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HomeHome & GardenKitchen & DiningPotholders & Oven MittsHotSpot Silicone Pot Holder, Red |
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24 of 27 found the following review helpful:
Good but stuff still gets HOT!!!! Mar 27, 2004
These potholders are waaaayyy better than regular cloth ones. They are handy as jar openers and as trivets but the one drawback that I have found is that if you have to hold a hot pot straight out of the oven for more than 60 seconds, the heat comes through the silicone and becomes unbearable. While it won't burn you, it is uncomfortable enough to want to drop the pot. While most people probably don't have far to transport the heated food, I live next door to my sister and frequently have dinner together. Getting the food next door entails me to use towels and the potholder together. The first time I used just the potholders, I nearly dropped my Le Creuset pot! Otherwise, they are a good buy and very attractive. What happened to the pink ones????
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Great kitchen helper Jan 29, 2004
These are great! I love being able to wash them in the dishwasher or in the sink . . . my old cloth potholders always had spaghetti sauce, grease, etc. on them. These are always clean. Being rubbery-ized (is that a real word?) they grip pans real well. We didn't find them slippery at all. You can get a death grip on that stubborn jar of pickles that won't open, too. I was leary of their stiffness when I got them (they do feel A LOT different than cloth potholders) but got used to them in only a day or two and then threw all my cloth potholders in the trash!
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Good idea --- but a little awkward Jan 15, 2005
By Bryan P. Blue
Pros: They are very easy to keep clean. Accidentally dip the corner in your dish? It washes right off! No need to launder.
Cons: They take some getting used too. The silicone is a bit stiff, so bending it to get a good grip on something can take a little practice.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
You Have to Buy This Thing Sep 21, 2006
By jerry i h
You have to have some sort of pot holder to carry hot pots and pans from the oven or stove to somewhere else. Having worked in restaurants, I was always trained to have a clean, dry towel tucked into my apron; I was not allowed to do anything with it except carry hot pots and pans around the kitchen.
I started in my home kitchen with a collection of various fabric pot holders. Problem: after a few days they get really dirty and full of germs, so you wash them. Then, you take them out of the dryer and they literally fall apart. So, I just keep an extra dry towel in the kitchen to serve as a pot holder. Yeah, right; it gets used like every other towel lying around, and it is rarely clean and dry when you need it.
I got 2 of these as a present (one red, one blue), and boy do I love these things. They are basically rubber-like, so you can wash every day along with all of the dirty dishes. This way, when you grab something and a corner of the pot holder dips into your food, you are safe since (at least in theory) you have washed the pot holder recently and it is still nice and clean and sanitary. Also, you can hold a blazing hot pan for much longer before the heat gets to your hand; as long as a full minute.
The only thing I do not like about these things is that they are rather stiff. So, when you put one into your hand to grab something hot, you have think for a few seconds about positioning the silicon correctly, unlike a towel that you quickly and without thinking wrap around your hand and grab. But the sanitary nature of this thing trumps that irritation, and I think that everyone should trash their pot holders and get these things.
17 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 I've gotten more burns since using these! Dec 11, 2004
By Little Dorrit
"ldorrit"
Like most avid bakers I can use a lot of potholders and so when I was looking for replacements I saw these and that what a good idea, boy was I wrong!
The biggest problem is grabbing anything with them, they slip and slide and either they punch holes in what I'm baking or they slip and suddenly my flesh is on the hot pan! They are very difficult to use and I wish somebody had addressed this when I was looking at reviews of these things.
I'm not a klutz, but trying to grab hot things with these things will make you feel like one, right after you run for the Burn Free ointment!
Seemingly a great idea, but they have some big drawbacks.
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