Don’t Waste Money on Kitchen Cutlery Sets…until you Read This Article

Looking to buy one or two quality kitchen cutlery sets? Then you’re taking the right first step – research! Knives come in all shapes, sizes and materials and are used for different purposes, which is why you need a set, and not just a single knife.

The following are the knives you’ll need:

Chef’s Knife

The Chef’s, or Cook’s, Knife is used for tough tasks like chopping and dicing when preparing food. It ranges between 6 and 12 inches in length. You’ll find that the blade is curved, which will help you perform tasks on the cutting board. Consider this knife as your “mule” in that it does the difficult jobs. But, unfortunately for the Chef’s knife, it is best known as the knife that Michael Myers used in the movie Halloween.

The Bread Knife

I’m sure you already know the Bread Knife’s life purpose in any of the good kitchen cutlery sets. Correct! To slice bread. It’s 8 inches long.

The Paring Knife

The Paring Knife, while small in stature, is big in use as it’s the favorite for peeling, coring and other exact work. It averages 3 inches in length.

The Utility Knife

At around 6 inches, on average, in length, the Utility Knife is somewhat of the kitchen cutlery sets' “step child”. It has no specialty but is often used for random tasks.

The Steak Knife

The Steak Knife is used to cut the meat at meal time. Thus it’s looked fondly upon as it literally works to put food on the plates of hungry family members.

The Cleaver

Don’t be afraid of the Cleaver. It only looks scary! It’s used for chopping and is durable enough to cut through bone, when necessary.

The Boning Knife

As you may have guessed, or known, you’d use a Boning Knife to remove bones from cuts of meat. At around six inches in length, the Boning Knife snakes its way in between the meat and the bone and literally “pops” out from the meat. While the Cleaver can cut through bone, the Boning Knife is a little more elegant – it “flips” the bone from the meat.

The Fillet Knife

A Fillet Knife is a longer version of the boning knife, about 10 inches, used to, you guessed it, fillet fish.

Congratulations! You are now ready to choose among the great kitchen cutlery sets on the market!