We believe it's a good idea to keep kitchen gadgets to a minimum. There's nothing worse than a kitchen that's stuffed with useless gizmos. However, every so often, someone comes along and invents something that actually is quite useful.
The wooden oven push-pull is a gadget anyone who has ever repeatedly burned themselves on the oven rack by getting too close, using a moist dishtowel, or trying to squeeze in something without fully pulling out the rack, will love. We also like it because it's all wood - no plastic in sight.
With the notch carved into the base of the adjuster you can pull out the hot oven rack, with a generous twelve inches of clearance between your epidermis and the offending hot metal. To push the rack back in, use the other notch at the end of the push-pull.
- Active Forever, a site with products for people with physical challenges, sells a push-pull for $8.50.
- The Spoon Man makes a beautiful push-pull, with a string for hanging for $4.00.
- Myrtlewood Gallery features two different push-pulls, one for $6.00 and one for $8.00.
Hey, just like the one I made in woodshop in the 7th grade. Had to steal it back from my Mother's kitchen, but 20+ years later still works like a charm.
I make these oven rack adjusters for oak and sell them for $2.00 and everyone loves them. I also make a pot lid holder. It is a 4 X 1" triangle piece of wood with 1/4 in dowel 4" long and drilled into the triangle wood to form a tripod. Place the pot lid on the dowel side and the lid won't spill the water captured in the lid and you lid cools, while you are attending to your food.I also sell these for $2.00.
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