Friday, May 30, 2014

GIVEAWAY & Review: Charles Viancin Overboil Ring and Silicone Lid

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.

I was pretty happy to have the opportunity to review the Charles Viacin Overboil Ring because it does fulfill a need I have, which is to stop overboiling. See, I have this problem that I tend to turn up the heat  to high on the stove top when I am boiling pasta or making soup, which causes the overboiling. Or I am just walking away and too busy sit there and watch the pot (A watched pot never boils, they say!) So, inevitably I end up boiling over the liquids and have a stove top full of sloppy wetness to clean up, not to mention the overboil that burned on to the glass cooktop. Sure, I could turn down the heat and stay in the kitchen. But now I don't have to because I have this overboil and it really does work. It basically acts like you are extending your pot and as a shield to catch any boils that pop up.

As a surprise to me, they also included the silicone lid pictured above and I will tell you more about at the bottom.


Product Description from Bink Davies


The unique design of the lid fits a variety of pots, making it easy to match your cooking needs. Other key features of the overboil lid include:

Raised edges prevent liquids from boiling over into your stovetop Central opening allows you to stir your food without worrying about spills Serving is simple without worrying about difficult clean-up afterward Anti-spill shield prevents food or liquid splattering outside of the pot

The OverBoil Ring retails from $11.99-17.99.



It is available in either blue or violet and in sizes M or L.

They sent me the Blue in a M size.


This is the Charles Viancin Cherry Blossom Silicone Lid in a 9" size. Now, I couldn't find that particular lid design on the Bink Davies website, but they do have others that function the same way in a Banana Leaf, Hibiscus, Sunflower, and Lilypad.


The lids fit over the top of a bowl and you gently press down to push the air out, creating a vacuum effect and making it airtight. This works great for those bowls you don't have a lid for but would like to cover the food in those bowl.

On the packaging they showed that you could hold it by he lid in the air and it wouldn't come unattached. Not that you are going to be doing that a lot or at all, but it's a fun experiment. So, I tried it with 2 empty bowls. The heavier bowl it did not work for, but with my lighter stainless steel bowl it did. Now, I don't think I would do it with food inside, but it does work.


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26 comments:

Unknown said...

That is really cool. I could use one of those.

Michelle F.

Liz Mays said...

That would have saved me countless times. I'm the worst with soup!

Marie said...

I need this because on the occasion I accidently over boil. I have a son who keeps me on my toes lol

Karen Dawkins said...

So…. I'm a cook who turns the heat up too high and who meanders over to the couch when I should stand at the stove. Maybe we're twins and we don't know it? That's why I need this ring!

And I really love the bonus they gave you. Too cool!

Tru said...

This is actually on my Wish list. Well, not his one exactly, but whatever Amazon has. I always wondered if they really worked.

Unknown said...

Wow, this is such an innovative product!

Lexie Lane said...

Oh my gosh! This is the best invention! My husband gets so mad when he hears anything over boiling. This will solve most of our fights!

latanya t said...

to not overboil and have water all over my stove

Rebecca Swenor said...

I am busy doing something and realize the pot is of boiling. It happens a lot.

Angela Saver said...

I need this because it would help me keep my stove clean because my pans wouldn't be boiling over all the time! Thanks for the chance!

andysavi.mom@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I need one because I walk away from my stove a lot and things tend to boil over!

pattifritz2000 at yahoo dot com
thank you

Sunnie said...

Id like to win to keep my stove top cleaner!
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Jen said...

Boiling over happens A LOT at my house :)

Bobbie Smith said...

I need the overboil ring, because I sometimes get distracted and forget about something I'm cooking which means yep you guessed it, my burner become infused with whatever I'm cooking and so does my stove top, and let me tell you that isn't anything fun to clean up...lol

Jessica Peeling said...

Because I am always spilling when cooking! jessicapeeling@yahoo.com

Holly said...

because I'm horrible with the stove!

Ally said...

I need it because I have a tendency to do the dishes while I'm cooking and can't rinse my hands to turn down the stove quickly enough! It's not very easy to clean my stove, either :/

ColleenMarie82 said...

My husband needs it more then I do, he is terrible about this.

Unknown said...

I need one of these rings as I am always cleaning up a boiled over mess on my stove.

Unknown said...

I'm always over boiling stuff and hate cleaning up the mess.

Debbie said...

I have been wanting one of these for quite some time. I hate cleaning boil overs off the stove.

Helga said...

I would love to try using this to cook pasta.

Sky Evans said...

I need this for spaghetti.

eclairre said...

I am always spilling when cooking!

Nancy said...

This would help prevent overboils when I cook pasta, rice and potatoes.

Nancy
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Sue Hull said...

Sometimes I'll put pasta on and forget about them.Then I hear it boiling over so I definitely need one of these.Thank you for the great giveaway :)
sue-hull64(at)comcast(dot)net