Your Best Kitchen Knife Set

Kitchen knives are a key part of the kitchen utensils. Choosing the best kitchen knife set is important for ensuring satisfactory use over many years, possibly even a lifetime.

Attributes of knives

Kitchen knives are of different types and some knowledge of knife characteristics is useful for to help you to choose the best kitchen knife set. Knife blades are usually made from high carbon stainless steel that is corrosion and rust resistant. The blade is tapered for easier sharpening. The tang of the blade should stretch deep into the handle.

Forged blades are higher quality than stamped ones.  Forged blades are made from a heated piece of metal that’s worked into a blade. Stamped blades are cut from metal sheets and pressed into a blade. Fine edged knives are the classic kind. They are preferred by professional chefs due to their precise cutting, although they need regular sharpening. Some knife brands don’t need sharpening. These are convenient for everyday family cooking, are more affordable in price but they may not cut as well as fine edge knives.

A kitchen knife set has different knives which serve different purposes:

1. Chef knife has the triangular blade is about 6 to 12 inches long
2. Slicing knife has a thin, long blade and is good for slicing large meat cuts.
3. Serrated knife with a jagged edge, suitable for bread and tender vegetables.
4. Paring knife has a short narrow blade.
5. Utility knife is of medium length and serve multiple purposes.
6. Boning knife is fairly long and narrow and is used to slice meat off of bones.
7. Steak knife is normally used at table but can substitute for paring or utility knives
8. Butcher knives are one of the heaviest in the set with eight inch long blades.
9. The cleaver has a straight or slightly arced blade and is used for the heavy cutting and chopping of bones.

Kitchen knives can be purchased individually or as a set. If the set is too expensive then start with a two or three and slowly add to your collection with individual pieces.

Factors to consider when buying a kitchen knife set

1. Knives bought as a set are often less expensive than knives bought one by one.
2. Consider purchasing a knife’s storing block which is a secure way to store knives.
3. What are the main tasks you are going to use the knives for?
4. When purchasing individually, start with commonly used ones such as the utility, pairing and slicing knives.
5. Buying from a shop may be cheaper than direct from the manufacturer.
6. Look quality indicators such as stainless steel, forged blades and fine edged.
7. If you cook a lot of Asian foods consider buying a set of Asian knives.
8. Knife performance is more important that brand uniformity. So buying the same brand isn’t necessary.

You shouldn’t comprise on knife quality because of the price. High quality kitchen knife sets are also higher priced but they will be part of your kitchen all through your life.

===

For  latest reviews on best Kitchen Knife Blocks & Sets click the link below:

Kitchen Knife Block Sets Review