TIL that my oven mitts are NO F'N MATCH for cast iron @ 435° F.
Youch. 🔥✋😢
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Learned this the hard way as well. Get some good silicone grippers.
New mitts already on the way!
I also have silicon handle grippers for my cast iron pans, but I have to leave a dish towel wrapped around them to be able to handle them with bare hands.
I keep forgetting that my hands have more heat tolerance than most people from a decade of working as a waiter.