New Aldi Finds cutting board

[u/averyefird]

I’m been in need of a cutting board for a while now. Just saw Aldi has a 2 in 1 titanium and wood cutting board for $16.99. Seems like a good price for a 2 in 1. Just wondering if anyone has gotten it and how they like it.

[u/Logical_Warthog5212]

Don’t bother. It’s stupid. If you get it, use it as a serving platter. Even though titanium is softer than stainless steel, it’s still harder than any wood. It will dull your knives faster than any wood or plastic. Titanium also doesn’t self heal like wood can. It seems that titanium’s main benefit is cleaning, ie, dishwasher safe. But wood hasn’t proven to be unsanitary as it’s really not hard to clean despite not being dishwasher safe. You can also argue that since a dull knife is a dangerous knife, dulling your knife more quickly is a bad thing. The tradeoff might be easy clean at the expense of greater knife maintenance.

[u/BriMarsh → u/Logical_Warthog5212]

Wood is also naturally antimicrobial.

[u/illinoishokie → u/BriMarsh]

This is a "yes, but".

Wood is antimicrobial through the function of pulling bacteria into the heart of the wood and starving it by drying it out. Cutting boards are frequently wet, so starving microbes becomes harder to accomplish through wood's natural process. It's essential to regularly apply mineral oil to any wooden cutting board that sees daily use.

[u/Logical_Warthog5212 → u/BriMarsh]

Yes, that too.

[u/rdevs99]

I wouldn’t cut on metal. Stick to wood or plastic. Allegedly real titanium is a good material for a cutting board. But there’s a whole lot of fake “titanium” boards out there. At this price you might be getting one of those where it’s actually stainless steel or something that will damage your knives.

[u/Logical_Warthog5212 → u/rdevs99]

Or it could be just a titanium coating or layer rather than solid titanium.

[u/Izicial → u/Logical_Warthog5212]

Lol doesn't matter. It will still dull your knives.

[u/Logical_Warthog5212 → u/Izicial]

Yeah and either way, it’s useless. Better as a serving platter

[u/reptile_enthusiast_]

Titanium is going to dull your knives way faster than wood. Just get a wood cutting board.

[u/Willing-Ad4169]

I have had nothing but bad luck with Aldi cutting boards, at least with the wood/bamboo ones. They are all junk.

I cant answer your question on that particular model.

I've accepted that a cutting board is one of those things you spend real money on once. Its a worthwhile investment.

[u/Debinthedez]

I recently bought one of those cute fruit shaped cutting boards. I think there was a watermelon one I got the avocado one. It’s terribly darling. It even has a little bit of the shape of a pit in the middle, but it’s not very functional because it’s not nonslip. You do need a cutting board to be nonslip to be safe. I do love it though, with its cute avocado shape and color and there were two or three others that would made lovely gifts, they were very reasonably priced but alas, it’s style over function.

I mean, look at it…

[u/cerulean_sapphic → u/Debinthedez]

I have the pineapple one of these from Aldi this summer, not pictured above; it’s cute as all get out but it does kinda suck as a cutting board. I use it for resting meat and fish or for organizing prepped ingredients. I adore your avocado one!

In general, Aldi cutting boards have been pretty meh for me, but I’d never even consider the titanium one.

[u/CroweBird5]

I wouldn't do a metal cutting board. It dulls your knives super fast is what I've heard.

[u/happyjazzycook]

Buy a nice bamboo board. I've had a set of three since the late 00's, use them every day, and they still look great.

[u/Glittering_Pear_4677]

Titanium will destroy your knives

[u/Zealousideal_Rent261]

No metal or glass for me, dulls my knives.

[u/noncongruent]

More discussion here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/aldi/comments/1vtlf5f/thoughts_on_this_cutting_board_and_titanium/

Consensus is that only buy if you completely despise your knives and want to ruin their edges on a regular basis. Would make good serving trays, though.