Large wooden cutting board
A large wooden cutting board finally gives you room to work. You can cut up a whole chicken without pieces of carrot rolling off the edge, and set your chopped vegetables aside while you continue cutting. Large boards are usually thicker and heavier, which means they stay firmly in place while cutting. Large wooden cutting boards are at least 40 cm long and 25 cm wide, and come in beautiful types of wood such as beech wood, acacia wood, oak wood or walnut wood.
Features of large wooden cutting boards
What you get with an extra large wooden cutting board is workspace, and usually weight too. A board that is 3 cm thick or more stays in place when you force your way through a pumpkin, and raises your work surface. That makes cutting more pleasant than on a thin board. A large wooden cutting board with juice groove catches moisture from meat and keeps your worktop clean. Handy if you also use the board to rest meat.
Many large boards are made from end grain. With end grain, the wood fibres stand upright, allowing your blade to sink between the fibres instead of scraping across them. This keeps your knife sharp for longer and makes cut marks less noticeable.
Do consider where you can store the board: a large cutting board will not fit in every cupboard and is more difficult to clean. Rinsing, drying and occasionally oiling are essential for every wooden cutting board. Also see our wooden cutting boards.