I finally stopped using a scouring pad on my cutting boards

Had a health inspector come through my shop last Wednesday and he pointed out all these tiny grooves in my main cutting board from scrubbing too hard. He said those grooves trap bacteria no matter how much bleach I use. Looked at it closer and yeah, he was right. Switched to a plastic scraper and a light sanding every few months instead. Any of you guys deal with board maintenance different than what you learned starting out?

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emeryfox14d ago

Couldn't you just flip a cutting board over once one side gets too beat up? That's what I started doing after I realized I was creating canyons in my board with a wire brush. Now I rotate between three boards and hit them all with 120 grit sandpaper once a month, keeps them smooth like glass. I also started rubbing mineral oil on them after sanding and it seals up the surface way better than bleach ever did. The bacteria grooves are real, I used to think I was being thorough by scrubbing hard but I was just making things worse.

tessa39416d ago

Feels bad man, I had the same wake-up call with my boards last year.

charles_chen9316d ago

Depends on what you're going for though. A lot of places just want bodies with a pulse, especially if you've got some real world experience. Unless you're trying to get into some fancy corporate gig, probably not worth losing sleep over.