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First QVC kitchen item I've ever returned.

house_cat — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:01:36 GMT

I recently received the silicone spill stoppers. They are silicone covers to prevent boil-overs. They did prevent the pot from boiling over, but they are floppy and very difficult to use. If you want to stir or peek into the pot they collapse and fall into the liquid. It was a sloppy situation and totally not worth the money.

I've purchased a lot of things that turned out to be useless or not worth the money, but these are the first I've ever shipped back.

(This pic was snatched from Amazon. I no longer see them available on the QVC site.)

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Imaoldhippie — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:07:20 GMT

I saw them demo'ed on one of the shows. They looked like a really good product. Thanks for your review Im glad I did not order them.

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house_cat — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:11:49 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
I saw them demo'ed on one of the shows. They looked like a really good product. Thanks for your review Im glad I did not order them.

I just wrote a review and I can see that most of the reviewers are happy with them. However, I needed tongs to get them off the pot, and still nearly scalded myself because the silicone inverted itself, causing the hot liquid to splash. I'm not sure if I'm describing it clearly, but I was very disappointed with this product, and they were not inexpensive.

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SharkE — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:14:07 GMT

I use mine daily, love it !

Got mine at Bed & Bath.

KUHN Rikon

take off burner and see how close the macroni is to getting done, etc

can't raise the lid while it's cooking or it will boil over

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SouthernBee — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:19:32 GMT

@SharkE : Thank you, will check this out. Southern Bee

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Daysdee — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:50:04 GMT

I bought these years ago from QVC. Did not like at all. You cannot stir your pasta (or whatever) without removing it and you cannot see how things are coming along. Waste of money for me. I didn't get "smart" in time to return.

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shaggygirl — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:55:51 GMT

I got mine quite a few years ago from QVC, mine is blue, and used it just last night while boiling ziti. My entire microwave above the stove top gets covered in steam including the door and the control panel if I don't use it even with the fan on high. And using the lid of the pot the water still boils up and lifts the lid and spills out. This thing keeps the steam only escaping thru the center flower shaped part and going right up into the microwave exhaust. The "petals" lift up and let the steam escape.

HOWEVER, tis true that you have to be very careful when checking your food if you don't want either of the mentioned problems to happen, having it fall in the pot and getting splashed and burned or getting your wrist steam burnt. I use either two pairs of tongs to lift it off or sometimes one pair of tongs and the tine of a large serving fork thru the other loop to lift it off to check my pasta. Putting it back on the pot is no problem.

I am kind of surprised that it's still on the market considering how easily you can get burned especially the first time using it and not realizing what can happen. When I got mine I also got one for one of my sons who likes to cook. He tossed his in his garbage after getting steam burned the first time he used it.

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house_cat — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:43:10 GMT

@shaggygirl

Thank you for taking the time to post. You said it much more clearly than I had.

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SharkE — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:44:11 GMT

Just raise the lid AWAY from you. LOL

Take off burner

raise lid with fork thru the holder hole and raise it sideways.

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SharkE — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:07:18 GMT

better then having a pot of beans or something like boiling potatoes or mac and cheese boil over and burns your glass cooktop and now you got to wait till it cools down and scrub the **** out of that mess.

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fthunt — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:09:39 GMT

I've gotten BURNED so many times from Lori G's and Mark Charles' wonder products...............buying in to their pitch........I now change the channel. Bought something similar from Rachel Ray. Set will see the trash can eventually.

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loriqvc — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:27:42 GMT

@house_cat - First of all, lucky you that this is your first kitchen return! I adore Kuhn Rikon products and own tons of them, but this is the only one I consider a total waste of money. As you noted, it does a nice job of preventing boil-overs, so I can't say it's useless, but if you need to check or stir what it's covering, you're going to end up with a mess and a potential for getting burned. Mine has been relegated to being a backup splatter guard in the microwave in the rare cases when my regular silicone splatter guard is being cleaned or used elsewhere.

Interestingly, there's a company called Kochblume that just started presenting its wares on QVC, including this type of item, which Kuhn Rikon called a Kochblume (German for "cook flower") due to its shape.

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fthunt — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:30:29 GMT

After thought for pasta problems (microwave) For Christmas received a R Ray Fasta Pasta. Long hard plastic tray - measure water needed for amount of pasta you're cooking. Without lid (which is used to drain the hot water)- set timer - chart included. 10 mins for Angle Hair. DING - check - add more time if needed - drain with lid and pasta is ready.

Sure beats standing over hot stove . I love it.

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Icegoddess — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:36:47 GMT

I got one of these a few years back at a discount store. First time I used it, it fell into the pot. I assume it's becasue it's not enough bigger than the pot opening so when it gets hot it softens and falls in.

I've also heard that laying a wooden spoon across the pot opening prevents boil-overs. Don't know if it works, but worth a try. I try to catch it before it gets to boil-over point and turn the heat down. I don't boil my pasta on the HI setting, so I turn it down right before or after adding the pasta.

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shaggygirl — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:00:44 GMT

Speaking of pasta, lately just to cut down on boiling time I've been using (like last night) the Ronzoni Quick Cook (3 minute) Penne Rigate (to me it's just ziti). So far I've only seen the penne type pasta in the quick cook version. They aren't big fat ones but they cook up larger than they look in the package cellophane window. I actually do them 5 minutes because I like it a little softer.

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SouthernBee — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:01:50 GMT

@SharkE : I totally agree. I tried the wooden spoon trick, it sort a works, but raises one side of the lid that drips down the side of the pot creating another mess. Southern Bee

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SharkE — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:08:44 GMT

take off burner then raise the lid with utensil

I'd rather wipe up condensation then cheese, or bean juice LOL

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Icegoddess — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:24:37 GMT

@SouthernBee wrote:
@SharkE : I totally agree. I tried the wooden spoon trick, it sort a works, but raises one side of the lid that drips down the side of the pot creating another mess. Southern Bee

I didn't think you used the lid when using the wooden spoon.

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SouthernBee — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:56:57 GMT

@Icegoddess : For me it doesn’t work just with the wooden spoon and I also tried using the wooden spoon with reduced heat. Southern Bee

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loriqvc — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:28:49 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@SouthernBee wrote:
@SharkE : I totally agree. I tried the wooden spoon trick, it sort a works, but raises one side of the lid that drips down the side of the pot creating another mess. Southern Bee
I didn't think you used the lid when using the wooden spoon.

@SouthernBee - I've never found the wooden spoon trick to work well enough to keep doing it, but if you're going to try it, @Icegoddess is right: don't use the lid. The purpose of the wooden spoon resting over the pot is to allow the slightly rough texture of the wood to pop large bubbles as they rise to the surface below it. In order for that to happen, though, the boil can't be too high/fast, or the liquid just slides over the sides before reaching the spoon. Again, I don't find this to be an effective approach.

More importantly, once your pot is boiling, you should not put a lid on it—doing so actually causes the boiling to increase because the heat and steam are not being released from the pot. After your liquid reaches a boil, reduce the heat slightly (so it is still boiling but not out of control) and keep the lid off; this should help you avoid having to constantly babysit your pot, though you'll still need to keep an eye on it.