Progressive International Silicone Oven Mitts 2-Pack, Red

 (10 customer reviews)

I received these for Christmas and loved the look. However, when I went to use them to grab a pan from the oven (nothing crazy hot - 350 degrees) the mitts got *HOT* within about 2 seconds (no exaggeration here). I asked several other people in the household to test them out, just to make sure I wasn't being hyper-sensitive, and they each reported the same thing. Those tougher folks out there with already-callused hands may find these useable (they do look nice afterall) but I'm trying to figure out what to do with these to salvage the gift.

These mitts have magnets to keep them close, and this is a nice feature. They can be washed in the dishwasher, another nice feature, but.....You better have a place to put the hot item out of the oven really close! Just removing a dish from the oven and placing it on top of the stove gets hot enough that it gets hard to hold. I removed a pizza and barely got it to the cutting board and pie tin put back onto the top of my stove. The gloves do not protect very well from the heat.

I purchased these mitts because I was pleased with my Silicone hot pad and wanted to try out silicone mitts. My first impression of these mitts was that they are much easier to use than regular oven mitts -- you feel like you have much more control with your hands. These particular mitts have little grip "bumps" all over both sides of each mitt which make handling hot pots and pans even easier. We even use the mitt as a grip to open jars! Works perfectly! Dishwasher safe? Another plus! However, if you're carrying around a pot for a long time (not just holding it steady, actually carrying weight with full mitt-to-hot surface contact for more than one minute) you can start to feel the heat. I would say for most general cases of taking things in and out of the oven and placing them somewhere, they are perfect. Definitely worth a try if you're looking to switch to silicone!