You are here: Home / Archives for baking gloves

By Leave a Comment

Kitchen Gloves for Baking

Baking Gloves
Baking Gloves Photo by BBQ Pals

Baking at home can bring a lot of enjoyment and fun. Not only do you achieve a sense of accomplishment, but you are in full control of the ingredients. This is so important today as we become more and more aware of the health issues associated with unnatural and processed ingredients and chemical additives.

Because of the wealth of information now available to us, we are also more safety conscious. This is where the necessity of ensuring you have the right equipment in the kitchen comes to light. In order to prevent burns, baking and cooking gloves have drastically improved in quality, and BBQ Pals use an FDA food grade silicone that is able to withstand temperatures up to 425 F.

Being that we use extreme heat to bake and cook, it is vital to be attentive to the potential risks associated within the kitchen. Burns are all too common when moving too fast, or making hasty decisions. When you think about the heat generated by ovens and stove tops, it’s sobering to realize that we often take safety for granted, but the kitchen is the most dangerous room in the house.

Kitchen Gloves Prevent Burns in the Kitchen

The two most essential times to be paying attention are when placing foods into the oven, and especially when taking them out. Using your silicone baking gloves at these times rather than a dishtowel or cloth oven mitts is especially recommended.

One of the best safety tips to avoid hazards when handling hot pots and pans is by using silicone grill gloves. Because of the heat resistant qualities of silicone rubber gloves, it provides you with a high level of protection against scolding hot temperatures that would otherwise cause harm to your hands.

The extra raised surface provided by BBQ Pals grill gloves offers that non-slip grip you need to control the placement of the cooked food safely to a flat surface prior to preparing the hot food for serving out for your meal.

Enjoying the baking experience should be coupled with safety minded measures set in place. These precautions will limit the potential for burns and make your kitchen a safe environment. BBQ Pals endeavor to provide kitchen gloves that are an essential part of your kitchen accessories.

By Leave a Comment

History of Oven Mitts and Silicone Oven Gloves

History of Oven Mitts
History of Oven Mitts Photo by BBQ Pals

Have you ever wondered where oven gloves originated from, and it’s likely that you haven’t, so we did some research to get to the bottom of the story. Apparently, a Texan by the name of Earl Mitt came up with the idea in the early 1870s. It’s said that he suffered a terrible burn when he was baking one of his favorite cakes. Sadly, the burn was so bad that it left permanent damage to his left hand.

In an effort to prevent getting burned again, he invented the very first oven mitt. History tells us that he used a basic design and made it with a combination of shoe leather and wool. After experimenting with different materials and designs, he finally came up with the oven mitt style of cooking glove.

Thanks to Mr. Mitt, we have all benefited from his mishap and consequent invention of the oven glove. They say that desperation is the mother of invention, and cooks the world over have saved their fingers and hands from burns ever since.

The Transition Between Mr. Mitt’s Oven Mitts and Silicone Oven Gloves

Although Mr. Mitt’s design has continued to this very day, improvements in materials have also taken hold. The discovery of silicone and its heat resistant properties have revolutionized the original design and is a definite upgrade from the traditional cotton insulated gloves the Texan invented.

Silicone oven gloves are now a popular item in kitchens across the globe, and BBQ Pals contribute to the safekeeping of chefs, cooks, BBQ enthusiasts, camp fire cooks, bakers and anyone who needs protection from cookware of all shapes and sizes.

We can’t help but think that pot holders may very well have existed long before Mr. Mitt put his ideas to work. People have been cooking for centuries and versions of heat protection from folded materials to animal skins must have been used since people first started cooking in pots and pans.

Heat resistant grill gloves have come a long way since then, and we here at BBQ Pals are passionate about our product. Helping fellow cooks with the right equipment to be able to prepare and bake and serve delicious foods is something we pride ourselves in.