We’ve tried a variety of oven mitts and holders for our cast iron cookware, but none of them completely worked with the heat generated from cooking with cast iron. The regular oven mitts didn’t protect our hands well enough from the heat while the silicone handle sleeve only worked for a little while before becoming too hot to touch. The only thing that we had that remotely worked was pot holder than had silicone on one side and padded fabric on the other, and it’s a pain to keep clean.
The Triumphant Chef Super Flex Silicone Oven Mitts are food grade silicone on the outside with a nice quilted interior liner. The combination of the two layers results in oven mitts that have heat resistance up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, the mitts are easy to clean (just rinse off after use) and comfortable to wear. The mitts can be worn on either hand and work for a variety of hand sizes. I was impressed that I could easily use them on my small hands, my daughter could use them with her long fingers, and my husband could use them on his extra large hands.
I like that these silicone oven mitts are sold in a set of two because I want two oven mitts for all my cooking and baking. The oven mitts are longer to help protect my wrists when I’m pulling baking sheets out of the oven. They are nice and grippy which means goodies are less likely to accidentally slip out of my hands. Because they are washable and waterproof, you can pick up food and not worry about hot juices soaking through the oven mitts. Of course, the red color (the picture looks a little pink but these are a beautiful dark red) is a nice bonus as I really like red accessories in the kitchen.
I would absolutely purchase another pair of these silicone oven mitts for myself or as a gift.
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