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What about the silicone OXO if it gets wet? Such as say chicken stock or sauce.Seems like the neoprene would be better suited for gripping when wet and less slippery than silicone.
2 for $18?! I can't find them for anything less than $11-25 EACH
Um, wouldn't you prefer a pair of oven mitts for all that 'oven' work?
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Honestly I getting tired of using a dish towel to move things I'm cooking
I have diminished feeling in my hands so I have a pair of ove gloves. 🙂
Adam recommends some products that are way out of the price range of many normal cooks, not everyone is a big money chef.
Tip…If your new potholders aren’t flexible enough for you, run them through the washer and dryer.
What about the gloves with silicone? I love those.
Wait you know a lot of cooks who won't use potholders… I don't think so. You only need 2nd and 3rd degree burns once to know it is not macho it is stupid. That was a bad intro. Unless those cooks never handle hot things.
As a nerd, I'm curious how they measured the "thickness", since these are soft and squishy materials. If you just measure the thickness on minimal contact, that's not applicable to when you're actually holding something. But if you measure the thickness when pressure is applied, it becomes a question of how much pressure to apply.
It's a super nerdy question, but Adam gave a thickness figure with a precision of one tenth of a millimeter*, so I have to assume it's a fair question.
Side note: while not everyone is into pockets, they are very nice to have if there's a risk of touching something hot with the back of your hand. This could be accidentally touching a sidewall of your oven while pulling a wide pan out of the oven (of course, if the load isn't too heavy you should always slide the rack out a bit first), or putting a boule into or pulling it out of a pre-heated Dutch oven. Breadmaking oven temps are often rocket-hot.
*If he had said "4.5 millimeters," I would have said the precision was on the order of half a millimeter, as "point five" is rarely indicative of a 0.1 precision. But he said "4.4 millimeters", so our precision here might be 0.1 millimeters, but is at most 0.2 millimeters. Which is still a teeny, tiny amount of thickness.
Can you guys please do a "best counter dish rack" for the home? PLEASE!!!
If pot holders are no necessary, then why aren't they used in restaurant kitchens?…I know the answer…expensive, not efficient and dangerous…side towels all the way
Why would I want this instead of oven mitts?
I hate the thin potholders they make these days. They suck. I just don't know how we managed with those thick square potholders we used to have in the old days. Never had any issues getting stuff out of the oven or off the stove or messed up cakes using them. That sounds like operator error to me.
Love the oxo but mine had the fabric sewn onto the silicone come loose in a corner after a few months
Chefs don’t use these. They use tea towels.
I use a folded kitchen towel. Works perfectly fine.
Why no gloves in the mix? I love my ove gloves
I have a pair of Nomex gloves that were off-white when I got them. Now the ends of the fingers are burnt and black, as are the thumbs, but they still protect my hands from heat extremely well. As for washing them… if I happen to spill something on them, I wash them in soapy dishwater in the sink. Other than that, after 10 years or so, while they may look terrible, they are still going strong. I also have a brand-new pair of mitts with silicon texture on them that are hanging from my range hood that look beautiful but have never been used. I find the gloves give me a much better grip than anything else does.
I've melted the neoprene ones and scorched many of the others. I've tried silicone and it just is clumsy. I have the wells lamont leather one and use them most, but they are not great when I have to hold the cast iron for any length of time and really hurt if they are wet.
I just use Mama Mias moppines.
Love heat resistant gloves
One thing I have noticed is that the average pot holder is not big enough. I’ve made mine 9 inch square about the right size for me. They have insulated batting and four layers of cotton.
I notice oxy good grips are very often winners in your tests. Do you receive funding or other promotions from this company?
Meh, we use welding gloves. My husband has large hands and I am short. Welding gloves are big enough for him but long enough to protect my forearms when reaching.
The findings explain why I still love the old fashioned magic fold crocheted potholders; it really is all about the density and flexibility.
That's so funny that you're doing a segment on the pot holders because lo and behold I am so tired of burning and I'm not feeding right and not being able to grasp really well so this is good let me see show me what you got so I know what I need to go out and buy.
these "good grip" guys seem to make good kitchen ware
ive seen them multiple times on amazon labeled with "best seller" and "amazon choice" 🤔
When I was a small girl my mother would buy me potholder kits and have me make them. Then she would drive me to different neighborhoods and drop me off to sell them door to door. One for 15 cents two for 25 cents. Elderly women would always buy them. I was only 5 years old! Can you imagine a five year old going door to door in todays world! I really don't care for potholders today and use towels instead!
Do we really need “advise” on our pot holders 😝 just use whatever you’re comfortable with and it doesn’t burn your table and your good to go 😉😉😉😉😉
Wow, they are all too expensive for me! I got my pot holders from Rite Aid's dollar bin for $1 each. Not the latest or greatest, but they work okay for me.
I love my Oxo Good Grips. They work great! I was at my Moms tonight and used her pot holders and they were terrible. I will be getting her some of her own Good Grips.
All of those are way too small!!! Oven mitts are the way to go.
They should just call it the oxo recommendations
What does it matter if it stains? Would rather my potholder stain than my hand suffer a burn. That said, I much prefer oven mitts for most uses (and the oxo potholder is practically halfway there already)
We going to watch them eat for 30 minutes?
Pot holders? Kitchen towel. Boom. I just saved you $ and drawer space. Go to a professional kitchen. You will not find pot holders.
Why buy potholders? I've never seen a professional kitchen use them. Just a lot of kitchen/tea towels. Kitchens don't need a lot of unitaskers outside of a fire extinguisher.
What about the good ol’ fashioned kitchen towel? You’re typically not going that far with your cookware 🙂
I have one with silicone on the under side. I use them all the time. It helps with grip and heat. I wont use anything else except an ove glove on occasion
The Dollar Tree pot holders work well.
What a worthless video and a total waste of time
I don’t know guys… I buy cheap pot holders for $4 a pair at Dollarama… they are flexible enough to get a great grip on even heavy pans, even when you need to double them up to get the heat protection you still done loose your grip… and they both are easy to toss in the wash between uses and cheap enough to have multiples… and when they get too stained or wear out you can just get another $4 pair!
Why do you usually use kitchen towels to remove pans from the oven?