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- Set of 2 tongs for use while cooking or serving at the table- Made of burnished bamboo, a renewable resource
- Stronger than wood; will not swell or absorb moisture
- Dishwasher-safe; hand washing recommended
- Large tongs measure 13-1/4 by 1-1/8 inches; small tongs measure 11-3/4 by 5/8 inches
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By fatmav
This is actually two tongs of different sizes, with a smaller one that can be nested inside the larger one if you want to store them. They are both made of good quality bamboo (no large blemish on mine) and the edges and surfaces are all nicely smoothed. Overall I am happy with these tongs and have been using them in my kitchen. I wouldn't use them on spaghetti since they offer little control on the grip strength and may break the spaghetti, but for fried chicken they are superb and free me from the thought of chemical melting due to high oil temperature.
I must note that I received them through the generous Vine program and so I didn't pay for them. In this regard I find them a tad expensive at the time of this writing when compared to another bamboo tong that I got from a very large supermarket at quite a bit less than half the price of this set of two. This makes it difficult for me to recommend this set, even though I still think it is a five-star item in terms of quality.
By Kevin Barmish (Seattle)
These tongs are great for cooking. I especially love using them on my non-stick wok (Great for flipping shrimp!)! They are also great for reaching into the toaster without burning your hands. These tongs also look quite nice and work well as a serving tool as well! I always handwash them- so I cannot speak to the durability after any number of dishwasher cycles.
By Zack Davisson (Seattle, WA, USA)
In most cases I am all about the bamboo. Every since getting my first Totally Bamboo Kauai Cutting Board and changing over my wooden spoons to bamboo, I have been on the lookout for things in my kitchen I can replace with bamboo.
Not only is it ecologically friendly, I find bamboo to be beautiful and just as useful as any other wood. (although bamboo is technically a grass and not a wood). Some of those expensive olive wood spoons look fantastic but you can buy a full set of equally-beautiful bamboo spoons for the same price.
Unfortunately, while bamboo might replace other woods, apparently it doesn't replace metal. Because these "Tom Douglas by Pinzon Bamboo Tongs, Set of 2" just don't work very well as a set of kitchen tongs.
You get two tongs in this set, one wider and flatter and the other longer and narrower. The tongs are fairly stiff, being a flexible wood rather than being hinged. There is no lock function, and it does take a bit of effort to manipulate them and keep them closed. As expected, they look absolutely beautiful, but are just not useful enough.
Because of the stiff action, I had trouble using the tongs to navigate more delicate items. They were fine for gripping something solid, like flipping a steak, but I had a more difficult time picking up my deep-frying tofu and keeping it intact. Anything that can be mushed will be mushed by these tongs.
Cleaning them is also a pain. The "griping" action is achieved by a series of grooves on the bottom of the tongs, but anything grooved gets packed with food pretty quickly when cooking. Not only does this reduce their ability to grab food while cooking, I had to take a knife to the grooves in order to clean them out. I have since heard that a vegetable brush could do the trick, and that sounds useful, but still an extra cleaning step I don't really want to take.
For non-stick pans or places where you don't want to scratch with metal tongs, these might serve as a viable replacement. But there is no way they will become the primary tongs in your kitchen allowing you to toss the other ones out.
By Aderyn (Small-Town Michigan, USA)
I really like these tongs. Between the pair, they are long enough to handle pretty much any tong task, yet manageable enough to be used deftly. I think they would do fine in the dishwasher, as I have bamboo cooking spoons that I wash that way regularly, but as suggested, I put them in with my hand-wash dishes to make sure they stay nice. Because they are so attractive, I have used them only for salads, veggie trays, and other table-service tasks at this point (I have metal tongs to use for cooking), but they are very well finished, smooth and with nicely rounded edges, and I think they would do fine with hot foods and cooking, as well. They do not open as widely as my metal tongs, a potential drawback but not one I will downgrade them for, as they are not designed to do so (it would be kind of like downgrading a paring knife because it wasn't as big as a chef's knife). Like many who enjoy cooking, I love nice kitchen gadgets, and these are a very welcome addition to my utensil drawer.
By Julia Rietmulder-Stone (Harrisburg, PA)
As other reviewers have noted, these tongs are beautiful. Unfortunately, I haven't found them as useful as others have, due to their stiffness/narrowness and difficulty cleaning the little ridges at the ends.
I'm trying to reduce the amount of plastic in my kitchen, and I thought these would quickly become a staple for using with my non-stick and enameled pans that could be damaged by metal. They've now been in my kitchen for about a month, but haven't caught on in the way I thought they would.
The first use I found for the large set was while braising short ribs in an enameled pot. They were *almost* perfect, but because they weren't quite wide enough to fit all the way around the meat, part of the meat ended up falling off the bone. Boded well for dinner, but not for presentation. :-) Some of the browned meat also got stuck in the grooves, and was difficult to get out. Another reviewer suggests a vegetable brush, which I think sounds like a good idea, and I'll try that next time. The next use was for serving kale out of a non-stick pan. Even the large tongs are capable of serving up modest amounts at a time, though, and were too thick to get the last bits out (maybe because of the rounded edges?).
Since those initial two uses, I've probably reached for them a handful of times or so, and every time I've felt like they were *close* but just not quite the right tool for the job. Tom Douglas has two recommended uses for them: serving bread and serving dumplings. Well, we usually serve bread with our hands, and I don't know the last time I made dumplings. I can easily see, though, that they'd work well for those purposes, so if that's what you're looking for, this is a beautiful and very attractively priced set. Otherwise, they might have a place in your kitchen, but they aren't quite a perfect solution.
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