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Cooking & Baking

rsdsharp

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7. I would never use metal of any kind as a cutting board.

Reply to beveeheart (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:10 PM

Aug 2025

Cutting boards have three purposes: Protect your counters, provide a stable cutting surface with sufficient surface area for the specific task, and protect the cutting edge. Knives should be sharp, and kept that way. Cutting on metal or glass will rapidly dull knives.

Plastic works, and is easier to clean., but I prefer wood. I’d recommend Boos or J.K. Adams.

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I'm looking to buy new cutting boards [View all] beveeheart Aug 2025 OP

Metal? buzzycrumbhunger Aug 2025 #1

My wooden cutting board asks how my day is whenever I use it Bluestocking Aug 2025 #4

Katuchef titanium cutting boards beveeheart Aug 2025 #16

Wood for certain antibacterial properties Tetrachloride Aug 2025 #2

I have one that's wood and won't be replacing it. beveeheart Aug 2025 #17

Knives dont really like metal flying rabbit Aug 2025 #3

Curious, too! WVGal1963 Aug 2025 #5

The thought of metal on metal is what beveeheart Aug 2025 #18

Bamboo BadgerKid Aug 2025 #6

Bamboo boards are a laminate. That means glue. Bobstandard Aug 2025 #8

I also have a bamboo board, but recently beveeheart Aug 2025 #19

I would never use metal of any kind as a cutting board. rsdsharp Aug 2025 #7

Don't reccommend plastic. Tiny bits of plastic end up in your food applegrove Aug 2025 #26

You do you. rsdsharp Aug 2025 #28

Never plastic. You'll live longer sharpening knives than ingesting microplastic. I use glass and wood. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #29

Again, you do you. rsdsharp Aug 2025 #30

There you have it, the all purpose retort that says nothing but has a severe hidden message. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #32

You are free to have your own opinion. I am free to have mine, rsdsharp Aug 2025 #33

Tell me something I don't know. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #34

a long time ago i was a prep person and the surface was stainless, 304 to be exact. cayugafalls Aug 2025 #9

Titanium will depend very much on what alloy. I wouldn't be surprised if it's really titanium-aluminum alloy. eppur_se_muova Aug 2025 #13

Thank you for this explanation. I know nothing beveeheart Aug 2025 #21

Well, I believe zirconium is preferable for that, but no one's making cutting boards out of it (yet). nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2025 #35

I have an inch-thick wooden one Retrograde Aug 2025 #10

Andrew Ballew ScoutHikerDad Aug 2025 #11

I haven't heard of this brand. beveeheart Aug 2025 #22

I use mahogany. markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #12

I have a bamboo one I really like. Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #14

Bamboo! Enter stage left Aug 2025 #15

As a former justaprogressive Aug 2025 #20

Yes, I love my knives! That's why beveeheart Aug 2025 #23

I carry around several justaprogressive Aug 2025 #24

LOL beveeheart Aug 2025 #25

A total knee replacement justaprogressive Aug 2025 #31

wood Progressive dog Aug 2025 #27