Customer Reviews

Head Chefs Sil-Pin 00252 Silicone Baker's Rolling Pin, Red

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I'm a grandma so I have lots of decades of baking under my belt & I was one with my beautiful heavy fruitwood rolling pin. I now use it to crush walnuts & pecans. I LOVE this rolling pin. Even with the wood pin I didn't use the handles as I could manipulate it better by pressing on the solid part. Now this new pin is perfect. It, as stated, does not stick or you can roll a (floured) item, run/pass your hand back and forth once to lightly flour it (if nec-passing over the pin quickly fingers all the way around between rolls) Pressing down on it is softer on your hands than when you have to heavily roll with the hard wooden one. It is a satisfying long length and such an easy cleanup! I love it. Brilliant!

The weight of this rolling pin makes rolling out even cold, hard dough easy. The butter cookie dough I rolled today did stick, but a dusting of flour solved that problem. This rolling pin is far better than a traditional pin with handles, it rolls out the dough evenly and quickly. Love it.

When I bought this in November 2009 I thought that I would get lifelong performance for the $32.99, but I was dead wrong. This product has a silicone sleeve over a solid plastic center. Within seven months the sleeve developed a split along nine inches of it's length It was rendered useless!

The claim that the silicone rolling pin would be easier to keep clean than a wood pin also proved incorrect. A wood pin is absolutely no harder to keep clean, and is a boatload cheaper.

Instead, go to Bed Bath and Beyond and buy their $[...] rock maple french rolling pin (see it at [...]). Not only will this last for my lifetime, but will probably serve generations to come - there is nothing to wear out!!

I love this rolling pin. It is a great size and weight. And it really doesn't stick. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get used to this style, but it took no time at all. I love it.

This has enough weight to make the job easier, and doesn't stick--even to sticky cookie dough!

After many years of traditional wood rolling pins, I decided I really wanted to get a silicon one for the non-stick properties, particularly since I am often working with fairly soft doughs that stick to wood rather easily (not to mention sticking to the pastry board!) I had planned to get one of the pins with handles but saw this one and thought it would be really nice to have all that extra width. And I've not had cause to regret it! This rolling pin works wonderfully and it's noticeably lighter than its handled relatives. I can get my breads rolled out much quicker and easier with just a small amount of flour, and used along with the SiliconeZone Large Pastry/Baking Mat I have a perfect setup for handling all my pastry and bread tasks. I keep the mat rolled around the pin and store them together, both clean up easily with just mild soap and water.

This is a great rolling pin. I would have rated this a five star, but it take some practice to get use to it. Now I like it better than my old pin that had handles.

i love it, it makes life so much easier than a wooden rolling pin. no sticking!

I was very unhappy with the silpin. It acts like a magnet for crumbs or dust. Everything sticks to it and ends up in your cookie dough. I am not at all pleased with this product.

When I received my Silpin, I noticed a tiny gap in the silicone cover near one end. I used it a few times and then put it away (in the box, because it did attract dust). When I took it out for Christmas baking, I found that the silicone cover was split halfway down the roller. What a waste of money! I'm going back to my old reliable (and inexpensive) wooden rolling pin.