Silicone Gloves Better Than Ove Glove
Oven mitts fall under the category of unsexy kitchen products but are absolutely essential. Sure, they don't have the wow factor of a sleek stand mixer, but oven mitts perform an arguably more important function: protecting your hands from painful burns when handling hot Dutch ovens or roasting pans.
After several rounds of testing over the past few years, we found Food52 Five Two Oven Mitts (available at Food52) are the best you can buy, beating out the top-scoring OXO Good Grips Set (available at Amazon), because the Five Two includes two protective oven mitts in a set.
Big Red House Oven Mitts (available on Amazon) are our top choice for people who prefer cloth mitts.
Whether you're an occasional baker or experienced chef, your oven mitts are the sole protective layer between your fingertips and a brutally hot pan—so we wanted to find out which ones could actually handle the high heat.
These are the best oven mitts we tested ranked, in order:
- OXO Good Grips Silicone Oven Mitt with Potholder
- Food52 Five Two Silicone
- Homwe Silicone
- Big Red House
- Grill Armor Gloves
- Cuisinart Oven Mitts with Non-Slip Silicone Grip
- The 'Ove Glove' Hot Surface Handler
- Ooni Heat-Resistant Gloves
- San Jamar Cool Touch Flame Mitts
- Mastrad Orka Kitchen Silicone Mitt
- Williams Sonoma Oven Mitt
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We love the aesthetics of the Food52 silicone oven mitts.
Credit: Reviewed / Betsey Goldwasser
The Big Red House outperformed other oven mitts in both round of testings.
How We Tested Oven Mitts
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We held hot pans and grabbed kitchen utensils to find which oven mitts are the best.
The Tester
Hi, I'm Valerie, a cooking and baking enthusiast at Reviewed. As I spend a ton of time testing ovens and other kitchen appliances, I'm always looking for a sturdy, well-made pair of oven mitts to help make my life easier.
And our former Home and Outdoors editor Kori contributed to the first round of testing. She's done a great deal of cooking both professional and personally.
A good oven mitt is a crucial tool in the kitchen, protecting your hands from burns in a way that kitchen towels and pot holders often can't. From bear paw shaped novelty oven mitts, to the oven gloves commonly used in the Reviewed test labs, to the more traditional gloves that most people have, we've tried all kinds. Some worked OK, like Reviewed's heat-safe oven gloves. Others, like the bear paw mitts, were thrown out in a fit of anger after hot bakeware singed our tester's hands through the fabric. Until we began testing for this review, we'd never actually tried an oven mitt that felt as protective as it should. And now that we've seen what's out there, we refuse to use subpar oven mitts in our own kitchens again.
The Tests
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We took heat transference into consideration.
Testing oven mitts is a tricky business, so each test I performed was carefully designed to provide important information without requiring me to burn my fingers in the name of data. In order to check how effectively each mitt protected my hands from heat, I placed a sheet pan in a 450°F oven for half an hour. I then used each mitt to hold the pan, measuring the length of time I was able to do so before it got uncomfortably hot. Four minutes was the maximum length of the test, but only one mitt (the Big Red House) made it that far. To further test heat protection, along with dexterity, I also ran the oven at 350°F for one hour, then used each mitt to move an oven rack to a new position.
Moving racks isn't the only kind of kitchen task you might need to take on with a mitt on your hand, so I also wanted to try a few more precise operations: I used each mitt to pick up and use both a large wooden mixing spoon and a normal metal dinner spoon. It wasn't a deal breaker if I struggled a bit with dexterity, but I took issue if I struggled a lot.
I checked each mitt to ensure that it was machine washable, easy to store, and easy to put on or remove. Finally, I noted whether the mitts were comfortable to wear.
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We also performed small tasks with the mitts on.
What You Should Know About Oven Mitts
Most oven mitts are made of either fabric (usually cotton) or silicone. Some are made of a combination of the two, like a cotton-lined silicone mitt or a cotton mitt reinforced with silicone. Cotton is generally softer to wear and easier to wash in a machine, but silicone can be more durable and provide a better grip and easier spot clean situation. I tested one mitt made of a different material entirely—the kevlar San Jamar mitt—but a kevlar mitt is an outlier.
Oven mitts come in three major styles. The most common (and most traditional) is shaped like an oversized mitten, which is an easy one-size-fits-all style that allows your hand to fall naturally open but has the downside of limiting your hand movement. An option that allows for better dexterity is the mitt that is shaped like a glove, though a glove shape is tougher when it comes to fitting all hand sizes comfortably, not to mention it just plain looks unattractive. You're also unlikely to find a silicone glove, which is only a negative if you specifically want silicone. Some oven mitts choose to separate your thumb from the rest of your fingers but are shaped more like a hand puppet than a mitten. This provides a natural grabbing shape, but it situates your thumb directly below the rest of your fingers, which can feel uncomfortable.
There's really no hard and fast rule about which material and style make better oven mitts. Some of the silicone mitts did a great job at heat protection, while the worst mitt at the job was cotton. However, the winning mitt was also cotton—layered cotton, that is, with silicone striping for grip. Ultimately it comes down to what style you find the most comfortable and which specific mitts happen to do a better job at protection, regardless of the type of fabric—and that information is luckily readily available because I tested all these mitts myself.
Other Oven Mitts We Tested
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Meet the testers
Kori Perten
Former Editor, Home & Outdoors
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Kori began her journalism career as a teenage fashion blogger and has enjoyed covering a wide variety of topics ever since. In her spare time, she's an amateur poet, avid reader, and gluten-free cake baker extraordinaire.
Valerie Li Stack
Senior Staff Writer
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Valerie Li Stack is a senior staff writer for Kitchen & Cooking. She is an experienced home cook with a passion for experimenting with the cuisines of countries she's visited. Driven by an interest in food science, Valerie approaches the culinary scene with a firm grasp of cooking processes and extensive knowledge of ingredients. She believes food speaks to all people regardless of language and cultural background.
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