Kitchen knives: Choose the right knife

What are the best kitchen knives? Which knives are indispensable? And what is the best material between steel and ceramic? Let’s find out.

The set of kitchen knives is one of the key features for the success of your dishes. Professional cooks often have personalized kitchen knives that they always carry precisely because of their importance in a kitchen.

Thanks to them, it will be possible to cut bread, vegetables, or meat and fillet the fish, thus obtaining perfectly chopped ingredients for their preparations. As we will see in this article, the set of kitchen knives comprises different elements that stand out for their shape and use and the materials. Let’s find out together.

Ceramic steel kitchen knives?

Since ceramic knives have become widespread, those about to buy a set of kitchen knives have often used this question. Until recently, kitchen knives were exclusively made of stainless steel. It is a robust material that does not rust and is extremely hygienic.

It should also be remembered that there are commercially available knives made with different stainless steel types with different degrees of strength. In addition, they differ from each other based on the knife’s use (to cut the meat, you will need steel that is stronger than that of fish).

There are also knives made with a new alloy of steel and carbon, an extremely resistant material that tends to rust, giving the food a ferrous aftertaste.

Finally, the new ceramic kitchen knives: the blade is incredibly sharper than steel knives, but the ceramic is more delicate, and the probability of it breaking or splintering is higher. Should use them to having the foresight not to slam them or make them fall.

How should the handle of kitchen knives be?

There are two types of handles for kitchen knives:

• The stainless steel handle
• The plastic handle

Once the knife handles were made of bone wood, due to their short duration over time, they have been replaced with other materials, in addition to the fact that wood tends to chip and absorb odors and impurities.

Today, both stainless steel and plastic handle guarantee practicality and hygiene.

What are the essential kitchen knives?

You cannot miss a set of kitchen knives in a fitted kitchen that includes all the basic tools for perfect organization. So let’s find out which are the most important kitchen knives:

Chef’s knife or carving knife

The carving knife, also known as a chef’s knife or chef’s knife, is one of the most important knives for kitchen professionals and enthusiasts. It can be used to cut a wide variety of foods and allows meat, fish, and vegetables to be diced, chopped, sliced, and diced into cubes.

It is a versatile knife available in different sizes: usually, the longer sizes (from 20 cm to 30 cm) are the chefs’ prerogative, while for home use, it is advisable to stay on the smaller sizes (from 15 to 20 cm). The ideal would be to have 2 cook knives in the kitchen, one for cooked food and one for raw food, to always guarantee maximum hygiene.

The knife of the carving knife or cook’s knife

The chef’s knife is available with stainless steel and ceramic blade. However, I do not recommend using a ceramic blade if you have to cut tough ingredients like pumpkin or frozen food, as it could break. In this case, it is better to opt for a stainless steel blade.

Maintenance of the carving knife or cook’s knife

To allow the knife to last a long time, it is important to follow these precautions:

• Avoid the blade (in particular, ” the wire ” coming into contact with other knives and metal tools in general.
• If you use the knife to take food to move it (for example, to put in a pan the freshly cut), it is preferable to use the knife on the side of the blade’s back and not on the side of the wire.

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