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- Oven gloves were invented by Earl Mitt of Austin, Texas, in the early 1870s. He was a frequent baker of G
ugelhupf cakes and permanently disfigured his left hand in a baking accident. To prevent further injury to himself, and the injuries of the many generations to come, he crafted a rudimentary oven "mitt" made of wool and shoe leather. He slowly refined his desig
n over the years, experimenting with various arrangements of finger compartments and different insulating materials