/ck/ - Food & Cooking

silicon is a rubber and not a plastic
it's also stable up to about 500 degrees so you should be fine so long as you're not cooking pizzas on it

>>16529452
>I don't want to become gayer with all that heated plastic.
>>Becomes OP.
I'm getting mixed signals here.

>>16529538
I think silicon is a type of plastic at the end of the day.

Yes?

Real question is why you want to. They're harder to clean than a sheet pan, and stuff does stick to them. I'm making a transition away from tin foil, parchment paper and silicone mats and just greasing the fucking pan. You're cleaning it anyway, the food turns out better and it's less bullshit. Take the pepsi challenge.

>>16530938
>t. highschool dropout

>>16529452
>I don't want to become gayer
I don't think it is possible to become gayer than that.

>>16531105

>>16529452
Does baking with these result in less browning on the bottom?

>>16531124
Yes.

>>16531114
>technically silicon is a rubber

thank you for admiting you were wrong.

>>16531114
>indutry considered something for simplicity sake
Big wow

>>16529452
>I don't want to become gayer

>>16529452
They’re totally safe and they work great for pastry and roast veg. It’s easier to stir things on them without sticking and you can get a more even caramelization.
I got some for Xmas last year and I never even thought of using them for anything but cookies. Then I had to do multiple batches of different roast veg and I got pissed at the thought of how much scrubbing I’d have to do on my roasting pans. Used the sil-pad, haven’t looked back since.

>>16531471
i am yam

>>16531065
>They're harder to clean than a sheet pan, and stuff does stick to them
I have not had a single thing that has not come off with water and wiping

>>16531065
Silicone stains easily when baking but they clean up like a dream. Hot soapy water and it comes up ez. I don't know what you were doing wrong.

>>16529452
Yes. But I use wax paper for easier clean up.

>>16529452
>gayer

son how gay are you

>>16529452
use cornmeal

>>16529452
They're made of silicone

>>16531114
It's "considered plastic" in the sense that it's application is like plastic.
But it's not plastic.

>>16530938
Figures someone who's so retarded that he fears plastic will make him gay, also thinks silicone is plastic.

>>16531065
You're not supposed to roast meat and stuff on it. It's for making cookies and candy. Also those silicone mats are a weird silicone/fiberglass weave and if you bend them them break making them both less effective and eventually reportedly bad for health.

>>16530938
lmao

These became popular when boob jobs went out of style. Coincidence? Or are they recycling boomer bimbo boobs to create these?

>>16534588
Boob jobs are still in style, but they have to be decently done and proportional.

>>16534416
do you mean crease? because they bend pretty easily

>>16529452
Just use parchment paper.

>>16529452
>I don't want to become gayer
Too little, too late.

>>16532898
You wrap prepared food in wax paper, you don't fucking bake with it you mongoloid unless you want wax all over your food and pan. Parchment paper is for baking.

>>16531513
they're all silicone? I've not looked into these, though so much of my kitchen is silicone. I've given the material a lot of credit for its sanitary and heat-resistant nature, but much of what I know comes from the world of sensual-adult-products, where the cardinal rule is to never expose it to silicone-based lubricants because they would act as a solvent on the silicone surface, chemically melting the surface integrity, allowing the once-sanitizeable rubber to absorb "biological contaminants". makes the once-smooth-and-fuckable surface feel sticky even if you wash it.

so you can literally bake on these fully, huh? I tend to use parchment paper for lower-heat dry stuff like this and foil or my castiron for higher-heat or messier. seems most of my kitchen hardware options tend to top out around 450 degrees. On my induction hobs, I use silicone potholders on the ceramic surface over each hotspot, to hold the skillet or steel-sautee-pan. the induction works straight through it and unless I way-stupid-crazy overdid it preheating a pan, they never have a problem. worst case accident and the hexagonal web warped out, "cupping" the whole potholder like crispy pepperoni. but literally just took it off the heat and set it elsewhere to cool off and it went back to exactly how it was like nothing had happened, it never started to "melt" or singe or leave a permanent deformity. I've always wondered about this material's true chemical-safety. But under 500 degrees I've figured I could trust it.

>>16534609
Makes me laugh when pornstars have botched tits. It’s like you had one job lol.

>>16534617
Yeah it's not supposed to be folded. You'll definitely notice if it's been done as it will never come out.

It's not plastic. It's liquefied sand. It's like flexible glass.

They're a great one-time purchase to replace buying endless parchment paper. Silicone is chemically inert, so doesn't cause any health problems, and they can handle any temps a typical oven can reach

>>16529452
no they leak estrogens into your food. I literally ended up becoming a tranny after using them for a couple months.

>>16529538
Rubber is just a squishy kind of plastic though