Do you use oven mitts?

I usually end up using a wadded up towel. A lot of oven mitts are kind of thin and most of them fall apart if they get nasty and you have to wash them. When I'm in the kitchen, I usually have a towel over my shoulder, so it's more convenient than opening a drawer and trying to put on a mitt while opening the oven. The only oven mitt I use is one that's a lab mitt that's supposed to be used for handling hot glass and tools in a laboratory.

I often just use whatever is closest for me to grab...like you, just folded dishtowel or one dishtowel and 1 oven mitt. :) I do have a nice pair that my mom gave me from Pampered Chef that work really well and are the only oven mitts I use.

I absolutely cannot do without oven mitts. Always dread the tray or tin slipping off when I use a towel. Have a lovely new pair of mitts with the perfect grip.

I hate oven mitts. I use regular flat pot holders. I have trouble getting stuff out of the oven with oven mitts on without sticking the mitt in the food.

I have always used an oven mitt when I get a pizza out of the oven,which that is the only thing I cook in the over,I can understand why you do not like them because they can be a pain,and some of them are not that comfortable,and they do not fit right so I do not blame you for using a towel instead,because it sounds like a towel would work just as well.

i prefer oven mitts, i usually use them and am uncomfortable not using them. my sister though does not like oven mitts. and she uses flat pot holders which i don't like. so you are like my sister, and i am like your boyfriend.

The only thing I use oven mitts for is decoration. I use towels or pot holders to take stuff out of the oven.

There are two kinds of oven mitts in my kitchen and they're both huge leaps better than the old mitten-type ones. If there's a chance anything will get wet, I use the polyurethane ones that have recently been appearing in the stores. They're amazing! If things are going to be dry, I use something called Ove-Gloves. They look like sort of off-white gloves, and the fingers being separated allows a lot more flexibility than the mitten-type ones. They're great! Now that I wrote that, why am I still medicating 2nd and 3rd degree burns from forgetting to put the oven mitt on when cooking last week?

I have always just used a tea towel folded up, I cannot use oven gloves at all. I feel like I am not gripping the tray right when I wear them it just makes things really awkward. I bought a single oven glove the other week thinking that might be a bit better, but nope it is not so back to using my towel!

hey foxfire how r u ?? I dont use oven gloves either, why bother when a folded tea towel does the job just as good?? This is because I have never bought oven gloves and therefore use the closest thing to hand which is always a towel. My boyfriend also uses a towel when he is taking things out of the oven!!

I had a good oven mitt at one time, I used it all the time, but my husband got a hold of it, and was using it outside and he never brought it back in, so I don't know what happened to it..lol. I will use a dishtowel most of the time to get things out of the oven, I do have some potholders, I'll use them sometimes but I can still feel the heat thru them. They do have those silicone kind of oven mitts, they're kinda like rubber but they won't melt, I was thinking about getting one of those and see how it works, its supposed to be able to stand high heat, I don't know, I'll find out..lol.

I use oven mitts. I have regular pot holders too, but the heat seems to go right through them. Same with a towel folded up. I would be more apt to drop everything with either of those, that's why I insist on the oven mitts.

I dont use oven mitts as they seem to be sa little bit dangerous to me,I like you much prefer to use a tea towel a folded one,its easier to get in and out of the oven with and it protects your hands well enough.

girl... use what ever is comfortable or what you are use to. maybe try find some mitts that you are comfortable with and avoid spills.

Up until very recently I used a folded towel too, the new oven mitt I've got is hard to grip things with and only covers one hand so anything I have to get out the oven with two hands I still use a towel for anyway. I prefer to use one of those two handed oven gloves as they are easier to grip things with and you can use both hands.

I have oven mitts and only use them sometimes. I usually just grab the hot pad and just be careful not to let my hands or arms touch anything hot, like the oven door or sides or even the rack.

I use oven mitts they have to be long ones because I am good at burning myself,at holidays I usually burn myself a couple of times ,I have tried a towel before didnt like it.

I always use oven mitts. I find them alot more helpful the pot holders or a towel. I am always burning myself. I have less of a chance getting burned if I use the mitts. I try to get nice long thick ones. No too thick where I can't work with them, just thick enough. They have too be long enough to protect my arm since I have to be able to reach inside the oven a good way in. Yes, it is good when trying to wipe up spills too.