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What oven gloves for a dutch oven in the UK?

Patryk's picture
Patryk

What oven gloves for a dutch oven in the UK?

The last time I made bread, I sustained a burn on my wrist from my dutch oven, as the mitts I own are poop.

Do you have any recommendations for good mitts or gloves that I can purchase here in the UK for not too money?
Every recommendation I find seems to only be available in the US or for ridiculous prices.

I am not sure if I should go for the 4-fingers-in-one-pocket gloves (I heard the Homwe are good, but expensive), or the ones where each finger is individual? I feel like the latter is easier to use but harder to find.

I've heard some people talk about using welding gloves, but they seem quite unwieldy.

It doesn't help that most of the gloves and mitts I see on Amazon.co.uk are cheap chinese goods and I do not believe their heat-resistance claims.

So any suggestions at what I can buy in the UK for not too much money?
Thank you :)

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The Roadside Pi...

Hello, Pat.

 I hope you are doing well this fine day.

 I like the Ove-Glove a lot! A quick Amazon UK search uncovered these excellent specimens! In fact if I did not already have two pair plus mitts. I would get these. I am loving the extra long! 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medipaq-Wrist-Protect-Proof-Gloves/dp/B00Q2TQ99Y/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=oven+glove&qid=1596018073&sr=8-11

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Patryk

Hi Eureka, thank you for your comment :)

I have heard of the Ove-Glove and tried looking for it, but the only sellers on Amazon are untrustworthy (74%) and most customers report having received a fake knock-off that suffers in quality. Same on eBay unfortunately.

I did see the Medipaq you posted, however I was not able to find independent reviews and some people in the Amazon reviews mentioned they do not work for cast iron and get uncomfortably hot after just a few seconds:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0058IGN0A/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

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Patryk

Hi The Roadside Pie King, thank you for your comment :)

I have heard of the Ove-Glove and tried looking for it, but the only sellers on Amazon are untrustworthy (74%) and most customers report having received a fake knock-off that suffers in quality. Same on eBay unfortunately.

I did see the Medipaq you posted, however I was not able to find independent reviews and some people in the Amazon reviews mentioned they do not work for cast iron and get uncomfortably hot after just a few seconds:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0058IGN0A/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

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The Roadside Pi...

One note on the authentic real McCoy, ove-glove. Should the glove get wet, as in when you add water to steam the oven, the glove will loss all heat resistance.  

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deblacksmith

I haven't live in the UK since 1980, 1981, (I worked for an American metals company in Swansea, Wales) but do take a look at welding gloves if you are anywhere near an industrial area.  Good leather, lined, welding gloves work rather well for this and with imports are really not very expensive.  I would guess around 5 to 10 pounds and you could try them on.  Have a nice Bitter for me too.  I miss my British beer.

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Mister Bun

We use welders gloves. Heavy duty and cover at least to the middle of your forearm and importantly cheap. I have seen them online for £4 per pair.

Patryk's picture
Patryk

Thank you for all your replies :)

I ended up going with these BBQ gloves, I'll let you know how they perform:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acmind-Gloves-Extreme-Heat-Resistant/dp/B087T2M64X/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=bbq+gloves&qid=1596198385&sr=8-11

If they don't I'll try welder's gloves as you all mentioned, but I'm concerned about how easy they will be to move around in.

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Halslinger

I know its a bit late but regarding those BBQ gloves you got from Amazon, are they any good?Just joined this site my first post and i'm looking for a good pair of gloves, toyed with the idea of welding gloves but think they're a bit long not flexible enough, so I seen this and decided to glean some info. Any help would be appreciated, cheers 

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barryvabeach

I found that the fabric oven gloves with the silicone dots -  like those in the link, are pretty good if you are only going to hold the cast iron for a very short time.  If you hold it longer than say 30 or 40 seconds, the heat tends to soak into the glove, IMO, and gets uncomfortably warm.    These have a rubber coating, then a fabric, gloves  and IMO ,  resist the heat far longer.  The downside is that the inner fabric liner comes loose from the exterior after a while, and that makes it a bit harder to take on and off -  and I have to use a chopstick or other method to get the fabric back in place, but they keep my hands cool for a very long time. 

Patryk's picture
Patryk

They are OK, for the price definitely not the worst

I like that they protect the wrists slightly, but as Barry mentioned, the heat soaks through in about 30 seconds.

My biggest gripe with them is that they are manufactured in china - something I'm trying to actively avoid. However finding good oven gloves that are reasonably priced and not manufactured in china is difficult.

So overall I would say they do the job, but could be better :)

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Halslinger

Thanks for the reply, I'm fedup with cheap chinese poorly made goods from amazon, have been looking around and found a cpl of place in Scotland & england but they can be very expensive. Do you think we maybe think they are expensive because of the cheap knock off crap we are used to seeing? Its a thought. Back to hunting

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Patryk

Yes I'm sure a big factor is that were used to the chinese made stuff.

When I was looking I didn't see any that were made in the UK that were of good performance and price, maybe it changed since then.

 

Good luck with the hunt and let me know how it goes! :)

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Colin2

Bottom line for oven mitts: (a) Inexpensive, (b) flexible, (c) excellent protection: choose two!

(a) and (c): welding gloves.

(a) and (b): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Resistant-Gloves-Fingers-Kitchen-Holders/dp/B08BCN78LV/

These are what I use on a regular basis, with a 450F oven.  They protect the wrist.  They are cheap!  They are nimble.  They would be vulnerable, though, to hot liquids or steam, and I don't use them for anything with a high thermal mass like a hot roasting pan.

(b) and (c): https://www.amazon.co.uk/San-Jamar-KT0115K-Puppet-Protection/dp/B002NQID58/

These are what I use when there is scarier heat, or I am worried about hot liquids or steam.  They're not cheap - the price is for one glove.  And while they are surprisingly light and flexible, like any well-insulated mitt they're still a bit clumsy.

 

Halslinger's picture
Halslinger

All I can say is WOW, a bit of a shock £59.39 for one, ONE! wont be buying that. I've been told of a place in Yorkshire that makes gloves so i will try them. thanks for all the help

Mark Sealey's picture
Mark Sealey

I wanted a pair that would also protect my forearms when putting my Challenger into and out of our hot (electric) oven.

Was sceptical of all the reviews on Amazon… continues to confirm my believe that many are paid (?) to push or defame some products.

Took a chance and bought these. The ASIN is B07FNX624L.

Ws at first still worried that - while they do cover up to my elbows nicely - they wouldn't protect fully.

Not at all. Really excellent. Safer than mitts because they have individual fingers. Seem well made. Very good insulation indeed.

Good luck!

 

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RainingTacco

I was wondering which of these might be best:

1. Dedicated baker's gloves:

https://www.workgloves.co.uk/polyco-bakers-mitt-heat-protection-gloves-7724.html

I reckon commercial bakers don't need to move hot dutch ovens, pizza stones etc. They need heat resistance just enough to protect hands while using the baker peel, no actual contact with baking stone or anything resembling dutch oven. 

2. Chinese BBQ gloves

https://www.amazon.com/YUXIER-Grilling-Barbecue-Fireplace-13-8inch/dp/B07QQK4TNP/ref=sxin_9_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?cv_ct_cx=bbq+gloves&dchild=1&ke...

No idea if they are indeed aramid/deyan. They look like plain knitted cotton/wool mitts tbh. Some people say they burn easily and dont protect well.

3. Silicone gloves.

https://www.amazon.com/Resistant-Silicone-Grilling-Waterproof-Barbecue/dp/B07JZ6WQYK/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=silicone+gloves&qid=1617800533&sr=8-5

They are supposedly protecting from high temp, up to 250*C/500F but my baking stone/cast iron skillet can heat up to 270*C/525F so im afraid they will burn eventually. 

4. Welding Gloves

https://www.amazon.com/BEETRO-Welding-Resistant-Fireplace-handling/dp/B08K3B1RWF/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=welding+gloves&qid=1617800657&sr=8-10

I dont know if welding gloves are resistant to continous high heat, i think they are rather suited for high temp. sparks, and fire resistance is most important. 

What's your opinion on this?

deblacksmith's picture
deblacksmith

I both a bread baker and a welder and blacksmith.  I have also done a lot of cooking at our church (before covid) and take care of our commercial type kitchen at the church.  For blacksmithing and work at the forge I like knit kevlar gloves that are actually made for cut protection in industrial work.  At the forge I wear a glove on just my left hand, which is my tong hand because I like a bare hand for holding my hammer.  For very hot work I double up these gloves.  For welding I wear heavy leather gloves with kevlar stitching when MIG welding.  For lighter, finer welding using TIG I wear tight fitting thinner deer hide gloves and also with kevlar stitching.  This Tig welding requires you to hold a small rod in the left hand (I am right handed) and you need very good control to position the rod in the weld puddle.  The kevlar stitching is important because it doesn't burn up and result in the gloves burning apart with cotton stitching.  None of this has much to do with handling a dutch oven except that if I was going to use a welding glove (which I have) I use the heavy leather MIG or Stick welding gloves like the ones you show above.  This is what I use because I have them at home.

At the church we use cheap and I mean cheap cotton baking or pot handling mitts.  We buy these by the dozen for about $ 3 a pair. (A little more than 2 pounds sterling.)  We also have one pair of silicone oven mitts which no one ever uses.  People like the cotton mitts better and always go to them.  These cheap cotton mitts last about a year and can stand washing about once or twice before they fall apart.  At the cheap price we just buy another dozen.

All of this said I would comment a little on the insulation value of the materials.  Kevlar is the best and it is good to about 800 F.  Wool is also very good but we never see it anymore in the USA but you may in the UK.  Cotton is almost as good a insulator and Kevlar and wool but it does hold up as well.  Leather is the poorest insulator but very tough.  The problem with leather gloves is that they hold heat too well and the are hard to get off once you start to feel your hands burning.  I am not a fan of silicone material and we always tried to keep it out of the plants I worked in because if it got on metal surfaces of products it would prevent paint from sticking.  But I will admit I have never had any experience with it.

One last thing is there is nothing wrong with gloves made in China especially if you can see them and try them on.  That is why in my old post I suggested going to a welding supply shop and trying on some gloves.  Not sure where you live in the UK but unless you are in the heart of London you should have a welding supply store not too far from you.  Just for the hell of it I just googled welding supply stores near Swansea Wales because I know the area and there were three suppliers that should have gloves in that area.