Which is a best wood cutting board?

anne3267

10 years ago

Which is a best wood cutting board? Any help suggestions guidance?

Thanks in advance.

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deeageaux
10 years ago
There is no rational way to determine "best."

John Boos sells excellent wood cutting boards in the premium category.

I am sure there is some tiny shop that sells ultra premium drop dead gorgeous boards for a king's ransom but for a practical and durable POV I really like my John Boos.
Lars
10 years ago
I just ordered a Paula Deen acacia cutting board that is 18x24 and has circles etched for measuring pie dough. My other boards are too small for pie dough, and so I really needed this and wanted to get it while it is still available. Several stores no longer sell her merchandise.
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"----CSIRO here has done studies which indicate wood is self-sanitising---" I am familiar with that report, but I am still keeping an open mind. We all know wood goes rotten if not protected soon. That's why wood is used to grow mushrooms. There is very limited ability for wood to sanitize, it seems to me. And the report says, "---Some wooden boards have been reported to exhibit antibacterial properties. After a short period of time, fewer bacteria have been recovered from these boards than from identically treated plastic ones.--" "Some" means not all. "Short period of time"? what does that mean in a kitchen environment? There is also, "Experts disagree on whether wood or plastic cutting boards are the most sanitary. Most governmental agencies in the United States recommend plastic, while other experts say scarred, rutted plastic cutting boards can harbor just as much bacteria as wood." Try this: use a woodworker's scraper and scrape your wood cutting board after you clean it and you will see a lot of stuff that have not been cleaned away. A plastic cutting board in a dish washer is a very clean cutting board. Don't ever wash your wood cutting board in a dishwasher. dcarch This post was edited by dcarch on Thu, Sep 12, 13 at 17:40
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I'm using a hard rock maple butcher block cutting board, 30" wide x 24" deep, that my builder cut out of the butcher block island countertop salvaged from my previous kitchen. It sits on little rubber feet on my marble island and, though very heavy, it's still portable enough to move off the marble if I want to do pastry work: I love prepping food on this huge surface, but it sure does get beat-up looking very fast. I treat it from time to time with the homemade beeswax-mineral oil paste recommended by posters on this forum, which keeps it looking reasonable. There's all kinds of advice on the Internet on how to keep your cutting board sanitary. Just be warned: Once you start oiling your cutting board, re-sanding it will be pretty much out of the question, because the absorbed oil gets stuck in the sandpaper and turns to an oily sludge (ask me how I know!). So, when the board really needs a good face lift, I think it'll have to be planed and re-sanded.
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https://www.epicureancs.com/product-category/cutting-boards/ I love those^^. I actually have this one, and I have used the heck out of it. Looks great, dishwasher and heat safe. And it's thin so it's easy to store. https://www.epicureancs.com/product/prep-series-boards/
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deeageaux
10 years ago
John Boos is the largest American Company making butcher block.

Paula Deen and other celebrity chefs just put their name on mostly generic products made in China.

You almost always get better value buying direct from a company that makes things as opposed to a marketing company.

Paula Deen Signature Pie Board is made in random Asian factories, the current model being made in Thailand.
nancylouise5me
10 years ago
The best cutting board in my experience are made of Bamboo. They last for years and years. The next best are boards made of hard maple. Beautiful and durable. NancyLouise
wekick
10 years ago
THIS
is the shape of my very favorite cutting board that I have had for 35 years. I am not sure where it came from. It holds a lot of juice.

Here are a bunch of discussions that will give the pros and cons of various materials plus a lot of other information.

Here is a link that might be useful: cutting board discussions
Buehl
8 years ago
I think this is SPAM (this poster has posted on multiple threads with the same link.)

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If not...

chicagotrek3453 - this thread is almost 2 years old. I really doubt the OP is still around or, if s/he is, still needs help. Please don't bring up these old threads as they knock threads regarding current issues off the first page. (I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt...)
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8 years ago
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I have 2 Boos boards. Both are large, but the larger on started to bow so now it spins a bit ;-( So, I fortunately found a large Boos made of black walnut at Home Goods, and it has plastic feet which makes it very stable.

I love it. Gorgeous.

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