Product Description

Epicurean Cutting Surfaces are a practical and distinctive improvement from poly, glass and wood cutting boards. They have all of the best qualities and none of the bad-in one highly functional surface. Every design is thoughtfully detailed for functionality in use, clean up and storage. This Epicurean Cutting board is designed to fit in the dishwasher and is NSF approved, so that you can be assured that they will be easy to clean and will not harbor bacteria. Cutting on Epicurean Cutting Surfaces will not dull your knives because the surface will score slightly, which helps it protect your knife's edge. These boards are made with a non-porous wood fiber composite from trees harvested under guidelines of the North America Sustainable Forestry Standards. Epicurean Cutting Surfaces resist staining and cracking, and are heat resistant up to 350°. Manufactured in the USA . 18x13" Gourmet Series Cutting Board, Natural with slate core and Juice Groove

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62653 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 13 × 18
• Color: Natural / Slate
• Brand: Epicurean
• Model: 51813WGSC
• Dimensions: .20" h x 13.00" w x 18.00" l, 3.60 pounds

Features

• Epicurean cutting board; measures 18 by 13 by 3/8 inches
• Made in the USA of environmentally friendly natural wood-fiber laminate
• Juice groove exposes slate-colored core; hole in corner for hanging
• Nonporous surface won't dull knives, prohibits bacteria, odors, and staining
• Dishwasher-safe and heat-resistant; makes a good trivet for hot pans

Amazon.com Review
Epicurean cutting surfaces not only add a sleek look to contemporary kitchens but perform with commercial-grade sturdiness. This 18-by-13-inch board in a natural brown finish is from the Gourmet series, one of three lines produced by Epicurean. The middle line in terms of thickness, Gourmet cutting boards measure 3/8-inch thick. This particular model is formed with a slate-colored (black) core that shows through at the juice groove cut around the perimeter. While the ends of the board are perfectly straight, the longer edges curve slightly. A hole in the corner allows hanging.

Epicurean makes its products in the USA of Richlite, a natural compressed wood-fiber laminate made from sustainable harvested trees. Many countertops now in contemporary kitchens are made from Richlite. The multi-functional surface won't dull knives; is heat-resistant to 350 degrees F, which means hot pans can be place on it without leaving a brown ring; requires no oiling; and is dishwasher-safe and approved by the National Safety Foundation (NSF). Both the top and bottom surfaces may be used for cutting meat, chopping onions, slicing bread, and more-the natural finish will darken with use. The Epicurean cutting surface makes a great gift for the home chef. --Ann Bieri

Customer Reviews

Nice Large Cutting Board
I purchased this board after enjoying it in a cooking class. The size and design are great, and the composition is very easy on knives, decreasing the need for sharpening.

However, before making this purchase please note the considerable size of this large board. The "dishwasher safe" selling point is not beneficial if the board will not fit in your dishwasher. I would much rather give up a few square inches and purchase the 18 x 13" model rather than hand-washing this monster.

Nearly Flawless
This is an excellent cutting board. It's nice to have a large board with a juice groove that is dishwasher safe. I prefer wood for cutting non-bacterial stuff like produce, but this is perfect for things like poultry. I also used it to carve a rotisserre chicken, and was quite pleased. The one minor flaw is that I have a granite countertop, and unless I place a towel underneath it slides a little if I'm doing some serious chopping. But as it's meant to be usable on two sides, I don't mind very much.

Unique looking cutting board, but shows marks after time
I've had this slate w/ black juice groove board in the 13 x 18 size for 2 years now. It is our only cutting board and we use it for cutting meat, veggies, and bread. Really, it had only the faintest of cutting marks on it up until a month or so ago. It was at that time a month ago that I started using a heavy meat cleaver to hack through turkey necks for our dogs' raw diet. Yes, it's showing considerable marks from hacking apart over 50 pounds of turkey necks with that meat cleaver, as you might have guessed.

It has no stains on it, though I suppose we don't really cut anything on it that would stain it, but I thought it worth mentioning that it hasn't discolored at all. It is a bit of a hassle to store it in our cupboards so we leave it out all the time, propped up on our counter. When we first got it I washed it a few times in the dishwasher but it does take up quite a bit of space so now we just give it a quick wash in the sink, easy breezy.

It still is a handsome cutting board even with those meat cleaver hacks and we'll continue to use it.

**UPDATE** Well, when I used the meat cleaver to cut apart 50 lbs of turkey necks with this cutting board, it survived. The same can't be said when my husband helped me out by hacking apart 30 lbs of turkey necks for our dogs' raw diet... he can swing the cleaver a lot harder than I can to cut through a turkey neck in one swing. The cutting board has met its end, the top layer has been chopped and marked up enough that it has peeled up, revealing a composite-type material underneath the pretty exterior. We'll continue to use this cutting board for raw turkey necks but we had to get a new cutting board for other tasks. So, to make a long story short, don't bring a meat cleaver down hard repeatedly upon this Epicurean cutting board. Yes, we should have known better. :)