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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:
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they're a pain. The current cotton mittens are ok at first but don't last long. Anyone used silicone gloves?
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So what do you* use, and are they any good?
*by 'you' I mean your butler/maid, obviously...
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.
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http://bakerybits.co.uk/professional-leather-oven-gloves.html
*by 'you' I mean your butler/maid, obviously...
You don't have a cook? 😯
I gave up on gloves and use an oven cloth these days.
Aga oven gloves: not cheap but very good.
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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 Silicone ones are great. They are water proof so if you are protected from scalds as well as burns.
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.
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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
This is a new low
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This is a new low
I know. I did think twice before posting, but you lot have a sometimes worrying amount of knowledge on the most obscure subjects 🙂
Cheers makecoldplayhistory, will investigate the cloths, but tempted by the silicone ones too.
I've made my own by cutting up and stitching together old cycling shorts and tyres. works a treat, I've got some photos.
...no I haven't I use a tea-towel. what else are they meant for? they don't absorb water after all.
Welding gloves off ebay - £3.50
Nice lining and lots of colours (also exactly the same as so-called 'wooburning stove gloves')
nah i cant complain i posted about repairing a washing machine once. I think it was a saturday night as well. Hope you get osme good gloves!
Nice lining and lots of colours (also exactly the same as so-called 'wooburning stove gloves')
Why do you need gloves to open your wood burner? Surely if you move you hands quick enough and don't grab the handle you don't need them
How do you open the stove without touching the handle? They're also needed for rearranging the logs when loading it.
only one choice, has to be... Joy Division Oven Gloves!
Beaten to it by Ninkynonk
TTTFU
[url= http://www.coolskin.com/ ]http://www.coolskin.com/[/url]
Pricy but have lasted 5+ years
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.
Anyone remember what Smithy advised ... ?
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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.
Nomex ones (individual gloves) or usually just a folded teal towel.
I've never burnt myself or ever heard of anyone needing gloves to open the door.
Well if you'd like to come round later you can open the door of my Clearview so I can pop a couple more logs in.
[not all stoves are the same]
😯 What Kind of Forks to stick in my eyes?
I only opened this thread to say Joy Division Oven Gloves, but I've been beaten to it so I don't think I'll bother.
What Kind of Forks to stick in my eyes?