Crestone Needle Cutting Board
Teardrop cutting board
Blond, fine grain. Takes engraving crisply.
Crestone Needle Cutting Board
Slice, serve, repeat
The Crestone Needle Cutting Board is a 14.5 inch round cutting board in solid hard maple or American black walnut, sized to take a standard large pizza whole, with a juice groove inset around the edge and a grip hole in one squared corner. An inch and a half thick, it sits flat and steady under a rolling cutter and carries the whole pie to the table in one hand. Named for the Sangre de Cristo fourteener whose knife-edge ridge makes it one of Colorado's hardest climbs, it's built to be used hard and handed down.
Cut, then lift
The juice groove circles the board at about 14 inches, just inside the edge, and earns its place twice. Sauce and grease settle into it and stay off the counter. And because the groove drops below the crust at the edge of the board, there's a gap under every slice, so a spatula or a hand slides in and lifts it clean without dragging the rest of the pie along.
A corner to hold onto
One corner of the board is left square and carries a grip hole, so a board this size lifts off the counter with one hand, carries to the table without a second one, and hangs on a hook when it's done. The hole sits outside the juice groove, so it stays clean and dry whatever the groove catches. At an inch and a half thick, there's enough board in your hand to feel like a handle.
Smooth from the first wash
The surface is raised partway through sanding, then cut back flush, so the fibers that would lift the first time the board meets water are already gone. A long soak in food-grade mineral oil follows, going deep into the wood rather than sitting on top, and a tin of our wood butter comes in the box to keep it that way. Between pizzas it's a full prep board for anything else you're cutting, and the groove keeps the counter dry under a roast or a melon.
Specifications
| Dimensions | 14.5" x 14.5" x 1.5" |
| Material | Solid American hard maple or black walnut |
| Finish | Finished with food-safe butcher block oil |
| Capacity | Fits a standard large pizza |
| Includes | Free tin of wood butter |
| Crafted In | Handmade in Colorado |
