I teased my mother mercilessly for years about buying Ove Gloves and displaying them proudly from hooks in her kitchen. "They're great! So handy!" she claimed, while I snickered and grabbed a potholder. And then she gave me a pair for Christmas.
At first I groaned and rolled my eyes. And then I jokingly put them on and did a little mime routine. And then I actually used them.
You guys! Ove Gloves are great! So handy!
Seriously, of all the ridiculous "as seen on TV" products out there, these Ove Gloves are worth their weight in gold. Or at least $15.99 plus shipping and handling.
There are so many awkward things that we take in and out of ovens. Oven mitts are like bulky lobster claws and potholders don't always protect our pinky fingers (or the backs of our hands from the oven roof, for that matter).
Ove Gloves really allow you to manage heavy pots and pans much much more easily. They make grabbing the tiny little knob on the top of a scorching hot casserole dish a snap. They allow you to actually curl your fingers around the handles. They help you grip pans that don't have good gripping edges, like loaf pans and cake tins. They never get hot and they can be tossed in the wash when they get dirty.
I will never mock my mother again about her Ove Gloves. Though I still occasionally do mime impersonations in my kitchen.
• Find It! Ove Gloves, $15.99 (plus shipping and handling) from the As Seen on TV Official Website
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ha! my husband gave me one as a gag gift a few years ago and i use it ALL THE TIME. it's hideous but super useful.
We recently upgraded to a pair with the silicone grips, mostly because the old glove had become very stained and icky. The grips are great for picking up the hot lid of our pyrex round casseroles and for little ramekins. My husband uses the old stained glove in the garage for soldering and welding.
Why do the gloves look any sillier than oven mitts?
Received as a gift. Laughed. Used for the first time. Got rid of all other oven mitts.
I've been using mine for years. Love it! I'll never buy another oven mitt.
I should have pilfered these from the supply cabinet when i worked at safeway. the flat produce knife I took with me is one of the most versatile knives in the kitchen!
I think they'd look less silly if they weren't bright white.
They remind me of fillet gloves from my days on a charter fishing yacht. So, of course, I expect ove gloves to smell like rotten ass, as did the fillet gloves.
I'm willing to try again!
I think I need these. They seem like they would work well for people with super small hands like mine.
I use mine to protect my hands from my mandoline.
My story is identical to yours. Your picture of picking up a loaf pan with ONE hand says it all!
my dad swears by these. I don't have a pair, but after NUMEROUS finger burns from lifting baking sheets out of the oven, it's now a nessesity.
I have one with silicone grips. I love it. It's my favorite oven mitt.
I was surprised to discover that my boyfriend had these (with the silicone grips) when we moved in together, and now I LOVE THEM.
They remind me of the gloves that I use at work (in a microbiology lab) to remove items from a -70C freezer so unfortunately I can't see using them any time soon.
I'd constantly be thinking of food-borne illnesses... :-)
These are amazing!! They work great and make it easy to pull anything out of the oven.
Love mine!
I don't get all the adoration. My mom gave me a pair (the "real" ones) and within a year I'd burnt holes through them. I'm glad firefighters don't really wear them.
invaluable with cast iron pans! otherwise i'd be burning my hand all the time on the handles. i've burnt mine too (accidentally left it too close to gas burner), but it smoldered for quite a while before it actually burned a hole - any other mitt would have been in flames immediately. someone needs to improve the look, but the function can't be beat.