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These rosewood steak knives are the best we’ve tested. The Victorinox Swiss Army spear point, straight edge steak knives feature comfortable, attractive handles and sharp blades.
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How did we put steak knives to the test?
We rounded up sets of four to six knives. Lefties and righties with large and small hands sat at dinner tables and tried each blade, slicing through rare and well-done steaks—including inexpensive, moderately tough shell sirloin and pricey, tender strip steaks—served on ceramic plates. Each knife made 525 cuts in total.
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Huh. I certainly don’t mind serration’s. I’m not always eating the perfect cut that melts under a razor. I’d rather saw, than squish
They always recommend Victorinox here, but probably for a good reason. Every butcher and fishmonger I have ever met uses Victorinox because they cannot be beaten. Japanese knives are fine and good, but WAY more delicate. I've seen Victorinox knives that are 20 years old or more still in perfect useable condition.
188 dollars is a lot
Is this a commercial? Kind of odd knife comparison.
How much price
Is it just me or does Americas Test Kitchen always recommend Victorinox?
You say it will last a lifetime, but how can it if if it’s used to cut on stoneware? Isn’t that like cutting on a glass cutting board with a chef’s knife?
Watered down videos don't have enough video to be useful. It's not like Youtube is gonna run out of space for longer videos, guys.
This video makes me not trust the Test Kitchen. Just something so false about it. I don't know. Is she reading from cue cards? Is this an ad?
Why? They paid you the most….
I am using a paring knife to eat a prime rib steak for the first time in my life with this type of knife. It is infinitely better than any serrated steak knife. Paring knifes are razor sharp.
With Cook's Illustrated magazine quality so high, this video is kinda lackluster. 500+ cuts but almost no information 🙁 What was tested? What were the full results? Runner-up? What was wrong with the others? What did some knives do well with? I mean, just because you have a best overall knife, doesn't mean it was the top of every category, so this information is still useful for other people with other properties – beyond the fact that it's interesting and makes you guys look a lot more legitimate (Rn it just looks like an ad)
Amazon reviewers (people who bought these knives) say the handles give off a strong odor. Not acceptable @ $129!
To those who say they get paid and that this is advertisements: They don't, this is a PBS show. These are nothing more than highlight reels from a TV show that can be found on PBS. They also have a subscription setup where you can see THE WHOLE TEST for each of the products they test and all of the ones they compared them to, so stop saying they don't exist. These are just highlights, Youtube is not their main platform.
They don't accept advertiser money. They make money from consumers like you, with questions like yours, paying a subscription. This is a content marketing ad for ATK. They've actually given the most valuable information from their expensive research away for free.
Raggedy is good. It make it easy to make the sauce adhere.
Are they still having problems with the smell from the handles?
Agree. I HATE serrated steak knives….sitting here using a cheap ass Wiltshire steak knife that effort glides through my pork. I love a nice expensive knife…but have yet to find a pricy steak knife worth a penny.
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I just imagined Lisa and co sitting at a candlelit table taking notes on knife sharpness :p
You can't sharpen serrated blades? I prefer serrated because you don't have to sharpen them as often. But if you keep them reasonably sharp they don't tear the meat.
"Last a lifetime?" 2/3 of that "lifetime" will be spent being sharpened as that straight edge is continually banged and dragged against ceramic plates over and over again. "Razor sharp?" Not for long.
for 140 dollars, i'd rather go on CKTG and buy a few cheap tojiro petty knives and use those. They're sharper, they're better, and i dont have to hear the words victorinox fucking forschner again
But I want ragged meat because the sauce adheres better to the meat.
The "toy" Rada knife is made in the USA. MA just like HQ for Cooks Illustrated ffs! For the Victorinox chef's knife with a plastic handle they always praise it and the price!
$135! wut
thanks for the non review infomercial
In the sets I've seen the handles in the set were not of identical color. Is that standard for the Victorinox?
You know this video is hypocritical. They did an episode about how "block sets" weren't worth buying, yet most of the time a block set will give you a butcher knife, (which they rave about) a parring knife (they also say you can't do without) and a bread knife (they say you need). Now they say you want a good steak knife too?? This is starting to sound like most block sets!! And in the video about block sets they say it's better to buy your knifes one at a time!!! If you buy them one at a time it cost A LOT MORE!! Come on Americas test kitchen!!! Who's side are you on!!!!
This is one of the funniest review videos by ATK. You should do more like this. I love the references to the bear and the spears. LOL.
Nice but isnt the wooden handle not good for bacteria?
Are these types of knives good for cutting raw meat?
Companies that financially support America Test Kitchen get good reviews. Look it up.
On your shows you also show the runner-up brands. Please give us an alternative. For example – Thermapen is not carried by Amazon.
I would like to see all the other knives that were tested, compared side by side, not just a video which feels like an advertisement for one knife.
How do these compare to Victorinox' Grand Maitre knives?
I need to get those ASAP, do those come with sharpener ?
Any thoughts on the Cutco steak knives? We currently have them and are wondering if we should give these a try.
Wow, between the 230$ coffeemaker and the 120$ steak knives i'm thinking about unsubbing. This is just foolish.
Amazing, when America's Test Kitchen was actually testing products, they mentioned each of the brand names, and demonstrated each the tests. Now that they are just shilling paid product placements, they don't, they just say they did.
Anything "Swiss Army" is great!
If you want these recommendation videos to NOT look like infomercial (unless that's exactly what they are), you should do some on-screen comparison with other brands (which could be anonymous but needed to be shown) instead of just come out and call a set of knives superior to others while we don't know anything else about the competitions. Are those knives have the same price range or you just compare the ones you recommend with cheap products? As it is, it's hard to swallow because you make it look so like sponsored infomercial with the products laid out so pretty and the title too freaking obvious like that. Is this America's Test Kitchen or America's Sales Desk. No offense but clarification is much needed here.
I wish you would include the price in your reviews. I do appreciate them very much.
You guys gotta make a video about ceramic knives and if they are any good against stuff like this.
Why did you stop showing the competitors failing tests?
I doubt how objective this video is. America's Test Kitchen should have shown us what other brands they tested.
I prefer serrated steak knives. I guess straight edge is more "elegant" but the upkeep is a negative…
Do they write the reviews for you like magazines do?