Best kitchen knives

The best kitchen-knife reviews come from editors at Cook's Illustrated and its spin-off magazine, Cook's Country. The tests at Cook's Illustrated are well documented; testers evaluated each knife for strength, ergonomics and balance while slicing winter squash, chopping onions and mincing parsley. Most recently, editors review budget chef's knives that cost less than $50 each. Performance notes, ratings and recommendations are given for each of the nine 8-inch knives.

We also found good knife reviews from Which? and Choice magazines, respectively the English and Australian equivalents of Consumer Reports. Both magazines enlist professional chefs, home cooks and an outside lab for testing. Although some of the models tested are not sold in the U.S., many of the top picks are available in the United States. Consumer Reports hasn't updated its kitchen-knife report since December 2002. While product lines do not turn over very quickly among knife manufacturers, Consumer Reports fails to include two relative newcomers, Global and Kyocera, in testing. We found a good buyer's guide in Fine Cooking magazine, though reviews are short and not as critical as those from Cook's Illustrated.

While it isn't the most comprehensive review, covering just five chef's knives, an article from GQ magazine is certainly the most entertaining evaluation we read. In addition to the typical slicing and dicing tests, editors drop knives from a six-story building and wield them at airborne pineapples.

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