Can I use Tea Towels to grab hot dishes?Updated 16 hours ago

TL;DR: Tea Towels can handle warm pans and everyday kitchen tasks, but you should avoid direct contact with very hot oven trays or open flames. If you need to remove something straight from the oven use an oven mitt or silicone trivet for best safety.

Short answer

Tea Towels are durable and performed well in normal kitchen use, but they are not designed as heatproof oven gloves. Microfibre is a synthetic material that can degrade or melt if exposed to very high temperatures.

Practical guidance

• For hot oven trays, pots or pans that have just come out of the oven use oven mitts, heat-resistant gloves, or a silicone trivet.
• For warm crockery or lifting items that are not extremely hot, folding the Tea Towel to several layers can provide short-term protection, but it is not a guaranteed heat barrier.
• Never use the towel on open flames or as a pad for very hot cookware sitting directly on the fabric.

After contact with heat or grease

• If a towel gets scorched, discoloured or sticky, stop using it for kitchen tasks and replace it.
• If the towel picks up grease or food residue after contact with hot items, launder it promptly following care instructions. Kitchen Grease & Oil Cleaner will help break down this grease, spray on Tea Towel and work in gently.

Why this matters

Synthetic fibres can soften or deform at high temperatures. We recommend treating Tea Towels as multipurpose cleaning and drying tools rather than heat protective equipment.