and he rails about this stuff all the time. Seems that a lot of times things are designed with no thought to actual functionality.

[TankLV]

20. they just like...oh nevermind...!

[tomfodw]

10. Try this

I use a silicon oven mitt called the Orka (got it in Bed Bath and Beyond). Works extremely well - it's supposed to be safe up to 600 degrees. It's a little hard to do certain things with it, but it certainly protects against heat.

[supernova]

11. I have a pair

But they are kinda stiff.

I use them only on big items that don't require a grabbing gesture, just a holding one, like a casserole dish. I would not use them to grab a pot handle for instance.

They do keep my hands cool though. The heat does not pass through.

[spinbaby]

13. I hate them

Too stiff, too rubbery. Went back to my classic cloth potholders.

On edit:

If you want mine, I'll mail them to you.

[Richard Steele]

14. I tried one of the mitts, and didn't like it at all.

Too stiff & too slippery- It did not inspire confidence
when moving heavy pans, to put it mildly.

My #1 "oven mitt" is still my long insulated welding glove.

[knitter4democracy]

24. Same here.

I have a potholder I use as a trivet (doesn't bend as easily as I'd like), and the mitts are practically useless. My best are still the really long fireproof ones I got for Hubby for grilling and then stole for the kitchen.

[Warpy]

15. My potholders are crocheted out of string

When they catch on fire, I crochet new ones. I don't enjoy crocheting, so it's the only time I do it.

I've never had cookware with rubber handles, so it's always been second nature to me to grab a pot holder or towel when I need to grab a pot handle. I know the sucker's going to be hot.

I've looked at the silicone mitts but I don't particularly like the way they feel on my hands. I'll stick to the homemade jobs.

[NMDemDist2]

17. dang! now there's an idea! I have yarn and very very little crocheting skills

potholders are about my speed :bounce:

my Grammy made some years ago that I still use in spite of being nasty and stained

she took two face cloths, folded them in half (into a triangle) then crocheted them together

they work great!

I may need to try and recreate them in a more attractive color

[Warpy]

18. Wally's (yeah, I know) sells the string I use in a number

of decent colors. My current potholders are Kelly green with only a few burn marks here and there.

I single crochet two squares roughly six inches on a side. Then I put them perpendicular to each other and crochet the edges together, making a single crochet loop at one end when I'm done.

After a few launderings, they shrink to about 5x5 but get even thicker. I never get burned when I use these suckers.

[TankLV]

19. Me - my sister gave us ones that look like doggie puppets...

now we have two almost elbow length and two shorties...

They're great for foolin with the fireplace, too...

[supernova]

22. I like my silicone triviet and pot holder the best

The trivet is good for resting pots on, obviously, but it's also a good gripper for say jars that are too hard to open with bare hands. That kind of thing.

I also have a kind of pincher thing that looks like an open mitten without the thumb, two pockets on each side of a wide strip of silicone, your thumb goes in one pocket, the rest of your fingers in the other, effectively covering your fingers and the inside of your hand. It is small and much less bulky than the full mittens. This is great for grabbing pot handles and trays from the oven, any small item works great. And my hands don't feel hampered by too much silicone between me and the thing I'm holding.

edit: Here are some from a Japanese web site.


http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/carro/cabinet/dulton/img48380270.jpg

[NMDemDist2]

23. thanks nova, I actually got to try one of those at the local grocery

didn't think it was an $10 improvement over what I'm using now so I passed.

Seems the handles on the new cookware don't get as hot as I thought with some use. Only when I have a pot on the "mega burner"

:hi:

[midnight armadillo]

25. Neoprene rubber is best

William-SOnoma has neoprene rubber ones ($16 ea) that are excellent. You get a good grasp of the dish, plenty of tactile feedback, they're spill resistant (not waterproof, there's a seam), and they insulate superbly. They're also flexible, like heavy cloth ones.

I have another pair of neoprene mitts with a single-piece glove that's completely waterproof, useful for snagging potatoes out of boiling water.