chopping block is meant for chopping vegetables, meat or other food stuffs. Butchers block can make your kitchen trendy in the form of classical legged chopping block. Compared to other countertop materials like granite, bamboo and corian , butchers block offers a low price and long lifetime. Butcher block is usually solid and very hard and the extra hard layer gives longevity to the furniture. Butchers chopping block are accepted as food safe by worldwide. Butchers block is preferred by professional chefs as this will give long life for their knives due to its extra hard layer and durable nature.

Setting the countertops with expensive materials like granites is an old story. The modern kitchen countertops are replaced with butcher block countertop. Butcher block counter tops are versatile and will give you the perfect finish as you desired. There is two types of finish for the butcher block countertops: mineral oil finish and varnique finish. Mineral oil finish is least preferred as it is not waterproof and there is chance that oil is get wiped off every time you clean the countertop. The varnique finish is the solution which is waterproof and will give you a satin polyurethane finish. People are happier with the varnique finish as this is safe for contact with food.
Boos Block is an uprising in the manufacture of butcher block furniture. John Boos used hard maple lumber or sugar maple for butcher blocks. The greatest advantage of maple is its solid nature and its marvellous strength which resists wear.