Editor's pickJohn Boos Maple Board
End-grain maple. Knife-friendly, antimicrobial by nature, lasts decades with oil.
- End-grain
- Made in USA
- Heirloom

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The heirloom step up from Boos Prestige. Thicker, larger, longer-lasting. Hard maple is the gold-standard wood for cutting boards because it's dense enough to resist deep knife cuts but soft enough to not dull blades.
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Why we picked it
The heirloom step up from Boos Prestige. Thicker, larger, longer-lasting. Hard maple is the gold-standard wood for cutting boards because it's dense enough to resist deep knife cuts but soft enough to not dull blades.
The heirloom cutting board. Thick edge-grain hard maple, no adhesives in the food-contact surface, made in Illinois since 1887.
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Recommended based on the criteria for the kitchen chapter, written down before we shopped. Read the methodology →