We tested plastic cutting boards to find our favorites—ones that are both durable and gentle on your knives.
For a while, most folks just assumed plastic cutting boards were more sanitary than wood. After all, they're nonporous and, in theory, easier to sanitize. The reality is more complicated. Plastic is less porous than wood and so, when new, it's easier to sanitize. But with time, as scratches develop—especially deep ones where bacteria can hide and fester—plastic becomes increasingly difficult to keep clean. Eventually, a plastic board needs to be thrown out.
Board size options are also important. Small boards can be handy for quick and easy tasks—cutting up a lemon or lime for wedges, or quickly slicing a single onion, for example. But you also want a larger board so there's enough space to accommodate larger quantities of food—you don't want things piling up and spilling off the edges.
We also opted not to include some popular options, based on direct prior experience. Those include flexible cutting board mats, which we've found to be far too hard to keep from sliding around on the countertop, and also industrial high-density polyethylene boards, which we find to be too hard and, often, too roughly textured.A basic task like slicing an onion is a great way to get a sense of how a work surface feels under the knife.
In this test, some blades were wrecked after just 50 strokes, which isn't a good sign for how the board will treat your knives at home. Only a couple were still slicing cleanly after the 200th stroke, leaving us with a pretty clear idea of our winning boards.
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