Tom Douglas by Pinzon Bamboo Tongs, Set of 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)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.


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