Quick answer: the best manual knife sharpener for a total beginner is the Work Sharp Precision Adjust, because its angle guide and V-block clamp let you put a consistent bevel on a dull knife without learning freehand technique. If you want the least possible learning curve, the Work Sharp Guided Field Sharpener is close to … Read more
The best electric knife sharpeners for home kitchens do one thing that a honing rod cannot: they put the same edge on a dull knife every time, with no technique to learn and no stone to soak. After running all ten of the units below through a full knife-drawer session, the Presto 08800 EverSharp was … Read more
A serrated bread knife should not go anywhere near a wheel sharpener or a flat whetstone. Those tools grind the tooth tips off in seconds, and the damage cannot be undone without expensive factory reshaping. Our answer up front: the AccuSharp ACCU-001C is the sharpener we would hand to most people, because it handles serrated … Read more
If you bake sourdough or buy rustic loaves on a regular basis, the difference between a good serrated knife and a bad one shows up in the first slice. A serrated blade concentrates force onto tiny points that bite through a hard crust first, so the knife enters the loaf before the soft crumb underneath … Read more
Most home cooks who look at a kiritsuke for the first time are reacting to the tip. It is long, flat and squared off at an angle, and it looks like a blade that could do damage to a cutting board or a fingertip. That reaction is understandable, and it is also the reason this … Read more
The best sushi knives for home use are long, narrow Japanese slicers, and the imarku 7-inch deba is the one we recommend first. It is the only knife on this list rated above 4.5 by more than ten thousand buyers, and it handles both the filleting and the slicing work a home kitchen actually asks … Read more
Most people do not ruin a brisket in the smoker. They ruin it on the cutting board, at the exact moment a room full of hungry guests is waiting. A dull or badly shaped blade shreds the bark, drags juice across the counter and tears long grain strands instead of laying down clean slices you … Read more
A home butchery knife earns its keep in the first ten minutes, when a whole bird or a hind quarter hits the table and you need to get through hide, cartilage and joint in one clean stroke. The blade you grab has to be heavy enough to do the work, stiff enough near the spine … Read more
Our answer is short: the Victorinox Fibrox 6-Inch Curved Boning and Fillet Knife is the best fillet knife for most people, because it holds a sharp edge, grips well with wet hands, and carries a lifetime defect warranty. If you cut big salmon or striped bass, step up to the KastKing Speed Demon Pro 9-Inch, … Read more
A utility knife is a small, 4- to 6-inch all-purpose kitchen knife that sits between a chef’s knife and a paring knife. It is the blade you reach for when a tomato is too soft for the big knife and too big for the paring knife. If you want the short answer, the PAUDIN 5 … Read more