Customer Reviews

HotSpot Silicone Pot Holder

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

 

 

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????

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!

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.

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.

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.

I love my pot holders. They are perfect because even if they get wet you can quickly wipe them off and use them again. I've gotten more than one steam burn from my regular pot holders because I didn't notice that they had soaked up some water. I've had similar problems with holding a pot for a long time with them but my regular pot holders have the same issue. For that type of thing I'd have to recommend a pair of oven mitts. They do take a bit of getting used to but if you hold them in a diamond shape as opposed to flat they are a little easier to work with. So while I wouldn't throw away my old pot holders, I highly recommend these for your kitchen collection.

What is in your collection? No pot holder is perfect. The pretty ones are too thin. How about those spiffy jobs with the stains or burn marks? The silicone pot holders always look good. I love them for messy food like lasagna. I smile every time I have to scrub food off of them. They come clean so easily. They are big enough to use as trivets under hot dinner plates. The nonslip surface is perfect for my three kids under eight. They do eventually transfer heat. I cannot hold a glass pan out of the oven and serve my five member family without getting hot fingers. Just like any of my other pot holders, I have to plan where to put the hot dish while serving.

I found this potholder difficult to bend and much prefer cloth-type pot holders as I don't have large hands.

This product is hard to use a pot holder, because its hard to get a good grip with it. I use it when moving hot items a short distance with an oven mitt on the other hand. It may be okay to use as a trivet.

Silicone pad works well for under a cutting board to keep steady, under hot pots to protect counters, twisting off jar lids, etc. Very pleased with purchase and would recommend to others.