All wood cutting boards are made from one of three types of grains.
End grain cutting board wood types.
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Face grain edge grain or end grain.
For as long as people have been cutting.
The three basic types of cutting boards are end grain edge grain and flat grain.
While solid black walnut boards are very appealing and popular another great option is a black walnut board with some exotic.
The edge grain runs along the board s narrow side while the end grain runs along the board s short side.
Generally speaking end grain cutting boards tend to be the strongest and most popular.
Four to fifteen times more expensive than edge grain surfaces end grain cutting boards and butcher blocks are made by fusing together cut wooden boards so that the short ends of the boards form a.
The two types of cutting boards are easy to tell apart because end grain cutting boards have a distinct checkerboard pattern made from several wood ends being fused together.
The history of the wood cutting board is the history of cooking itself.
Cutting boards that are made of the end grain tend to resist marks and cuts especially well.
To understand how they compare in strength stand a 2 by 4 piece of lumber on its end and look at the top.