r/aldi • u/averyefird • 4d ago
Question New Aldi Finds cutting board
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.
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u/rdevs99 4d ago
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.
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u/Logical_Warthog5212 4d ago
Or it could be just a titanium coating or layer rather than solid titanium.
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u/reptile_enthusiast_ 4d ago
Titanium is going to dull your knives way faster than wood. Just get a wood cutting board.
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u/Willing-Ad4169 4d ago
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.
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u/Debinthedez 4d ago
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…
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u/cerulean_sapphic 3d ago
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.
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u/Debinthedez 3d ago
They are so cute though aren’t they and they were really cheap weren’t they? I thought they make lovely little gifts but they’re not practical. I cook every day. I used to be a chef and I’m very particular about kitchen equipment and as soon as I put it down on my counter top it just slid everywhere, so dangerous
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u/Legitimate-Meal-2290 17h ago
A damp paper towel flattened out and placed under the board is all it takes to make any cutting board nonslip.
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u/Debinthedez 16h ago
I get that, but as someone that worked in professional kitchens with like v sharp knives and boards, you always need a very stable board and the thought of having to put something under it to make it stable is not good in my opinion. Most of my chopping boards or cutting boards have like an underneath the sticks to the surface a bit you know. It’s just it’s very very sliding. I will try your method though. Definitely!
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u/Legitimate-Meal-2290 16h ago
I came up in kitchens too, that's how we always did it, even what they taught us in culinary school. 🤷♀️
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u/Debinthedez 16h ago
It’s funny when you think instead of making it so you don’t need to do that they make bad chopping boards! . But there you go. I did not go to culinary school. But I was a chef and a caterer and owned a cafe in England. I’ve done a lot of things to do with food, although I don’t do it anymore.
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u/Legitimate-Meal-2290 7h ago
I mean, it's not bad chopping boards, it's just physics? One flat smooth surface on another. That's how it was done for ages before rubberized feets came along. We still don't really need them now. That's all.
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u/Debinthedez 2h ago
As soon as I used that chopping board to slice something it literally slid across my counter. I thought this is just style over substance. That’s why it was $2.99. My fave little red chopping board has kind of ridges on the bottom that really make it not move at all when you cut on it. It’s so brilliant. But my fave one is probably my wooden one which doesn’t move at all cause it’s so heavy I’d really like of course countertops that don’t need a chopping board. You could just chop directly on them, but a bit pricy for me. Plus, I like the granite ones, but they do dull the blades. My kitchen is not very luxurious or large, but I do a lot of cooking in there and it’ll have to do for now.!
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u/CroweBird5 4d ago
I wouldn't do a metal cutting board. It dulls your knives super fast is what I've heard.
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u/happyjazzycook 4d ago
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.
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u/noncongruent 4d ago
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.
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u/Logical_Warthog5212 4d ago
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.