Gray Four-Piece Mitt and Trivet Set

This is the lowest-priced four-piece set on the site, and it is the neutral one. Two 13.7-inch mitts and two matching trivets in mid-grey, which is the tone that sits without argument next to steel, concrete, white units or pale wood. If you want the full set and do not want to think about colour, this is the answer.

What the trivets add is a place to put things down. Most kitchens improvise this with a folded towel, which conducts heat into the worktop, or a wooden board, which scorches. A silicone trivet is the piece of equipment that actually exists for the job, and having two means you can stage a dish and a pan at the same time.

The mitts in the set are the standard build: a moulded BPA-free silicone shell with a ridged grip surface, over a quilted cotton liner. Silicone gives the sealed, non-absorbent barrier and the friction; cotton gives the insulation and the padding. The trivets are the same silicone without the lining, because a surface does not need to be comfortable.

Grey is forgiving in a way that cream is not and black is not either. It does not look grubby as it ages and it does not show the pale heat marks that turn up on dark silicone. Wipe all four pieces with warm water and dish soap; put the mitts in the machine when the cotton lining has had enough.

The short version

• Lowest-priced four-piece set in the catalogue
• Neutral mid-grey works against steel, concrete, white and pale wood
• Two trivets let you stage a dish and a pan at once
• Mitts are the standard 13.7-inch ridged silicone build with cotton liner
• All four pieces wipe clean; mitts are machine washable

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