Insulate Gloves for Removing and Cutting Hot Meat. Any other Techniques?

NoJokeSmoke

I am sure this is nothing new for most of you that have been doing this along time, but thought I would share for those who may not have seen this.

I bought a six pack of cotton "String Knit Gloves" at Harbor freight for $3.99 and simply put my vinyl gloves over them. This is great for removing hot items from the grill or holding hot food while slicing.




At the Athens and Austin Texas Eggfests last year, we served smoked then pan seared duck breast. I sliced these at the table before serving. Holding the breasts with a fork or tongs was slow and cumbersome and the meat was a little too hot to handle with my vinyl gloved hand, but I did it any way... :(

At the Texas Eggfest during a demonstration, MeatChurch showed this little trick with the cotton glove under the vinyl. What a life changer! Now I don't even use tongs when removing most things from the grill.

CurtisMaximus

Very cool, thanks for the lead

hondabbq

One of my reps came to me last week and tossed me a package and said " don't say I don't do anything for you". "What is this" I asked. He says "fryer gloves" I looked at the name on them and googled it. They were food safe gloves that are heat resistant to 500F. Perfect for handling a plate setter or grates and especially for pulling pork.

mitch2264

I bought a pair of the "Gator Gloves" off Amazon before the holidays and really like them.  I actually bought the other grillers in the family a pair as a Christmas present.  Where they shined was when I was pulling a fried turkey out of the fryer!  I like your idea with the cotton and latex--cheaper and maybe more dexterity.

Thanks for posting!

JohnH12

These work great and you only need one pair of gloves.

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/outdoor-gourmet-insulated-gloves/pid-421351?color=Black&N=395477681&Ntt=bbq+gloves&Ntk=All

SmokeyPitt

Cool trick!  My buddy went to the Myron Mixon bbq school and they did something similar.  I really like using gloves like this. 

I have had a couple of pairs of insulated food gloves like these.  These are great for pulling pork or removing hot food items from the egg.  They are bit hard to clean- if you accidentally get water on the inside they never seem to dry.  Also I accidentally grabbed a hot pan and they melted.  I would still recommend- but they don't last forever.  FWIW I found some at home depot that were only like $5, but I don't know for sure if they were technically food safe. 

I recently got some like these.  These are not at pliable so I don't like them as much for pulling pork or things that require finer motor skills .  However it is really nice that you can handle hot pans and food, and they are easy to clean.  You can put them in the dishwasher.  

SkinnyV

I use a pair of thick gardening gloves and I just gold em over. Cost $2 or so.

Skiddymarker

Great idea. Never thought about using a double glove to handle the heat. I often do the same thing with nitrile gloves to clean the gutters, damp, cold and wet. 

Couldn't see the forest for the trees - thanks again!

NoJokeSmoke

My outer glove is actually Kirkland (Costco) brand Nitrile Exam Gloves.

Different types of glove materials have different melting points. So beware.

I just did a Google search on vinyl gloves and some showed a melting point as low as 176º F. However, Nitrile gloves have a melting point of 283.4ºC = 542.12ºF. 

I wouldn't attempt to pick up a plate setter or anything as the cotton isn't that insulating.  However, this method works well with the gloves that I was already using and does provide for good dexterity.

ChokeOnSmoke

Hard to beat these for $5.99.  Heat resistant enough to handle food off the grill and flexible enough to separate the fat from the meat when pulling pork.  I use them for all hot meat handling.

Easy cleanup too, while wearing, put a little dish soap on them and rub together like you're washing your hands.

http://shop.ceramicgrillstore.com/big-meat-gloves/

DaveRichardson

You can get a box of nitrile gloves for a couple of bucks.... I've used this for a while now with similar cotton gloves underneath. I get XL gloves to fit over the others. Cheap and easy; just how I like it!

anton

I have several pair with different roles for each.
The blackened leather ones are for cleaning egg, and loading lump, removing, replacing cold egg innards.
Heavy blue welding gloves for, removing hot rig and removing or placing indirect stone while cooking, (I use a woo). Also for opening egg when cooking in excess of 400F.Somtimes a burp does not help burning arm.
Nitrile for meat and chicken prep, avoid cross contamination.
Neox meat gloves, for holding, and slicing hot meats, handling hot meats after cooking.

Not shown, my pink rubbermaid gloves for dishwashing, so I don't get pesky dishpan hands.

Terrebandit

The black rubber gloves I have get stiff with exposure to high heat. They totally suck.

henapple

@anton‌ ...I see what you did there.

stemc33

Good idea @NoJokeSmoke‌. Definitely useful for some tasks.

I'm like @anton‌ in that I believe several different pairs of gloves for different tasks are best. In my opinion, leather welding gloves would be my last option to remove a plate setter(no I'm not picking nitrile over leather) but cheapo cotton potholders work great. The bad thing about leather is that once you feel the heat your burnt if you can't get the glove off. Cotton dissipates the heat as soon as you let go. Leather gloves were a big no no when I worked in a blacksmith shop pulling steel from a blazing hot furnace. We used cotton mixed with some kind of synthetic. Welding gloves are great, when your welding.

As far as pulling pork and removing larger meats such as butts, chickens and roasts, nothing beats wolf claws or something similar. No gloves needed. Almost use them as much as my ThermoPop.

Jeepster47

henapple said:

@anton‌ ...I see what you did there.

@henapple ... you saw it too ... great!  I thought it was a subliminal message that only I could see.

six_egg

JohnH12 said:

These work great and you only need one pair of gloves.

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/outdoor-gourmet-insulated-gloves/pid-421351?color=Black&N=395477681&Ntt=bbq+gloves&Ntk=All

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Sea2Ski

Jeepster47 said:

henapple said:

@anton‌ ...I see what you did there.

@henapple ... you saw it too ... great!  I thought it was a subliminal message that only I could see.

I saw it too...   I was like   "Hey...!!! " Sneaky Ba$tard....

anton

@stemc33, thanks for the heads up, I was given the blue pair by my son who knows all welding processes. He said they are for stick, and plasma cutting. They are super thick, with some kind of insulative matl. I have taken my woo out and handled indirect stone without incident yet, I will be careful from now on, thanks again.
:-bd