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Canadian Chef Designs the “Ultimate Cutting Board”

When it comes to newfangled cutting board designs, I’m a fan of the Mocubo, which we covered here. But there’s still plenty of room in this market for innovative designs, as evidenced by this Canadian design for the Ultimate Cutting Board:

While I’m not completely sold on this design, pledgers are, as the UCB has racked up nearly $100,000 at press time on a $37,449 goal. The first thing I wondered was whether the magnets are strong enough to draw the knife astray during fine chopping, or if you’re meant to avoid cutting near the split.

The second thing I thought is that the drop-in containers seem too small to actually be useful. 

Thirdly, something about having a seam in a cutting board bugs me, I feel like juices and whatnot would collect there during prep work.

However, I’m not a professional chef—and UCB developer Michael Motamedi is (he even competed on MasterChef Canada), so it’s safe to assume that what he’s come up with is functional enough for those with true kitchen skills.

If you’re looking to pick up one of the USD $124 UCBs, you’d better hurry—at press time there was just four days left.