Butcher block

Butcher's block in modern American kitchen.
A circular chopping block used in a restaurant in Haikou, Hainan, China

Butcher block (or butcher's block) is a style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards.[1] It was commonly used in butcher shops and meat processing plants but has now become popular in home use.[2][3]

There are two basic styles of butcher block: end grain and edge grain.[2]

Butcher blocks have been used in butcher shops for centuries, and still are in many European countries. Increasingly, though, butcher block is being used in domestic kitchens as an alternative to stone and laminate countertops. This has created a new industry in the kitchen design arena and many furniture manufacturers and hardwood flooring companies are getting into the production of butcher blocks and butcher block countertops. One reason is that they can use a lot of the wood that are cut offs from their other products to construct the countertops.

References

  1. ↑ Old-House Journal 09 1992, pg.38
  2. 1 2 "Butcher Block Terms". Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Oxford English Dictionary: butcher's block". Retrieved October 5, 2012.

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