Insulating a pan handle

[Robin]

+1 (or should that be +100 C when taking the cast iron gratin from under the grill?)

and then there's how they deal with getting wet

[Thomas Prufer]

I use cotton-lined leather gauntlets by Weldas, and they handle picking up and carrying easily. They also handle reaching into a charcoal fire and rearranging the charcoal. Liquids and grease do not penetrate quickly enough for it to be problem. There is enough advance warning so that putting what you are carrying down, and removing the gloves can be done leisurely.

The combination of grease, fire, charcoal, and use does make them look a bit industrial. However, there's an indoor pair for the stove, and an outdoor pair for fire and grill:-)

Thomas Prufer

[Clive Arthur]

RTV Silicone is quite happy at 200C and would probably take to the stove rope nicely. You can get higher temperature Silicone for cookers too, the only one I've seen is rust red.

[Clive Arthur]

High temperature self-amalgamating tape.