Nitrile Gloves

Sdyork

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Anybody got a place where I can get reasonably priced food grade nitrile gloves… The recteq store has been out of them forever??
 
I bought a pack of 10 boxes/100ea on Amazon back in June, as I was getting tired of watching the costs go up and their availability go down. One of the better choices I have made in a while :). They are no longer available, though there are others similar out there. They just keep getting more and more expensive.
 
You can check your local Costco (they usually have the XL and L's in stock over near the pharmacy). Food 4 Less has ample supply, and strangely enough, I purchased some a couple of days ago form Harbor Freight. HB has different thicknesses available in case you are cooking and working on the truck at the same time. Lol. All of the above location except for Food 4 Less have a one box limit.
 
5mm @ Harbor Freight for $14 a 100, which is about double what it used to be.

In store only, I'd call 1st.
 
They are readily available on the internet. “Reasonably priced“ is where it gets to be a problem. I just purchased a box of 100 6 mil on Amazon for about $25. I guess that’s better than not being able to get them at all.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01L017K14?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Yeah I’ve found some as well but 100 is 50 pair for $25 Seems pretty high
I’m still open to some more reasonable priced gloves if anybody else has discovered a place to get them.
 
I've been trying to do the "one clean hand" routine in only using one glove for meat preperation. It's been working pretty good and I find myself not really needing to put on two gloves when not really necessary. No telling how long this craziness will be with us....
 
Thanks @Wslayer. We don’t have a Home Economy near us so I went online. With tax and shipping I was at $29.99.
 
I'm interested in hearing more about how and why you use these gloves for cooking in your home. I've considered it for prepping my briskets, but when I think about how I would do it, I'm convinced that I would use 12 pair for every brisket. My goal would be to minimize cross contamination. I try to keep a "dirty" hand spreading out the Worcestershire or rub or whatever. And a "clean" hand on the bottle or shaker. But then to flip the brisket or shoulders I have to use both hands and would have to then change the glove on my right hand to coat the other side. I may just as well wash my hands again every time I flip, which is what I do now.

What am I missing?
 
I found this today:

Gorilla Supply Heavy Duty Vinyl Gloves
Large Box of 100 Powder Free 4mil Disposable $ 8.99

Klex Nitrile Exam Gloves
Medical Grade, Powder Free, Latex Rubber Free, Disposable, Food Safe, Lavender $17.99

https://www.gorillapaper.com/

 
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Smoker4... you pose a great question. I have ditched my old fashioned way of thinking and try to adopt the same cleanliness practices I hope to see in a restaurant with regard to food handling. One tweek I made is to reserve the nitrile for cooked meat pulls (with cotton gloves when handling meat pulls Or cleaning with industrial solvents. I use medical grade plastic clear gloves during the actual ambient temperature food prep. The reason for the two methods is my attempt to bend the cost curve since the plastic gloves are significantly less than the nitrile and I change them more frequently. Ultimately, I realize we’re talking small savings but I’m old school and was taught that “if you watch the pennies and nickels, the dollars will take care of themselves”.

Just my opinion,
 
Smoker4... you pose a great question. I have ditched my old fashioned way of thinking and try to adopt the same cleanliness practices I hope to see in a restaurant with regard to food handling. One tweek I made is to reserve the nitrile for cooked meat pulls (with cotton gloves when handling meat pulls Or cleaning with industrial solvents. I use medical grade plastic clear gloves during the actual ambient temperature food prep. The reason for the two methods is my attempt to bend the cost curve since the plastic gloves are significantly less than the nitrile and I change them more frequently. Ultimately, I realize we’re talking small savings but I’m old school and was taught that “if you watch the pennies and nickels, the dollars will take care of themselves”.

Just my opinion,
Good point!
 

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