Sheet Pan Grippers

[Shel_B]

Sometimes it's helpful to have a handle or gripper to move or remove the pan from the oven. I've been using a set of groove joint pliers for this task.

 

They are somewhat suited to the task, but sometimes their grip and stability are poor.  A friend made me aware of the existance of pan grippers.

          

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The shape of the head is designed to grip the rim of sheet pans and the like in a more secure manner than pliers. At least that's the intent. Has anyone used these things? Do they work as advertised?

 

[Duvel]

They work as well aa any pipe wrench; stability depends on the compatibility of the “head” to whatever geometry your pan rim has. Scratches on your pan are to be expected (seasoning/coating will suffer). Better use towels instead: far better grip and multipurpose …

[Maison Rustique]

I have that one on the bottom right. I think I used it once when I first got it but then forgot about it until now. That said, life has been pretty chaotic since then so I haven't really been baking a lot of things.

[liuzhou]

Those are ubiquitous here. Not for sheet pans but for lifting steam pans from steamers etc. Anything hot and with a lip to grab hold of. Other than my girlfriend.

[Shel_B]

7 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

I have that one on the bottom right. I think I used it once when I first got it but then forgot about it until now. That said, life has been pretty chaotic since then so I haven't really been baking a lot of things.

@Maison Rustique  Do you remember how well or poorly the gripper worked? Did you use it on a typical 1/2 sheet?

 

I hope things become less chaotic for you ... 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

16 hours ago, Shel_B said:

Sometimes it's helpful to have a handle or gripper to move or remove the pan from the oven. I've been using a set of groove joint pliers for this task.

 

They are somewhat suited to the task, but sometimes their grip and stability are poor.  A friend made me aware of the existance of pan grippers.

          

(eG-friendly Amazon.com link)                    (eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

 

The shape of the head is designed to grip the rim of sheet pans and the like in a more secure manner than pliers. At least that's the intent. Has anyone used these things? Do they work as advertised?

 

 

I have these:

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[Maison Rustique]

@Shel_B, as I recall, they worked just fine.

[Dr. Teeth]

My mother raised me that it’s rude to answer a question with another question.   So please forgive me.   But in the absence of a wet environment, like steaming, why would this be better than towels or a hot mitt?

 

I have a few pairs or glassblowing gloves and chemical clean up gloves I bought for such things.   Work better than stuff marketed to home cooks and cheaper too

[Maison Rustique]

1 minute ago, Dr. Teeth said:

My mother raised me that it’s rude to answer a question with another question.   So please forgive me.   But in the absence of a wet environment, like steaming, why would this be better than towels or a hot mitt?

 

I have a few pairs or glassblowing gloves and chemical clean up gloves I bought for such things.   Work better than stuff marketed to home cooks and cheaper too

 

For me, it is a matter of using it when you have a pan that is not easy to grip. If something doesn't have handles or you have a pan with no lip on it, it isn't easy to pull it forward and grab hold of it. At least not with arthritic hands.

[Dr. Teeth]

Everyone has a different experience.   I personally find the grip strength to hold a claw device closed and the nature of having a weight on the end of a lever is more demanding than picking something up with a glove that lets me hold it

[TdeV]

@Dr. Teeth, 

My oven gloves have big fat LONG fingers, so I'm always sticking them in food; it would be good to find tighter gloves. Do your chemical clean up gloves protect your hands from hot surfaces?

 

Edited to add that I have arthritis so my knuckles are too large for the gloves I wore when younger, part of the reason I have excess length. Chemical clean up gloves might be a bit stretchy, which would help.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by TdeV
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[Dr. Teeth]

I have a couple pairs of such things I bought years ago.   The glass blower gloves are Kevlar with shiny stuff on them.   The chem gloves are Kevlar with neoprene over them.   They both give me enough dexterity to pick things up and are generous in size.   With the chem gloves I can put my hands into boiling water to grab things.    They are long, and make me look a bit silly