He is completely oblivious to the fact that he left an oven mitt on the hot stove, causing it to catch on fire.
She has bearlike forearms and claws which she usually keeps covered with oven mitt-like gloves.
Adding and removing items from an oven may be done by hand with an oven mitt or by a peel, a long handled tool specifically used for that purpose.
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.