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(22 customer reviews) 55 of 55 people found the following review helpful
I agree that this is a great product,
March 6, 2004 Jim Krupnik "jkrupnik" (Watchung, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SiliconeZone Standard Baking Mat (Kitchen)
My first experience with a silicone mat was nothing short of a revelation, so I went on a mission to see if the several brands available offered anything the others lacked. In my opinion, this one performs as well as the others that I have used (which is to say it's fantastic). I use them for pastry, cookies, and any other baking that normally threatens me with over baked bottom sides, and breakage due to sticking. I have not used them for candy, but sugar that has fallen from cookies, and carmalized on it's surface doesn't stick in the least. This is a great product.For roasts, I use a roasting pan. I like to make my own gravy, and I don't see how a silicone liner would help the process. For pizza, I use an air core pizza pan that is riddled with holes to ensure a crisp crust by allowing moisture to escape rather than turning the bottom of the pie into mush. The same holds true for reheating a pizza. To put a silicone pad between a pizza and the heat source is inviting pizza...Read more
53 of 53 people found the following review helpful
These things rock,
February 4, 2004 jmm "jmm1103" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SiliconeZone Standard Baking Mat (Kitchen)
The previous reviewer seemed to have mistaken a baking mat - replaces parchment paper or grease on a baking sheet - with a baking sheet. What it does is provide a surface to which almost no baked products adhere. Why you'd do a roast or pizza on top of it is beyond me. I've used it for cookies, various candied desserts, and a number of things where you'd otherwise have to line or grease the baking pan. In each case it performed superbly. It's also incredibly easy to clean (unless, apparently, you do something ridiculous like puncture it).
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Amazing bakeware product.,
November 8, 2005 David Saintloth (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SiliconeZone Standard Baking Mat (Kitchen)
As background I'ld like to state that I am in no way affiliated with silicone zone the maker of this product. I am also of a technical background and have seen some very amazing technology but this bakeware sheet is really something else.
Anyone that has taken a basic Chemistry class knows that substances made of silicon have particularly nice properties, namely it is extremely stable under high heat.
[...]the silicon(e) material is a compound of silicon and oxygen that shares many of the properties of the elemental silicon which is within it but adds a flexibility that makes it a good candidate for use in many gels, lubricants and even breast implants. Now in the form of silicone zone bakeware we can take advantage of the flexibility and high heat retention of silicone.
Upon first recieving the package I was amazed that the material would resist oven temperatures. When I touched it I was almost *sure* it couldn't. The surface feels tacky, almost...Read more