We’ve got a pair of padded cotton mitten-type ones, but after a year or two they have sort of thinned, I think would be the best way to describe them. Not visibly worn, but they feel thin, compared to the plump cushioning they had when new. Just old and been through the wash once too often perhaps.
Anyway, after a sudden, large increase in temperature nearly caused me to drop a hot dish on my bare feet the other evening, I am looking at new ones.
I hate the ones that are two mitts joined together like this:
they’re a pain. The current cotton mittens are ok at first but don’t last long. Anyone used silicone gloves?
they look quite good.
We use cotton joined together ones but the leather gauntlets I’ve used in commercial bakeries are great. I don’t like the silicone ones very much but they work ok.
I use a silicon one and like it.
The joined ones my partner has have led to me burning my wrists lots of times
The best cloth ones I have seen are the very expensive gauntlet Le creuset ones with a magnet to stick them to you oven door. But Ikea gauntlet nearly as good and v cheap.
Do NOT buy the cheap cloth ones from TIGER which I found don’t insulate enought and I am awaiting a response from their head office before sending pair to Trading Standards. 🙁
The silicon ones are great, as others mentioned, for when the glove might get wet. The steam coming through a wet ‘material’ oven glove gave me the worst burns I had in 5+ years working in kitchens.
Having said that, oven cloths seem more versatile and can be tossed over your shoulder when you’re rushing around the kitchen. Good if you have metal-handled pans which’re likely to be burning hot as the cloth’s always to hand.
Its never occurred to me to actually try this out – as I just use the tea towel / choas / clatter / occasional loud swearing technique,……. but I should bring a spare pair of welders gauntlets back from the workshop – they only cost £4 and would probably outlast anything you’d buy from a cookshop
I’m sure I saw on sky news this morning that the EU were looking to regulate oven gloves. Something about they were considering washing up gloves too but decided that would be unessacery… Now I was half asleep at the time so can’t be 100% I didn’t dream it as it does sound very odd.
How do you open the stove without touching the handle? They’re also needed for rearranging the logs when loading it.
You can touch the handle, just don’t grip it hard.
If you just use your fingertips and are quick it doesn’t burn you; or mine doesn’t and that’s what I do every day with mine and I’ve never burnt myself or ever heard of anyone needing gloves to open the door.