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If you want the safest everyday chopping surface for home cooking, a well maintained wooden board is usually safer than a plastic cutting board, because bacteria die off more quickly in wood and plastic boards develop deep, hard to clean knife grooves after as little as 6 to 12 months of regular use. Wood vs plastic cutting boards: what the food safety research says Food safety studies from universities in the US and Europe have repeatedly found that bacteria survive longer on worn plastic than on hardwoods like acacia or dense bamboo. On wooden boards, bacteria tend to sink into...

If you want to protect your knives and handle raw meat safely, the best setup is usually one rubber board kept only for raw meat and one quality wood board for everything else. Rubber boards tend to win on strict food safety for raw chicken and mince, while a well made wood board can protect knife edges for 5 to 10 years or more with simple care. Rubber vs wood cutting boards for knives and raw meat: the quick answer For raw meat, especially poultry, a high quality rubber board is easier to disinfect at high temperatures and does not...

If you are wondering why chopping boards cause food poisoning, the short answer is this: a single contaminated board can carry millions of bacteria per square centimetre, and if you do not separate raw meat from ready to eat foods or clean the board properly, those bacteria move straight onto your dinner. The safest option is to use at least two boards, clean them within 2 minutes of use, and choose materials that resist deep cuts and are easy to wash, such as pre oiled bamboo or acacia wood. Why do chopping boards cause food poisoning in the first place?...

If you want to keep a quality chef’s knife sharp for 5 to 10 years of regular home cooking, an end grain wooden board is usually the best choice because the knife edge slides between the wood fibres instead of cutting straight across them. That single detail reduces microscopic chipping, so you sharpen less often and your blade lasts longer. What is an end grain board and how is it different? On an end grain board you are cutting on the ends of the wood fibres, like looking down at a bundle of drinking straws. On a normal long grain...