Welcome to the EGGhead Forum - a great place to visit and packed with tips and EGGspert advice! You can also join the conversation and get more information and amazing kamado recipes by following Big Green Egg to Experience our World of Flavor™ at:
Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  Pinterest  |  Youtube  |  Vimeo
Share your photos by tagging us and using the hashtag #BigGreenEgg.

Want to see how the EGG is made? Click to Watch

Need Better gloves/mittens

Hansm
Hansm Posts: 214
in EggHead Forum
About an hour ago I burn the sh*t out of my right hand making fajitas. Don't have plancas, but an excellent set of lodge cast iron.  I was taking the small perfectly seasoned skillet that I was cooking the peppers , onions and shrooms off the top level of my 5 piece Eggspander and POW.....  Mittens were dry and pretty new, maybe 3 months. Burned palm, knuckle pads and index finger bad enough to be having a couple of 8.5% DIPA .... The mittens are Weber !  I am so p*ssed that I am contemplating making a pile of Weber cr*ap at the curb, I mean anything I have that says Weber on it...  Looking for recommendations on good grilling gloves,  mittens are not dexterous enough, injury not withstanding ...
LG BGE,  Weber Genesis gas, Weber 22" Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,809
    You will likely find more info that you will ever need right here thru the forum search function.  Enter "grilling gloves" and sit back and read away.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hansm
    Hansm Posts: 214
    Thanks ....

    LG BGE,  Weber Genesis gas, Weber 22" Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • EzraBrooks
    EzraBrooks Posts: 396
    I use welder's gloves that are elbow length.  No problem handling anything plus protects forearm hair from back drafts.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,697
    Not sure of the brand, but I received a pair of blue gloves from my wife that she got from ACE. They look like super heavy duty cotton garden gloves.  I will look tomorrow. They have been wonderful. Before that though I just used regular old oven mitts. Never had a problem removing platesetters or cast iron with them. 
    Las Vegas, NV


    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 4,408
    Amazon….fryer gloves
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Acn
    Acn Posts: 4,490
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CHO64NE/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_017VYYFJ2SSB1K1HPTJV?pldnSite=1

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    just be careful that what you get will work in wet conditions. Many glove options work fine if everything is dry, but if wet…
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,457
    jtcBoynton said:
    just be careful that what you get will work in wet conditions. Many glove options work fine if everything is dry, but if wet…
    I agree and am telling this sorry tale from personal, painful experience…for years I have owned and used a brand of high heat gloves (ORKA brand both mitten style ad 14” long sleeve style. They were rated at 500 degrees and they were fine, but once and ONLY ONCE had stupidly poured a little bit of water into each glove before trying to lift out a hot plate sitter and pizza stone. The intense heat suddenly turned that water into INTENSE skin burning steam searing my fingers! .
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hansm
    Hansm Posts: 214
    Mitts were dry as a bone, the Weber gloves are in the trash bin. I used oven mitts from the kitchen last night to handle ripping hot lodge cast iron. No problem at all. Will get some gloves today, better dexterity with gloves.
    LG BGE,  Weber Genesis gas, Weber 22" Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • abpgwolf
    abpgwolf Posts: 564
    I use a pair of firefighter gloves. You can find them online at a fire company supplier. They are expensive (around $100). but they are designed to protect you from the heat. I can handle cast iron pans, platesetters, live charcoal without a problem. 

    If you have a relationship with your local fire department, you may be able to get a used pair for a relatively small donation. 

    Lititz, PA – XL BGE

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hansm
    Hansm Posts: 214
    I had some ACE cash in my rewards. I bought a pair of Eggmitts and Lodge handle covers, like little sock pot holders.  I should be fine now
    LG BGE,  Weber Genesis gas, Weber 22" Kettle, Weber Smokey Joe
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • scdaf
    scdaf Posts: 177
    Hard Core Carnivore sells a pretty nice set of grilling gloves.  Keep an eye out, last year they went to half price for Black Friday, which made them about $10.  A steal!

    I've been able to pull my c.i. pan in and out of my Ooni without burnt fingers.

    Also, gives you an excuse to watch vids of Jess Pryles cooking and she's sorta, kinda cute.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    scdaf said:
    Hard Core Carnivore sells a pretty nice set of grilling gloves.  Keep an eye out, last year they went to half price for Black Friday, which made them about $10.  A steal!

    I've been able to pull my c.i. pan in and out of my Ooni without burnt fingers.

    Also, gives you an excuse to watch vids of Jess Pryles cooking and she's sorta, kinda cute.
    Yesss... I've seen her, very nice rack......of ribs, you perverts!
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories