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iSi Orka Silicone Oven Mitt

Product Review

Pitchfork © 2010
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Freely quote with attribution

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Introduction

This is a survival product review of the iSi Orka Silicone Oven Mitt.

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Some to learn at the Epinion’s website:

http://www1.epinions.com/pr-Housewares-iSi_Orka_Silicone_Oven_Mitt/display_~reviews

Pitchfork’s pleased overall with this survival kitchen utensil.  Pitchfork and The Missus got a pair in the smaller, 11” length (there’s a 17” length, too).  Several color choices, not just the translucent and blue in the pic.

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User Tips and Tricks

• For grilling, use the longer version 

• Keep your hands dry inside ‘em

• Practice at first . . . can take getting used to

• Pitchfork much prefers using as a pair

Survival Checklist

Five stars. Sturdy . . . To 500°F. 

Five stars. Reliable . . . Every time, anytime . . . attend to the second of Tips & Tricks above.

Four stars. Safe . . . This call is a toughie. 

• In favor – liquid-proof – oil, water, whatever – and stable surface are huge, good deals to Pitchfork relative to any other mitts he’s used.  Additionally, other mitts have tattered, caught fire, absorbed enough of cooking materials over time to smell bad . . . and washing didn’t do much at all.  Plus, gripping with these, especially with 2 hands, seems confident and not clumsy.

• In disfavor – Dampish-to-wet hands inside can slip.  Manual dexterity is essentially that of paddlelike claws with ridges on opposing palm and thumb.  As with most any cooking utensil, if you don’t know your tool and don't pay close attention to what you’re doing, then you can get into trouble . . . sometimes bigtime.  That goes for mitts, too, and Pitchfork thinks doubling up on caution when using any of ‘em, even as demonstrably advantaged as these are, is warranted for awareness.  Not for handling stuff from the broiler, in 'Fork's opinion.

Five stars. Convenient . . . takes a little extra storage space, because the gloves do not compress much, clean exceptionally well and easily with no apparent wear hereabouts after a couple years of use pretty near every day for at least one meal’s preparation

Three-and-one-half stars. Inherent, intrinsic benefits to quality of life . . . know of none better to do difficult and often dangerous work of directly, physically contact-addressing commonly 2^nd-degree sear potential hot stuff, but watch out for lousy grasping of damp or slick surfaces.