HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Only use completely dry items to handle things that are going in and out of your oven, including moving racks in and out, turning or shifting vessels or trays, or retrieving hot items. Any water in your towel or oven mitt will instantly turn to steam in the heat of the oven and can result in burns.

Detailed explanation-2: -But if you don’t have oven mitts, what else can you use? There are all sorts of alternatives you can use instead of oven mitts, including potholders, kitchen towels, flour sacks, and any foldable cloth. Regardless of what you use, you have to make sure that it’s completely dry before handling hot pots and pans.

Detailed explanation-3: -With oven mitts, you slow down the first process, which allows the hot object to cool down and reach steady state mostly via convection and radiation, without your hand getting too hot.