KitchenAid 11 by 16-5/8-Inch Silicone Mat, Blue

 (6 customer reviews)

I bought two of these, first two times using them, everything stuck to them. In both cases I was making cookies (with a lot of butter). I didn't add any additional spray/lube/butter to the mat, because I thought that was the point of using them. Theoretically cleanable in a dishwasher, but they're so floppy and large that it's impractical. I left them soak in the sink and the dough did come right off after a few minutes of soaking. But... how is this better than a regular cookie sheet? I can put that in the dishwasher. A cooking salesperson today told me she had the silpat (or similar) and they worked great. I told her mine stuck and she said, "Oh, you must have the Kitchenaid ones."

Buy something else.

I honestly haven't used this for baking yet, as my oven is too small, but I use it for kneading bread dough, biscuit dough, and rolling pie crust or cookies. It is awesome and I absolutely love it! You use much less flour for kneading the bread dough than you would if using say a large cutting board, and it sticks much less. So easy to wash, too. It moves around a bit, but it's large enough that I can hold one end of it between me and the counter and then knead without it moving all over. I don't care that I can't bake with it, it's worth the price to be able to knead and roll dough with little sticking!

We have a new Wolf stove and purchased the KitchenAid silicone oven mat. At 350 and 1/2 hour bake time, the mat completely fell apart and filled the oven with smoke. I had a "Silpat" next to the KitchenAid which was fine. I consider KitchenAid product completely unsatisfactory and wish I had saved my receipt for return.