The best BBQ gloves in the UK for 2026: six picks from £4.19 to £58.99

Published 19 October 2026 · Last updated 19 October 2026 · By Ben Austen · Affiliate disclosure

Gloves are on my list of BBQ must-haves, along with tongs, firelighters and an instant-read probe. Mine are 16-inch WZQH leather gloves from Amazon. They’re OK, but I wouldn’t buy them again, because when it’s really hot they start to not work. They’re the only BBQ gloves I’ve used, so what I say about the rest comes from the makers’ own pages and from what owners say on Amazon, Screwfix and the UK BBQ forum on Reddit. Moving hot grates and coals is a different job from pulling apart a hot pork shoulder. These are the best BBQ gloves I found for both jobs, from £4.19 to £58.99, and I checked every price on 19 October 2026.

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Popular, but I’d skip them

These six are among the most-rated BBQ gloves on Amazon UK, with more than a thousand ratings each, and I wouldn’t buy any of them.

At a glance: the six BBQ gloves

Gloves	Price	Where	I’ve used them	Job	Made of	Heat rating	Length	Sold as
Polyco Volcano 7564	£26.34	SafetyGloves.co.uk	No	Hot grates, the deflector, cast iron	Kevlar knit	EN 407 contact: 350°C (662°F)	32cm, or 58cm	Pair
Site leather MIG welders gauntlets	£4.19	Screwfix	No	The fire, coals and sparks	Cotton-lined leather	EN 407 contact: 100°C (212°F)	Not checked	Pair
Weber Premium Gloves	£58.99	Weber UK	No	The fire, coals and a hot barbecue	Aramid, silicone palm	Not given	30.5cm (S/M), 33cm (L/XL)	Not checked
Coolskin GTX mid-length gauntlet	£25.19	SafetyGloves.co.uk	No	Hot metal	Meta-aramid knit	Up to 250°C (482°F), says Coolskin	Mid-length	Pair
RAPICCA neoprene	£18.99	Amazon UK	No	Hot, greasy meat	Neoprene	Says 500°C (932°F), no EN 407 code	35.6cm	Pair
Nitrile gloves and cotton liners	£8.99 + £6.99	ProSmoke	No	Pulling meat	Nitrile over cotton	None given	n/a	100 gloves, 12 pairs of liners

Prices checked on 19 October 2026.

Best for hot grates: Polyco Volcano 7564, £26.34

The Polyco Volcano is a Kevlar work glove made for foundries, not barbecues, and it’s on this list for its heat rating. It’s certified under EN 407, the European standard for heat-protective gloves, and it passed the contact test at 350°C (662°F) for 15 seconds. That’s level 3 of 4, and the highest certified contact rating of any glove here.

Contact heat is what you’re dealing with when you lift a hot grate, move the deflector or pick up a cast iron pan by the handle. The Volcano also gets the top score of 4 for flammability and for convective heat, the heat carried up from the fire in hot air.

It’s sold as a pair, in one size, and there’s a 32cm version and a longer 58cm one. Only nine people have reviewed it on SafetyGloves.co.uk, where it averages 4 out of 5, so there isn’t much owner feedback to go on yet.

Pros

• The highest certified contact rating here: 350°C (662°F)
• Top marks for flammability and convective heat
• £26.34 a pair

Cons

• One size only
• Only nine reviews, so little owner feedback
• Sold as a work glove, so you buy it from a safety-glove shop

Price	£26.34 at SafetyGloves.co.uk
Made of	Kevlar knit
EN 407 code	43432X (contact heat 350°C / 662°F)
Length	32cm, or 58cm
Sizes	One size
Sold as	Pair

Buy at SafetyGloves.co.uk →

Best leather BBQ gloves for the fire: Site MIG welders gauntlets, £4.19

Welding gloves are what the UK BBQ forum on Reddit recommends. Across three threads, 13 different people recommended them, and seven named Screwfix. One of the forum’s moderators linked this Site pair and uses it for lifting out grates and deflector plates. If you want leather BBQ gloves, they’re cotton-lined cow leather with a wing thumb, £4.19 a pair, and Screwfix customers give them 4.8 out of 5 from 190 reviews.

Under EN 407 they get the top score of 4 for flammability and for small splashes of molten metal, which is what welding throws at them, and 3 for convective heat. For contact heat they’re only level 1, which means 100°C (212°F) for 15 seconds, so on paper they’re made for flame and sparks more than for holding hot metal.

They have an open cuff, and Screwfix says to wipe them clean rather than wash them. One forum member says they’re for jobs where you don’t need a great deal of dexterity.

Pros

• £4.19 a pair
• The glove the UK BBQ forum on Reddit recommends most
• Top scores for flammability and molten-metal splashes

Cons

• Contact heat rated only to 100°C (212°F)
• Not much dexterity
• Wipe clean only

Price	£4.19 at Screwfix
Made of	Cow leather, cotton lining
EN 407 code	413X4X (contact heat 100°C / 212°F)
Length	Not checked
Size	Large
Sold as	Pair
Guarantee	1 year

Buy at Screwfix →

Best BBQ-brand gloves: Weber Premium Gloves, £58.99

Weber’s Premium Gloves are the most-reviewed gloves from a BBQ maker that I found, with 4.7 out of 5 from 2,430 ratings on Amazon UK. They have an aramid shell, a silicone palm and a cotton and polyester lining, and they come in two sizes, S/M and L/XL.

Owners on Amazon say they’re comfortable and long enough to clean a hot barbecue without burning your forearms, and one moves hot coals in them. Some call them expensive but worth it.

At £58.99 they’re the dearest gloves here, and Weber’s product page doesn’t give a heat rating for them, so there’s no EN 407 code to set against the Polyco or the Screwfix gauntlets. They’re 30.5cm long in S/M and 33cm in L/XL, and Weber says to hand wash them.

Pros

• The most-reviewed BBQ-brand gloves, 4.7 from 2,430 ratings
• Silicone palm
• Two sizes

Cons

• The dearest here at £58.99
• No heat rating on Weber’s page
• Hand wash only

Price	£58.99 at Weber UK
Made of	Aramid shell, silicone palm, cotton and polyester lining
Heat rating	Not given
Length	30.5cm (S/M), 33cm (L/XL)
Sizes	S/M, L/XL
Sold as	Not checked

Buy at Weber UK →

Best fitted gauntlet: Coolskin GTX mid-length gauntlet, £25.19

The Coolskin GTX is a meta-aramid work gauntlet with a glove inside a glove, where the inner one is there to make it fit. It comes in sizes, with a size chart on the page, and £25.19 buys a pair.

Coolskin rates it up to 250°C (482°F) and says it gives EN 407 thermal protection, but the page doesn’t print the code, so I can’t tell you which level it passed. It’s a mid-length gauntlet, though the page doesn’t give the length in centimetres, and it averages 5 out of 5 from 22 reviews on SafetyGloves.co.uk.

Pros

• Sized, with an inner glove for the fit
• Rated up to 250°C (482°F) by Coolskin
• 5 out of 5 from 22 reviews

Cons

• No EN 407 code on the page
• Length not given
• Sold as a work glove, so you buy it from a safety-glove shop

Price	£25.19 at SafetyGloves.co.uk
Made of	Meta-aramid knit, with an inner glove
Heat rating	Up to 250°C (482°F), says Coolskin
Length	Mid-length
Sizes	See the size chart
Sold as	Pair

Buy at SafetyGloves.co.uk →

Best for handling hot meat: RAPICCA neoprene BBQ gloves, £18.99

Of the meat-handling gloves I found, RAPICCA’s have the most owners behind them, with 4.6 out of 5 from 19,002 ratings on Amazon UK. They’re waterproof, oil-resistant neoprene, sold for handling hot, greasy meat, and you wash them with a little soap and hang them up to dry.

Owners on Amazon like them for that job. One member of the UK BBQ forum on Reddit uses neoprene gloves with a cotton liner for food, and welding gloves for everything else.

The listing says they handle heat up to 500°C (932°F), but there’s no EN 407 code anywhere on it, and Amazon’s own summary of the reviews says owners are mixed on heat resistance. This is the 14-inch (35.6cm) XL at £18.99, and there’s also a 17-inch XL for £22.55 and a 17-inch medium for £29.99.

Pros

• Waterproof and grease-proof
• A long 35.6cm cuff
• 4.6 out of 5 from 19,002 ratings

Cons

• The 500°C (932°F) claim has no EN 407 code behind it
• Owners are mixed on heat resistance, says Amazon’s summary
• The listing asks you to check them for leaks in cold water before use

Price	£18.99 at Amazon UK
Made of	Neoprene, double-layer lining
Heat rating	Says 500°C (932°F), no EN 407 code
Length	35.6cm (14 inch)
Sizes	M, XL
Sold as	Pair

Buy at Amazon UK →

Best for pulling meat: black nitrile gloves and cotton liners, £8.99 + £6.99

I haven’t tried this myself, but it’s something I’ve seen other people do, especially on barbecue YouTube. You wear a thin cotton liner and pull a disposable nitrile glove over the top. ProSmoke sells both: black nitrile gloves at £8.99 for a box of 100, and cotton liners at £6.99 for 12 pairs, which is about 58p a pair.

On the UK BBQ forum on Reddit, the people who use them say the two layers are for the heat of cooked meat, and the nitrile keeps fat and spice off your hands. Others weren’t convinced. The top reply said they don’t wear gloves at all, and another pointed out how easy it is to forget you touched raw meat with the glove five minutes earlier.

ProSmoke says the liners are not for hot metal grates, cast iron or fire, so you’ll still need a heat glove for the grates and the fire.

Pros

• About 58p a pair for the liners
• Keeps fat and spice off your hands
• £15.98 for both

Cons

• Not for hot grates, cast iron or fire
• Easy to forget the glove has touched raw meat
• The nitrile gloves are single use

Price	£8.99 for 100 nitrile gloves, £6.99 for 12 pairs of liners, at ProSmoke
Made of	Nitrile over a 7-gauge cotton liner
Heat rating	None given for the nitrile; ProSmoke calls the liners “heat resistant”
Sizes	Nitrile S to XL, liners M to XL
Sold as	Box of 100; pack of 12 pairs

Buy at ProSmoke →

How to spot heat resistant gloves that aren’t worth buying

Most of the popular BBQ gloves on Amazon UK sell on a big number, like 500°C, 800°C or 1472°F. That number only tells you something if you know what was tested. In the UK and Europe the standard is EN 407, and a glove that has been through it gets a six-part code, one digit for each test: flammability, contact heat, convective heat, radiant heat, small splashes of molten metal and large splashes. An X means it wasn’t tested for that one.

For a barbecue, the second digit is the one to look at. Contact heat is what you’re dealing with when you pick up a hot grate, and it runs from level 1 to level 4: 100°C (212°F), 250°C (482°F), 350°C (662°F) and 500°C (932°F), each held for at least 15 seconds. So a glove that says 800°C on the box isn’t giving you its contact rating, because the contact test stops at 500°C.

Things to look out for:

• “EN407 certified” with no code. Of the 18 heat gloves I looked at, only two printed the full code on the page, and four more mentioned EN 407 without giving it.
• A flame claim, like “open flames up to 800°C for 10 seconds”. That’s about flame, not about holding something hot.
• The same claim in Fahrenheit. 932°F is 500°C and 1472°F is 800°C, so a bigger number on the box isn’t a bigger claim.
• Welding gloves are built for flame and sparks, so check the contact digit too. A welding gauntlet can score 4 out of 4 for flames and molten metal and still be level 1 for contact heat.

How to choose BBQ gloves

What they’re for. Gloves for the fire and hot metal need a contact heat rating. Gloves for meat need to be grease-proof, so that means neoprene, or nitrile over a cotton liner.

The heat rating. For BBQ gloves, heat resistant should mean a contact rating you can see on the page, not a number on the box.

Silicone. Silicone BBQ gloves wash easily, but owners of Weber’s silicone pair say they conduct heat, and one says you’ll burn after a few seconds. They’re for handling food, not hot grates.

Length. A longer cuff covers more of your arm when you reach into a hot barbecue. Some of these come in two lengths, so check which one the price is for.

Fit. Owners say welding gauntlets are for jobs where you don’t need much dexterity. Some gloves only come in one size, so if your hands are big or small, look for one sold in sizes.

Pair or single. Some BBQ gloves are sold one at a time, so check what the price buys.

Keep them dry. Several owners on the UK BBQ forum on Reddit warn that wet or damp gloves burn you, because the water carries the heat through and turns to steam.

Common questions

What gloves do professional BBQ pitmasters use?

For handling meat, the set-up you’ll often see on barbecue YouTube is a black nitrile glove over a cotton liner, and ProSmoke, a UK BBQ shop, sells the liners as “a must for all pit masters”. For the fire, the moderator of the UK BBQ forum on Reddit uses Screwfix welding gauntlets to lift out grates and deflector plates, and nitrile gloves for meat prep, which go in the bin afterwards.

Do you need nitrile gloves and liners?

They’re optional. The top reply in one thread on the UK BBQ forum on Reddit said they don’t wear gloves at all. The people who do wear them say the liner takes the heat of cooked meat and the nitrile keeps fat and spice off your hands. If you use them, bin the nitrile ones once they’ve touched raw meat.

Can you use welding gloves for BBQ?

Yes, and they’re what the UK BBQ forum on Reddit recommends most. Check the contact heat digit in the EN 407 code, though. The Screwfix pair is level 1, which is 100°C (212°F), so they’re made for flame and sparks more than for holding hot metal.

How do you clean BBQ gloves?

Follow the label, because it varies. Weber says to hand wash its Premium Gloves, the RAPICCA neoprene ones wash with a little soap and hang up to dry, the Screwfix gauntlets are wipe clean only, and the nitrile gloves go in the bin. Let them dry fully before you use them near heat.

Sources and how I checked

• My own WZQH leather gloves, from Amazon.
• The shop and maker pages for every glove here: prices, materials, sizes, lengths and heat ratings, read on 18 and 19 October 2026. That’s SafetyGloves.co.uk, Screwfix, Weber UK, ProSmoke and Amazon UK.
• Owner reviews and ratings on Amazon UK, Screwfix and SafetyGloves.co.uk, read on 19 October 2026. Where a line says “Amazon’s summary”, it’s Amazon’s own summary of its reviews.
• Three threads about BBQ gloves and glove liners on r/UKBBQ, the UK BBQ forum on Reddit: Glove recommendations, Best under gloves? and Heat Proof Gloves – advice please.
• Ejendals’ guide to EN 407 and BSI’s listing for BS EN 407, for what the heat ratings mean.

How I got this, and what I’ve spent

My WZQH gloves came from Amazon. Nobody sent me any of these gloves, and none of the makers or shops have seen this before you have. Apart from my own WZQH pair, the photos are from the makers and shops that sell these gloves. None of the links here are affiliate links, so nothing here earns a commission.

Final verdict

For the fire and hot metal, get the Polyco Volcano at £26.34, because it’s the only glove here certified for contact with 350°C (662°F). If you want the cheapest gloves for the fire, the UK BBQ forum’s answer is Screwfix’s welding gauntlets at £4.19, though they’re only rated to 100°C (212°F) for contact. For handling hot meat, the RAPICCA neoprene gloves at £18.99 have the most owners behind them. Whichever you buy, keep them dry.