/ck/ - Food & Cooking

The best of shit tier knives are still shit tier knives.

I told you ceramic knives were shit. I TOLDS YA!

also, inb4 random shit like pic related

>>4554422
It doesn't mention anything about how they tested them, or what, specifically, they tested for, other than what they consider "cutting performance".

All this says is that according to CR's criteria for Best Buy (presumably including a cost ceiling) this provided good value.
Not that this is one of the best knives out there. That it's a good value for $75 for an 8-piece set.

>>4554486
>as good a a $600 set
nice try tho

>>4554577
Where part of "Best Buy" means that it's better than every other set of knives?
In CR-speak, that means "the one we would recommend people shell out for".
Are *you* going to recommend that the average family of four spend the better part of a grand on cutlery?

considering that most people think that they will die if they try to sharpen their own knives, a serrated knife isn't such an unreasonable suggestion for the average idiot.

Jimmie status: not rustled

>>4554422
CR Best Buy just means the best of the low-priced shit, not that it's on the same level as the top of the line stuff.

Actually, if you want a set of knives with good steel that hold an edge well and don't cost a lot of money, Old Hickory knives are hard to beat.
They're just not stainless so you have to wash them by hand.

>>4554476
Not even jelly.

It'd be fun and games till one of those crystals fell off into your meat or whatever you're chopping and you chip a fucking tooth on it later.

>>4554609
I know I wouldn't, but you DO get what you pay for up to a point.

Cooks Illustrated has a list of their top-rated knives in the most used shapes and sizes, along with a set of awesome shears and knife block.

Total cost of the knife set: $392 on Amazon right now, and it's top of the line quality all the way.
http://www.amazon.com/Cooks-Illustrated-Kitchen-Carte-Knife/lm/R27FG2C1FMTA16

>>4554422
I have some cheap knives and I use them regularly. I've used some expensive knives in the past. I don't delude myself that the cheap knives are actually better than the expensive ones.

Some cheap knives are really very good, serrateds in particular can perform well for many years and can be on a par with their more expensive competitors in terms of cutting performance. But when it comes to a honed edge you don't get the same performance from a low-tier knife as you get from a pro-tier knife. The cheap one can be good enough to use, sure, but as good? No way.

But if you're like me and you can't justify spending <$100 on just a chef's knife, and you don't mind the extra honing you have to do on a cheap knife then the choice is simple, specially as the cheap knives cut just fine when they are honed.

Since this thread is sort of about cheap-but-good, let me introduce peeps to the Old Hickory range by Ontario Knives. Here's one from the range that would make a good all-rounder in the kitchen, costs less than ten bucks:
http://www.lifeandhome.com/old-hickory-household-knife.html

You're welcome.