Showing posts with label barbecue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label barbecue. Show all posts

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Fire Tending Gloves - ove glove, oven mitts


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I bought these because my wife burnt the oven mitt. So far I love it.

I use the oven a lot for broiling and cooking. These gloves definitely protect your hands and the wrist. I was able to hold on to an iron skillet at 450 degrees for about 10 seconds before it started to get uncomfortable. Grasping cookie sheets and pizza stones...etc are a breeze. Very convenient to have the use of all your fingers. They have silicone pads/patches on the outside for extra grip and more insulation. A word of warning though, those silicone pads get really hot on the surface so be very careful not to touch them immediately after handling something very hot. That's my only gripe. It's a little weird to actually wear gloves as opposed to an oven mitt but you stop caring once you see how convenient they are.

Absolutely would by them again. A pair for $25 I think is a fair enough price. Remember that these gloves don't make you invincible so use them with common sense.

You know that worrisome feeling you have when you quickly move a pot or dish from the oven? Gone. These gloves provide you the use of your fingers, so you have far FAR better control over hot items, without rushing. I've removed salmon from under the broiler (at 500 degrees) without feeling even a warming sensation, something that I'd always felt, even with expensive silicone mitts. I can hold pots removed from the oven (at around 400) pretty much as long as I could want, and am able to take them straight to the table without pausing at the counter to remove (and reset) my grip. The one tiny drawback is that you can't immediately slip them on; they take about 10 seconds to put on versus the few seconds it takes to put on big mitts. I really hope the manufacturer makes pot holders in the same style and fabric in the future.

Glove fits either hand as a convenience. However heat is absorbed by the material in the glove so it becomes uncomforable quite quickly when removing food from under the broiler or from a hot oven in general. Not recommended by this writer. - Ove Glove - Oven Mitts - Fire Tending Gloves - Oven Heat Resistant Gloves - Barbecue - Work Gloves
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Monday, 20 June 2011

Potholder - potholder, gloves


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These "hot" gloves fit like most regular gloves, and there-in lies the rub. One would not grab a hot oven dish with regular, snowball throwing gloves, and that's what it felt like. But with some "build-up", from warm to hotter plates, my wife worked up to a confidence level where she now prefers these Oven Gloves. They are not as bulky as classic mitts. They work fine, but are kinda thin, so you wouldn't want to just hold a 400 degree dish while watching the end of NCIS. You can take it out of the oven and move it to the counter without problem.

I received this as a gift about 2 years ago and still use it daily! It has held up well even with daily use. I feel very little heat when using it. Since getting mine, my sister-in-law and mother now have one too. I highly recommend this product for those who cook often and for those who barely cook!

My mom gave me 2 of these gloves for Christmas. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at first as the gloves seem to be very thin. I am used to my cumbersome but protective mitts when I barbecue, so far they've done the trick, but it is very difficult to properly manipulate all of the barbecue tools with a mitt.

The gloves allow very easy handling of forks, flat spatulas, tongs and brushes. Oiling the meat with a brush is no challenge with these gloves on, no chance of dropping anything.

From a heat protection stand point, my first fears were quickly gone when I tried to slide one of the bbq grids, after it was lit for 15 minutes. The metal was certainly very hot, but the glove had more than enough insulation to let me do the job without taking the heat. It feels weird at first as you barely can feel the glove on your skin, but the protection is there.

In addition to resistance to burn, the very thick cotton mesh liner seem to make the glove resistant to cuts as well. In fact I am now slicing the meat with the gloves on, which saved some skin already.

The light color is nice but they can become dirty quickly. I brushed off most of the residues after it dried, but eventually I will have to wash the gloves. The good news is that unlike flame retardants, these can be washed without losing their properties.

Hands down, my number one pick hand saver all around the kitchen.

As long as they dont get wet, these gloves rule the kitchen! Great dexterity, completely insulated, & they even have a little loop inside to hang them by!

A little bit large, but that way they accomodate my husbands hands too. I bought 2 so that I'd have both hands protected. I just hope they launder well.

I like the dexterity these gloves give you when compaired to standard mits. I was a bit skeptical at first because they are pretty thin, but they work great. I have pretty large hands and the gloves were a little tight at first but fit fine now. Really great for tedious grilling over high heat. A+ product.

Bought 2 for my husband's Christmas gift. He didn't like the regular oven mitts and wanted to try something like these. We both love these and have never felt any heat when taking things out of the oven or off the BBQ. - Potholder - Gloves - Mitt - Oven - Barbecue - Glove
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Sunday, 19 June 2011

Electric Indoor Grill - indoor grill, indoor electric grill


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This is one appliance that lives up to every one of the manufacturer's claims. I follow directions and spray the grill surface with cooking spray and put half a cup of water in the pan below, and the grill really is, as advertised, smokeless and extremely easy to clean. I like the adjustable grill temperature, a feature I'm not used to since my faithful antique Farberware, now deceased, had only two settings, namely "plugged in and on" or "unplugged and off". The Sanyo cooks everying in half the time the old grill did, and without cabinet-endangering flareups. I particularly like the enormous cooking surface since I'm regularly cooking for 5 adults and a child and with this grill I can cook for all of us at once. The dimensions make it easy to store if you set it vertically rather than horizontally. The appliance is so low in height that I set mine on a silicone countertop protector, but I'm not sure this is really necessary. My only complaint is that there is no surrounding rim to keep your hamburgers from sliding right off the grill when you try to flip them over, but using a second spatula as a backstop solves that problem. This grill is a terrific bargain even at the suggested retail price; at the current Amazon price it's even more terrific.

I read the review about how long it takes to preheat this grill, well being a full time chef (aa culinary arts) and over 20 years in the industry, I have used many different types of grills, and in most cases when I needed it to heat up quickly we would just place a sheet pan over it and it decreased the startup time significantly. Well I found a aluminum baking pan which fit this grill perfectly, the metal does not come in contact with the plastic base, and it took only 4 minutes to reach the high setting. I used a litte non stick spray and placed 2, 1 inch thick lamb chops on it and it seared them perfectly and quickly, placed the cover (pan) back over them, waited about 3 minutes, turned them over, and grilled another 2 minutes and they were well done. Totoal time grill was on 10 minutes. Now lamb is about the greasiest meat and I did get a little smoke, but that was only when the searing was taking place, and with the cover very little splatter also. I think if they could the would make a cover for this unit, but it would probably not pass U.L. standards? Not sure but if you are using this grill as with other appliances you must keep a close eye on them. I got this item next day with amazon prime total was only 34 bucks. Great deal and product.

All considered, I decided to give this Sanyo indoor grill a 5-star rating. It's probably more like 4.5 stars, but Amazon doesn't allow that. I'll explain.



On the plus side, I really like the simplicity of this grill. It's also light-weight, registering a little under seven pounds, which means it's easy to move around - no breaking your back! It's also quite easy to clean: just soapy warm water and dry! The grill consists of three pieces: a metal grill, a sheet metal oil drip pan, and a plastic base. The base does feel a little insubstantial, but the whole thing, put together, is quite sturdy. The 200 in^2 cooking surface is good for a family of up to four.



I also loved the price: I never imagined I could have a quality indoor grill for such a low price. (Thanks to Amazon, too?) This is probably what tilted me to the five-star rating. The grill, made in China, is of pretty good build quality, and looks like it'll last a long time. The price and value just can't be beat.



Above all, the grill really gives you delicious BBQ food! I've grilled steaks, pork chops, burgers, franks, chicken breasts, chicken legs, chicken wings, vegetables, and more, and *each and every time* the food came out absolutely delicious. For example, I bought 2 pounds of semi-boneless rib steaks at Shaw's for ten bucks. I sprayed the grill with some oil spray, pre-heat the grill to 350 F degrees (which took about 20 minutes), and then grilled the steaks (together with a couple burger patties and some green peppers) for about 15 or 16 minutes to well-done. Then my family enjoyed a delicious steak meal. Not counting the cost of the grill itself, but including electricity (the grill is rated at 1300W), the whole meal came to less than $15 for four full-sized adults! Imagine if we had eaten out at a steakhouse; the last time I went to a steakhouse in Manhattan, I had to shell out over $80 per person, with no appetitizer ordered and only tap water! In fact, I found my own grilled steaks (served with Diet Coke bought on sale) even better. Even if the Sanyo had gone meet its makers after this one meal, I'd have more than broken even on the meal, compared to any restaurant that serves steaks.



So I'm really thrilled about the value and the quality of the food.



Now, why not a full-hearted five stars? Well, because this is a low-cost product, there are a couple items that I dislike. One, the thermostat is a joke; it has temperature ranges like "200-250" and "300-425" but doesn't give you exact markers, so you have to guess where to turn the knob to in order to preheat to 325. Not a big deal after a few tries, and I seem to get it right (more or less) each time even though I'd never operated a grill, indoor or outdoor, before. Two, cooking time is not short, period. Preheating to 300 takes about 15 minutes and to 425 takes over 20 minutes. Cooking itself takes between 10 and 20 minutes depending on what you cook and the meat's thickness. Also, the cooking time seems to vary with room temperature.



Three, more important, this grill is not completely smokeless. The oil spray will give out the most smoke, although it hasn't set off our smoke alarm yet. (I keep the doors and kitchen windows open when cooking.) In fact, I don't think any open grill can give you smokeless cooking. As long as you have oil heated to over 300 degrees, you will get smoke. Please keep this in mind if you live in a meticulously maintained house and cannot stand any grill smoke.



But all in all, I love this grill. I'd gladly buy another one any time. While grilled meat may not be healthy, this grill cooks yummy BBQ meat and veggies and saves me tons of money. I recommend this grill. - Indoor Grill - Indoor Electric Grill - Electric Grill - Grill - Smokeless Grill - Barbecue
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Saturday, 18 June 2011

Indoor Grill - barbecue, grill pans


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My mother gave me one of these grills a number of years ago. I loved it AT FIRST but, as other reviewers have noted, the finish came off of it very quickly (no matter how gently I treated it) and the food started to stick. Also, if you don't pay close attention, the water will cook out and the grill will smoke. One more thing: the 'mound' shape of it makes putting food onto or removing it from the grill almost impossible without using tongs.

This is a cheap copy of the real thing the "Grill It" stove top grill. The grill plate insert on this cheaper version is much thinner and the finish is not really non stick. Spend a little extra and get the better one.

Very bad product. The grill (and the food) smelled as the painting burned out. The coating dissapeared after first use!!



In the past we had already used similar products and they were made of durable metal, I guess with real teflon. But now, . . . It is very disappointing, even more because I ordered two of the same.

I have this grille and have used it many, many times. You can cook fish, steak, chicken and other things on it. It's quick and keeps the food moist, which is the best feature. I love it because I eat lots of salads and when you are making salads you don't want to be spending time cooking the meat. The secret is in leaving the meat on longer than you would and turning it over just once...not fussing and fussing over it. Other reviewers have commented on the weakness of the finish and I agree, it does come off rather easily, but using PAM or other non stick stuff makes that not a problem. If you don't use it, however, clean up is difficult. Other than that, I've never let the liquid boil off and anyway, you can pour a beer on it while it's cooking and it will not only add flavor to the meat but it spills into the ring and then you don't boil off all the liquid. I love the thing and use it alot. I've even given it as a gift. It's a decent product and works well for the money.

The Chefmaster Smokeless Stove Top Barbeque Grill is ok. It's not as great as I expected it to be, I've only used it once and my chicken stuck to it. I was assuming it was non stick, considering there was no booklet provided with cooking instructions or recipe ideas or anything. I guess the only positive so far is it will keep me from grilling outside for the winter.

My oven is quite old and the burners are kind of crooked. I tried using this to cook fish and was very unsure how to use it. The product came with very little instructions. The water was quick to evaporate so i was constantly refilling the basin. The grill is not very stable either... even with the slight crooked-ness of my oven... it slid around alot on the stove top, making removing the fish quite difficult. I cooked maybe 4 tiny pieces of fish on it then decided it was 1. taking too long and 2. too difficult to work with... so i ended up ditching the idea for that night and used the oven.



I havent used it again since, but thats only because i have not had enough time to mess with it. - Barbecue - Grill Pans - Cookware - Grill - Money Waster - Grill Pan
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Barbecue Leather Gloves - fire tending gloves, barbecue leather gloves


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I purchased these exclusively for grilling use. According to the other reviews, these are great for grilling. However, they must not have used this with cast iron on the grill. We have the lodge logic cast iron fajita plates that we use all the time. My husband tried to grab one of these off the grill using one of these mitts and the cast iron branded the leather and burned his hand immediately. So they may be good for regular grilling or the fireplace, I'm not sure, I just know that if you grill with cast iron or cook with cast iron...these are not for you.

These are nicely crafted gloves. They are excellent for dumping coals from a chimney starter and moving grates while the coals are simmering.



One word of caution though, as I learned from another reviewer. These gloves are not meant for sustained gripping of very hot items. Heat will penetrate the suede and padding eventually. Ouch!



Otherwise, I would recommend these gloves.

I use these gloves for handling my hot ovenware...they're much better than plain mitts -- the separate finger space permits much more dexterity!



I used these for all of my holiday baking, and now use them exclusively for all oven work. Fantastic product...



Examples of regular mitts:



OXO Good Grips Silicone Oven Mitt with Magnet, Licorice Black

Calphalon Twill Thumb Mitt, Black Licorice

Mario Batali Oven Mitt, Striped

If you have a fireplace, you should really have a good pair of fireplace gloves. If you use them carefully, you barely need to have any other fireplace tools. There are others on the market, of course, but I find these particular gloves to be excellent performers and an excellent value for their price.

The gloves are working great. We supplement our heat with a wood burning insert in our fireplace so everday I am reaching in to a hot stove to load wood and also carrying wood from the woodpile. The gloves work great, keeping my hands from getting burned and also keeping splinters and dirt at bay. There is one strange thing about the gloves - on the cuff of each glove is embroidered the words "Grill Hepler". Evidently the Chinese forgot to use spell checker. LOL.

I bought these to use while using my outdoor wok. They're fine for preventing splatter burns and handling relatively hot wok handles. I don't know if I would use these for handling something really hot for more than a few seconds, but they are a good way to protect your hands and wrists from radiant heat.



Take a look again at the product picture. See the nice red logo that is stitched on the cuff? Well, it's actually pink. It was a pretty easy fix, though. Fellas, if you're looking to get some nice grill gloves for an afternoon of grilling with your buddies, I would recommend purchasing some Black Sharpies in addition to these gloves.

Used them on my weber grill, was able to stoke the coals from up close with a poker without feeling any heat on my hands and forarms. I later picked up to steel grill baskets and delivered them to the table with no issue as well (used silicon to handle them so I would not dirty these gloves). These gloves are comfortable and accomodate a large forearm as well, just don't expect to shuffle a deck of cards while wearing them...but to manipulate items on your grill is no problem. - Fire Tending Gloves - Barbecue Leather Gloves - Hearth Gloves - Smoker - Barbecue - Wood Burning
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