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631 of 638 found the following review helpful:
 This is a KeeperAug 09, 2003
By Nerd Alert
You may have seen sheets like these on cooking shows or at fancy stores under the Silpat name selling for huge sums of money and were discouraged. Well, let me end any confusion and tell you that these work the same way! They are like having permanent non-stick surfaces for baking, roasting, and even candy making. You may be a bit scared to put this plastic looking sheet into the oven at first, but don't worry, as your food would be charred before it would ever melt.
You may have been very frustrated by candy making in the past because the hot sugar would stick to anything that wasn't caked in non-stick spray. Fear no more, as this slippery wonder is a great working surface for kneading it while it's still hot or after it has cooled. If you want to keep it malleable for a longer period of time, set up a small heat lamp over the work surface.
What about cookies? I was shocked with how well they baked. Needless to say, nothing sticks (I was even able to just pick the sheet up and slide them onto a plate), but the surface also helped for even heating of the bottoms in our wonky oven that normally burns them. This was the most even browning I've ever seen, and required less effort than normal. It makes me much less nervous about putting baked goods into the oven. The downside is that cookies that rely on an ungreased cookie sheet to maintain proper form will spread on these sheets in a manner similar to a baking sheet sprayed with Pam. Fortunately, those cookies are typically laden with butter and do not stick anyway.
A bonus feature is that you can place this on a cookie sheet underneath a pie that might boil over in the oven. This can save hours of cleanup for those messy pastries.
Then comes the cleaning of the mat. All you do is rinse it with warm soapy water, as I've never seen anything actually stuck to it. It can tend to feel a bit slimy, but that's just the nature of the material. Storage is very convenient as well, as you can roll it up and even stick it in your silverware drawer!
I really have no reason not to recommend this product. It saves time, is cheaper than less effective sprays, and is convenient. I wouldn't cook without one... or two.
343 of 347 found the following review helpful:
Doing without is not an option!Dec 26, 2001
I'm a make-do cook. When I saw a well-known personality touting this stuff on her TV show, I just poh-poohed the notion. Then, at a pre-Christmas sale, I decided to try a sheet. Whoa! What a wonder! I promptly bought a second sheet, and I would never try to bake cookies again without one. The savings in time (1-2 min per sheet), headaches (cutting parchment to size every time and then running out), and clean-up (nothing - I say again NOTHING - sticks to this stuff) make it worth every penny!
72 of 72 found the following review helpful:
Stuck scrubbing cookie sheets for hours??Dec 17, 2003
By Kala
I've never used a sheet like this or parchment paper, and always ended up having to spend a lot of time scrubbing my cookie sheets after baking. I got one of these matfer sheets recently and I'm in love! At first it looked a little scary - it looks plastic and like it would melt. Since I am a novice chef, I tend to burn things and I have melted plastic in my oven before - not a pretty sight! I was happy to find out that not only does it NOT melt, but NOTHING sticks to this thing. Nothing!My cookies slide off easily, so easily that I don't even have to hold down the cookie sheet! I also have used it when baking pies and cobblers, since they tend to boil over and make a mess. Recently I made a cherry cobbler and put this sheet between the cobbler and the baking sheet - and after the cobbler was done the matfer was a mess (but my baking sheet was pristine!). I ran a little water over the matfer, all the cherry goo came off with ease! I didn't even have to scrub! Another bonus is how easy these are to store. I just roll mine up and they fit neatly in a drawer. I bought two for myself, and I also bought a half dozen more that I am giving away for Christmas this year. They are AMAZING sheets, I highly recommend them to anyone! Well worth the cost - one of the greatest kitchen investments you'll ever make!
56 of 56 found the following review helpful:
Don't know how I ever baked without these.Jun 27, 2002
These Exopat baking sheets are wonderful, and I can't imagine going back to greasing pans or aluminum foil. I roll cookie dough right onto the Exopat, cut out with cookie cutters on the Exopat, and peel away the excess dough around the shapes I have just cut out. No more having to transfer the cut-out dough from the countertop to the baking sheet, so no more distortion of the cookie shapes. When I have a batch of cookies in the oven, I prepare another batch on a second Exopat and have it ready to slap onto the cookie sheet as soon as the first batch comes out. This way, one baking sheet is all I need, and there's no lag time or energy loss between the batches. I roll pie-crust dough right on the Exopat, lift up the Exopat with the dough on it, and flip it over to slap the dough straight into the pie pan. No more having to fold in quarters when transfering to the pan. I also use these for patting out biscuit dough and cutting out biscuits. No more sticky mess on the countertop. These are great for kneading bread dough on, too. I also bake spare ribs on them, so clean-up is easy. Goodness, I use these Exopats for just about everything! Money well spent!
51 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Good as Silpat?Jul 27, 2004
By L. Galen
A lot of reviewers have said that there's no difference between the Exopat and a Silpat. I think there is, but not enough to really matter to most people.
After using both a Silpat and an Exopat for baking, I would say that they both perform equally well as far as ease of removing cookies, bread, pastries, etc. from the surface. However, I think that the Silpat is slightly easier to clean. After an equal number of uses, the Silpat was still pristine, whereas the Exopat had some discolorations and small spots that were hard to remove. It's also my impression that the Silpat is slightly heavier and of higher quality construction.
That said, I think the Exopat, at half the price as the Silpat, is the better buy. The Exopat's performance is still amazing and it provides a non-stick surface that's far superior to any standard baking sheet.
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