Silicone Bakeware??

[fansill]

Good Morning,

Has anyone had any experiences using silicone bakeware? I want to purchase some for the RV for use in the regular oven and the convection-micro but I still am leary of baking anything in something that looks like it would melt outside on a hot day. The reason that I am attracted to the silicon bakeware is that it will not rattle as we travel down the road... Hubby would appreciate that most of all.

Thanks in advance for your opinions.

Faith

[4Knights]

DW has the cupcake pans and the cake pan, hates both because they don't clean up well. They are sitting on a shelf in the garage.

[WheelingIt]

Haven't tried them, but I have an easy fix for your rattle. Just buy a roll of that grip-it stuff, cut to size and use between your pans. Same stuff I use to separate all my plates. 2 years on the road and no rattles or breaks yet!

[wa8yxm]

I have some loaf pans and cupcake pans.. I find they do clean up well, Plus you can "Wad them up" for storage and tey release the finished loaf well. I have some cake pans too now that I think of it (Square type) I like them.

The only problem is I do need to set them on a cookie sheet since they are a tad... floppy.

[sniggles]

I have the single cup cake cups. I use them in a convection microwave. Using the bake setting. Put single cups on a tray. They baked up great and clean up was snap just turn them inside out and wash the crumbs right off.
Now I am looking to buy the cake ones now.

[JMonroe]

Peggy used a silicone baking pan for the first time just a couple weeks ago, for sticky cinnamon rolls. Came out great, pan cleaned easily, and as others have observed, you can actually roll the things up to fit them in much smaller spaces than comparable metal pans would need, rattle or not.

[Sohapi]

I love my silicone pans and use them almost all the time. Mine clean up well now that I figured out to use vinegar and baking soda when there was baked grease on them. They seem to like to hang on to baked grease otherwise.

They are convenient as the roll up almost and I put them between things that might bang or break while driving down the road. We use a lot of glass in our RV too so it perfect for cushioning.

[clschreifels]

I just bought a set from QVC. They are fantastic. We use ours in the Nuwave oven everyday and I have also baked in the propane oven. No problems whatsoever. I don't know for sure, but I think they recommend you not use them in temps over about 400 degrees. The ones I bought have metal around the outside edges inside the silicone and they have handles on them. They are cool to the touch within about 3 minutes of removal from heat. The metal keeps the baking boards rigid enough to hold cupcake forms filled with cake batter. We have cooked pizzas, frozen french fries, burgers, cupcakes, and cookies on ours and have not noticed any odd tastes in the food at all. You can also buy a long, thin sheet of silicone from QVC that may be cut to fit the insides of your regular bakeware. It would also solve your rattle problems. It can be washed and reused. Silicone is very easy to store, easy to use, easy to clean and easy on the pocketbook. Oh, and silicone I bought is food grade quality and perfectly safe. I would look for that when shopping for some. I'm sure it must all be safe, cut I would check anyway.

[mllk3rd]

We have a set and they're great, now we need a set for the stick house.

[wa8yxm]

Use them, they can take 400 degrees (or more) no problem (The label will tell you the max safe temp) My oven won't go much over 400.

They also stand up to zero well (Ice Cube Trays, best I've ever owned)

The only warning I will give is this..

They flop around, so you need to set it atop a cookie sheet or some other support BEFORE you fill it, and move the support with the bakeware. (Or ice cube tray) to the oven (or freezer)

Plus you can wad them up and stuff 'em most anywhere when not in use. I avoid creasing, but to be honest, I do not know if creasing would be a problem or not. I paranoid you see (Actually.... I am but at the level)

[Terier]

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Originally Posted by wa8yxm Use them, they can take 400 degrees (or more) no problem (The label will tell you the max safe temp) My oven won't go much over 400. They also stand up to zero well (Ice Cube Trays, best I've ever owned) The only warning I will give is this.. They flop around, so you need to set it atop a cookie sheet or some other support BEFORE you fill it, and move the support with the bakeware. (Or ice cube tray) to the oven (or freezer) Plus you can wad them up and stuff 'em most anywhere when not in use. I avoid creasing, but to be honest, I do not know if creasing would be a problem or not. I paranoid you see (Actually.... I am but at the level)

That's the problem I had with the ice cube trays - spilled more than carring it to the freeze than what remained in the tray. I thought about using a tray to carry but decided to keep the hard plastic ice cube trays instead because the smaller cube size froze quicker.

As for the cookware - some stuff look like it would work better than other pieces would. I think there would be more issues with some of the cheaper quailty lines. BBB had some items that caught my eye but I don't cook or bake much my cheap metal peices are staying until I become a chef.