Oven Mitt at a glance

Cooking Tools
It weighs 0.3.
Oven Mitt is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Cooking Tools
It weighs 0.3.
Tools unlock jobs: carpentry, mechanics, farming, fishing, cooking and more. Many recipes only need the tool to be in your inventory, not equipped.
More: Every tool · Crafting in Build 42.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.OvenMitt | Cooking |
Oven Mitt is on 16 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crate Black BBQ | Garage storage (box, crate); Shed (crate) | 14% | 4 |
| Crate Red BBQ | Garage storage (box, crate); Shed (crate) | 13% | 4 |
| Spiffos Kitchen Baking | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 9.8% | 4 |
| Kitchen Baking | House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard) | 7.8% | 4 |
| Jays Kitchen Baking | Restaurant (cupboard); Fish 'N' Chips Restaurant (cupboard); Jay's Chicken kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place | 7.8% | 4 |
| Mexican Kitchen Baking | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Taco kitchen (cupboard) | 7.7% | 4 |
| Store Shelf BBQ | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 7.6% | 4 |
| Western Kitchen Baking | Western kitchen (cupboard) | 7.6% | 4 |
It is on 8 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any isfirefuel, any isfiretinder.
It weighs 0.3 in Build 42.
Base.OvenMitt.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.