The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Knives: When and Why to Use Each Type

The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Knives: When and Why to Use Each Type

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Kitchen Knife

Imagine your kitchen having no knives. Without this crucial tool you can’t bone a chicken slice an avocado dice an onion or even spread butter on a piece of toast. There’s little a chef can accomplish without the help of a sharp knife. It may be the most crucial tool in your kitchen but it can easily be misunderstood and abused by the average chef.

Whatever the task from slicing a cheese to carving a turkey for Thanksgiving there’s a specific knife you should be using. Yes even tomatoes and oysters have their own blades for slicing and opening. So which knives do you actually need and which are just handy tools? In the following list we’ll highlight every type of knife you need to know about and what you should use it for — plus product recommendations with current prices at the time of writing.

If you’ve purchased or been given a cutlery set you’ll have table knives. These basic knives are stored in the cutlery drawer with matching forks and spoons and are used in a traditional table setting. With a mild cutting force and some serration they’re your average implement used to get food to your mouth after it’s been placed on the table. They’ll slice through a moist piece of chicken and help slice through a juicy piece of lasagna but not much else.