When it comes to safety in the kitchen, there is no compromising for you and your family. In order to point out the differences between traditional cloth oven mitts and silicone grill gloves, a group of cooks convened to discuss the pros and cons of both products, and this is what was revealed:

First of all, let’s look at the traditional cloth oven mitts.

Pros and Cons of Cloth Oven Gloves

These are designed to limit heat transfer from the hot pot to your hand. As long as you have a firm grip and do not delay for too long, the old oven mitt does the job. However, most cooks concur that there are times when the baking tray is too hot for this type of oven glove and they prove ineffective in some situations.

Although old fashioned, in some ways there are a lot more design options available in cloth mitts. Being that there’re no limitations on what sort of patterns that can be used, it offers an array of fashionable looking gloves for the kitchen. However, due to the fact that they are usually made of cotton, they tend to stain easily when spills occur. Furthermore, when subjected to naked flames such as gas burners or barbeques, they tend to burn.

Traditional oven mitts can easily be stored in a kitchen drawer, or hung on a hook behind a pantry door – which is convenient. However, when it comes to hygiene, being made of porous material (cotton), food stains and food particles do not meet what would be considered normal health standards. Cleaning them is very difficult as it often breaks down the integrity of the material. Harboring harmful bacteria in the oven glove fibers and surface has been known to cause food related contamination and sickness.

Pros and Cons of Silicone Oven Gloves

The FDA approved food grade silicone is heat resistant up to 425 F. The thickness yet malleable silicone allows for chefs and cooks to handle hot pots and pans with no concerns of the heat transferring to their skin.

The raised surface of the silicone grill glove permits the user to firmly grip utensils without slippage or concerns with burns. Contact with flames is also unnoticed and users are able to submerge their hand into boiling water to retrieve boiled eggs without the danger of scalding.

The easy clean surface of the silicone based oven glove is dishwasher safe, or can be hand washed with warm soapy water.

The non-slip ability of the silicone material allows for safe and controlled transfer of hot foods from the oven to the counter. The grill gloves can also be used as hot pads to prevent heat damage of countertops.

The five finger silicone kitchen glove gives the cook the freedom of movement and added dexterity to manage hot foods and scolding pans and food trays without burning hands.

The advantages of the silicone grill gloves far surpasses the ability of traditional cloth oven mitts. Keeping the family safe from burns, BBQ Pals kitchen gloves are exclusively available on Amazon.com.