Black Extra-Long Silicone Mitts

Two properties make this the pair most people end up using outdoors. The cuff is the longer of the two lengths at 14.7 inches, which is what you want when you are reaching over a live grill rather than into an oven. And it is black, which is what you want when the thing you are reaching over deposits soot on everything it touches.

Grill work is harder on a mitt than baking. The heat comes from below and sideways, the reach is longer, and there is a constant film of carbon and rendered fat on the grates. A 13.7-inch cuff leaves a strip of forearm directly above the coals; this one covers it. And the black silicone takes the residue without ever looking dirty.

The shell is moulded BPA-free silicone with a raised grip texture on the palm and finger pads, so heavy cast iron and hot grill tools stay where you put them. The quilted cotton liner inside is the insulating layer and the reason the mitt is comfortable to keep on while you work through a full grill load rather than one pan.

The silicone being sealed matters as much outdoors as in. Marinade, beer, rain off a lid, water from a doused flare-up: none of it soaks in. Whatever ends up on the outside wipes off with warm water and dish soap, and this pair’s listing gives hand washing or a gentle machine cycle, air dried, when the lining needs more than a wipe.

The short version

• Extra-long 14.7-inch cuff covers the forearm over a live grill
• Black shell hides soot, carbon and rendered fat permanently
• Textured palm holds cast iron and long grill tools securely
• Waterproof silicone shrugs off marinade, rain and doused flare-ups
• Wipe clean, or hand wash or gentle machine cycle and air dry

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