Tovolo Sleeve-Silicone Gadget for Kitchen Cooking, Serving, Grilling, BBQ, & Smoker/Mess-Free Butter Dispenser, (Yellow/White)

Does what it’s supposed to. This replaced a hard plastic style corn butter spreader. Takes a minute to get used to it. But overall good

I'm using this to butter a pan, for cooking crêpes. It holds the short, stubby sticks of butter that you find in the western United States. Approximately one whole stick fits inside. However, it's not very secure. The stick of butter can slide back out if you turn it upside down, which means that it's not so great for putting a thin layer of butter across a hot pan. Also, when you are down to a quarter of a stick of butter, the butter will turn sideways and fall out.The yellow part is heat-resistant silicone. The white rim and the lid (which is hard to remove) seem to be made of plastic. I don't know if those parts are heat resistant.All things considered, this might not be much of an improvement compared to peeling half the wax paper off a stick of butter.Update: A couple of years later, I find this stays in the drawer, and I just peel the paper back from a stick of butter.

Using with American butter sticks you have to let the butter soften and then smush it into the tube. The size is shorter and wider than our butter sticks. Leaves things a little messy and takes some prep rather than just drop and go. But I use it regularly so not too upset.

This works perfectly for keeping a stick of butter ready to use for veggies or baking... whenever you need to coat a pan or pot with butter. I am now guilty of opting to use this butter stick applicator instead of oil... Just apply as much as you want, and return it to the refrigerator, nice and neat. When it is down to a little piece, just treat yourself to a little extra butter, throw the Tovolo Butter Sleeve in the dishwasher, and it's ready to take on the next butter stick!

Great for cutting hot corn. It holds it in place and the prongs keep you fingers from burning. I haven't tried it on cold corn for freezing, but I'm sure it would work great for that too.

It is so easy to use and store.

The reason for the 3 stars is that the holder doesn't fit a stick of butter snuggly. You have to put pressure on the sides of the holder to keep the butter in the holder when tipped upside down during use. Not a super big deal, but a bit awkward.

The write up described the holder able to fit a whole stick of butter. It does not,I had to cut off about a third of the stick to be to close the cover

Very well made like all Tovolo products. Definitely overpriced for what it is. I bought mine during prime day deals at a 20% discount, otherwise I would never had considered it. There are others out there at a lower price that will do the same thing.The basic idea is really good, but they don't actually work as smoothly as you would think. If you leave it in the fridge (to avoid rancid butter), it is not the smoothest operation to get the butter moving down the tube. If you leave it out to soften a bit, that solves the problem (but leave it too long in the heat and you still end up with a river of butter wasted). It does save you from wasting a lot of butter when you do corn. It is very good for that. I also use it to coat my potatoes with butter before baking. I don't wrap them in foil, preferring to put on a thin coat of butter, and a light sprinkling of salt and pepper . . . do it right and you end up with a lovely, slightly crunchy skin on a great potato.All in all, not a bad "kitchen" device, but still over-priced. Should be $5-$6 at the most.

Holds butter perfectly for corn on the cob without making a mess