Equipment Review: Best Carving Boards & Our Testing Winner
Our winning, highly recommended carving board:
Our recommended carving board:
Read testing details and our full review:
A carving board may seem like a luxury when you pull it out only a few times a year—but anyone who’s tried carving a roast on a flat cutting board knows what a disaster that can be, with juices dribbling onto the counter from all sides. Carving boards are designed to avoid this mess, traditionally by relying on a trench around their perimeter that traps the liquid.
We tested 10 carving boards to find the best one:
J.K. Adams Maple Reversible Carving Board
J.K. Adams Pour Spout Board
John Boos & Co. Maple Countertop Board
Ironwood Gourmet Kansas City Carving Board, by Fox Run
John Boos & Co. Maple Cutting Board with Groove and Pour Spout
John McLeod Angus Carving Board
Proteak Edge Grain Cutting Board with Hand Grip and Juice Canal
Totally Bamboo Bamboo Carving Board with Gravy Well and Juice Groove
Dexas Chop & Serve Cutting Board & Serving Tray
Epicurean Carving Board
None of the 10 boards we tested could best our old favorite. Its reversible design boasts a flat side suited to slicing roasts and an indented side with a poultry-shaped well to hold chicken and turkey snugly in place.
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Up to $89.95 now.
What about the ash or cherry version of Adams?
What is that football shaped indentation in your recommended board? How are we supposed to cut through a roast when it's sitting in a hole?
Thank you for the reviews! I need a larger size like 20×30 (very large cuts of meat) and the options for meat wells for juices are significantly lower! Can you guys find any good options?
That roast beef looks delicious! Cooked perfectly, now I need some roast beef carved on your winning board please!
The highly recommended winning carving board now starts at $85 and goes up to $110.
Thank you for making this video!
I just made my own 😂
I assumed others weren’t resting cooked turkeys on their actual cutting board. Who does that? A cutting board is for cutting – so you shouldn’t have all that juice to worry about.
Apparently, JK Adams doesn't make this cutting board anymore (some have ordered it on Amazon and found they had been subjected to a bait-and-switch, giving them a different cutting board with shallower grooves). It's possible the model was discontinued due to so many complaints about the board cracking and splitting at the seams (see Amazon). The quality must have gone down over time. Alas, it seems this video must be considered out-of-date.
Thank you……. this Chef respects all the great work you guys do!
I like the cutting board I have and it is the plastic board and have room for me to cut meat, and does have liquid containment areas around the board.
a couple of inches made a difference to a subset of ATK so you subtracted points against those boards? If you were guys were 7'5" would you subtract points for the thin boards being too low?
I prefer the concave style cutting board, which you can find at QVC. It keeps the juices in the meat and holds 1 cup of liquid.
Their winner is now $85. Ouch.
Do you have a review on bread slicers.? I make all my bread and cant find a slicer to do uniform slicing. I do different sizes and styles, mostly sourdough…
I just paid a crap load to buy the carving board. $112 to convert to Australian Dollars and shipping. I'm sure it will be a good investment.
For those who really want something that works in the dishwasher, the epicurean board fits well in the upper section of standard size dishwashers if you lay it flat, from my experience at least. Can also put it in the bottom section flat if theres no silver ware basket, or if you take the basket out.
How do you clean a wooden carving board?
I love your clean and well spoken manner of delivery, which is especially poignant when one has an excellent mechanical understanding/intuition. Excellent work young lady – excellent!
I would just put my trusty Proteak cutting board on a half-sheet metal pan. I already have those items so there is less expense and less clutter in my small galley kitchen.
I never heard of it called carving board.I call them cutting boards.
I own a Custom Plastics Fabrication shop. We make all kinds of cutting boards. I would love to get together with you and have you give your input on the perfect carving board. We could make it to your exacting specifications then run it through its paces.
Why would you wash a wood carving board in hot soap & water? After use wipe dry and pour salt on the chopping block for 24 hrs! NOTHING LIVES IN SALT!!! Works on wood as well as meat to pull water and juice out!!
Thank you!!!!
What was the second best? you said 8 out of 10 weren't good enough to recommend.
WOW! Awesome video. We want more!!!
Great information. Thanks!
Very comprehensive. Nice vid.
Wow, free information from ATK, the Kings of freeze!
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