KitchenAid Stainless Metal Utility Tongs, 12 Inch

Love these tongs. Heavy duty, well made, lock securely, useful size, plus my favorite color.
I recently bought 9″ tongs, that turned out to be light weight, jiggled at the hinge, and just plain looked to be cheaply made. The tongs were less expensive than some, but, here again, you get what you pay for. So, I decided to look for another set.I found this set of KitchenAid tongs that, at 10.25″, was a bit longer than I wanted, but I know the KitchenAid brand offers quality. I bought them and am so glad I did. The quality between these tongs and the ones I bought previously was night and day.This set of tongs is heavy duty, well made, the lock works well, and the hinge is secure. Since I hand wash my tongs, I expect this set will last for a very long time and this set is now my most used tongs. I use them to turn brochettes, chicken, and other foods on my Ninja grill, and use them to remove food from my air fryer oven. Although I initially was looking for 9″ tongs, I am finding I like this length better since it keeps my hand a bit further from the heat.I have added a video on the differences between a cheap set of tongs and a high quality set such as this one. You won’t generally find this information in reviews or product descriptions, and it’s likely most people don’t even notice their tongs don’t completely close to hold food. They just wonder why their food fell out of the tongs. I would definitely recommend this set of tongs vs. the less expensive ones. Saving a couple of dollars just isn’t worth the headaches of trying to use an inferior product.I hope this review was helpful for you. I will update my review is my opinion changes.

The benchmark in silicone-tipped kitchen tongs
Amazon has dozens of look-alike stainless tongs, some even with no-scratch tips in silicone or nylon. Unless you’ve actually handled a set of Kitchen Aid tongs, they all will seem basically alike.We’d always used OXO kitchen utensils and had thought that OXO generally went the added distance to produce at least slightly higher-quality items than all the items from lesser-known brands.But we just happened to order this set of tongs from Kitchen Aid rather than OXO.The Kitchen Aid tongs are dramatically higher quality than our OXO tongs.The Kitchen Aid tongs are heavier-duty stainless steel; they are more precise; the locking mechanism works better; the silicone tips grip as well as tongs with metal tips (which is usually not the case), and of course don’t scratch our cookware. Plus lots of non-scratch tongs are nylon tipped, which can melt. These are silicone which won’t.It may seem absurd to speak in superlatives when talking about a set of kitchen tongs; but it’s always more pleasant to use good tools, and these tongs are the ne plus ultra of their category.Congratulations to Kitchen Aid for making a pedestrian item like tongs so much better.If you notice and care about quality and if you like to use better rather than average tools in the kitchen, these are the tongs you’ll want.

Sizing inaccurately listed
Beefier than oxo and the rounded grabbers are a better design than the flatter oxo.Make sure to check the photos – the sizing Amazon lists is not accurate. The 12″ tongs are less than 12″ and the same measurement on the 14″ tongs is 16″.

Sturdy
These are sturdy I can see them lasting rest of my life from now on I’m only buying kitchen aid stuff

Nice tongs! Appreciate having pure stainless steel without any plastic or silicone to contaminate the food! The ridged grip is definitely helpful as well.

Depois de um tempo de uso, a pinça está intacta, valeu à pena pagar um valor mais alto para um produto de qualidade superior.

De muy buena calidad, llegó a tiempo. Amo todo lo de KitchenAid