This oven glove is made of silicone. Silicone is a type of plastic. It is soft and flexible. It was invented in England about 100 years ago.

You can stretch the oven glove a lot. It looks like an open beak. The two pockets are the same size and width. The glove adapts well when you move your hand. And there is no special place for your thumb. It does not matter how you put the glove on.

Silicone protects you against very hot things. You can use the glove to get hot things out of the oven. The glove’s surface is ribbed. That is why you do not touch the hot things directly and you can easily grab them.

The designer Xavier Costa designed this oven glove. He works for the company Lékué in Spain. The company produces many silicone products. They mainly create kitchen products.

Today, there are more and more silicone products for the kitchen. For example baking tins or ice cube trays. Silicone lasts for a long time and food does not stick to it. Silicone is not dangerous for your health and you can use it for a long time. But silicone is not good for the environment. It stays almost the same and does not dissolve.