Dishwasher-safe, color-coded, and replaced when scored · review
An 11 × 14 in reversible polypropylene board, a quarter inch thick, for six dollars.
What we would actually buy Eleven by fourteen inches for six dollars, in named polypropylene, reversible with a hand hole. The listing cites a market-share source, which almost nobody does — dated 2016, which is the catch.
Which is the comparison that frames this whole shelf.
Belwares sells one 18 × 12 in board for $20.99 — with rubber feet and a deep juice groove. This is 11 × 14 in for $6.33 with neither.
So Belwares gives about 216 square inches against this board’s 154, and adds two features. For more than three times the price.
For a lot of kitchens, two of these at $12.66 is the better answer.
Top-Selling National Brand for Cutting Boards in the U.S. (Source: The NPD Group, Inc./Retail Tracking Service. 52 weeks ending April 2016)
Citing a research house and a measurement window is more than any other listing here manages. The nearest is GORILLA GRIP’s “3rd Party Tested for durability”, which names no body and no standard.
But April 2016 is nine years ago. Read it as evidence that somebody checked, once, a decade back.
Four of twelve boards here name their material: both Farberwares, HOMWE and Fotouzy. Eight say “plastic” or “BPA-free plastic”.
Polypropylene is the right material. Genuinely non-porous, so it takes up no juice. Tough enough to take a knife without shattering or shedding chips. And it handles dishwasher heat better than polyethylene.
Note what “BPA-free” is worth on it: BPA is a bisphenol used in polycarbonate, not in polypropylene. True, and uninformative.
Thicker than Farberware’s own 8 × 10 board (5 mm (0.20 in)) by 27 per cent, and still at the thin end here:
Thickness resists flex when you lean on a corner, and warping in a hot dishwasher — polypropylene softens as it heats, and a thin sheet cooling unevenly can take a permanent bow. Fotouzy is the only listing here to publish a wash temperature limit (<90 ℃), which is the right thing to state about thin PP.
Flat on both faces, with a hand hole.
Worth stating because three listings here claim rubber feet and reversibility: Belwares, Viretang and ROTTOGOON. A board with feet on one side cannot lie flat on the other. The coherent answers are a rubber border (GORILLA GRIP) or edge handles (Empune).
No juice groove, on a board sold for meats, poultry, fish. Six boards on this shelf have one, and on a carved roast or a sliced tomato it is the difference between a clean worktop and a wiped one.
No feet, no border. Four hundred and ninety-nine grams slides on a wet surface. No warranty — only Empune and Fotouzy publish one.
On sale at around $6 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 October 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Size | 11 in long × 14 in wide |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.25 in — about 6.35 mm (0.25 in) |
| Material | BPA-free polypropylene, named by the maker |
| Properties | Non-absorbent, non-porous, stated not to harbor odors, stains or harmful bacteria |
| Reversible | Yes, for double the cutting surface |
| Handle | A hand hole, for control and stability |
| On knives | Stated gentle, keeping blades from dulling quickly |
| Dishwasher | Safe |
| Weight | 499 g (17.6 oz) |
| Market claim | Top-selling national brand for cutting boards in the US, sourced to NPD Group for the 52 weeks ending April 2016 |
| Juice groove | None |
| Non-slip feet or border | None |
| Warranty | Not published by the maker |
| Amazon reference | B000W4OC80 |
| EAN | 0024131788927 |
On size and price, startlingly. Belwares sells one 18 × 12 in board for $20.99 with rubber feet and a deep juice groove; this is 11 × 14 in for $6.33 with neither. So Belwares gives you about 216 square inches against this board’s 154 — forty per cent more surface — for more than three times the money, and it adds the two features this lacks. What Farberware gives back is reversibility (Belwares claims it too, but also claims rubber feet, and a board with feet on one face cannot lie flat on the other), the named polypropylene, and the freedom to own two. For a lot of kitchens two of these at $12.66 is the better answer than one of those.
The fact that it is sourced is worth something; the date undercuts it. Farberware publishes: "Top-Selling National Brand for Cutting Boards in the U.S. (Source: The NPD Group, Inc./Retail Tracking Service. 52 weeks ending April 2016)". Citing a research house and a measurement period is more than any other listing on this shelf does — the nearest is GORILLA GRIP’s "3rd Party Tested for durability", which names no body and no standard. But April 2016 is nine years old, and cutting boards is not a market that stands still. Read it as evidence that Farberware was the volume brand a decade ago and that somebody checked, rather than as a current fact.
Yes, over a dishwasher’s lifetime. At 0.25 in (6.35 mm) this is 27 per cent thicker than Farberware’s own 8 × 10 board (5 mm (0.20 in)) and still at the thin end of this shelf: Freshware publishes 7.6 mm (0.30 in), Viretang 8.9, GORILLA GRIP 9.4 and Empune up to 9.9 mm (0.39 in). Thickness does two things. It resists flex, which matters when you lean on a corner or work over a sink. And it resists warping: polypropylene softens as it heats, so a thin sheet cooling unevenly after a hot dishwasher cycle can take a permanent bow — which is why Fotouzy is right to publish a *<90 ℃* limit on its thin flexible mats. A board that lives in the machine wants to be thick.
Close prices, same category: comparable cookware and knives. We keep only the specifications all of them publish, because a column with gaps compares nothing.
| Model | Price | Thickness | Dishwasher | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farberware Large 11 × 14 in | $6 | 0.25 in — about 6.35 mm (0.25 in) | Safe | 499 g (17.6 oz) |
| Farberware Reversible 8 × 10 in | $5 | 5 mm (0.20 in) — the thinnest rigid board on this shelf | Safe | 320 g (11.3 oz) |
| Fotouzy Flexible 4-Mat Set | $10 | 4 mm (0.16 in) | Safe below 90 °C (194 °F) — the only temperature limit published on this shelf | 318 g (11.2 oz) for all four |
| Freshware 3-Pack with Juice Grooves | $14 | 0.3 in — about 7.6 mm (0.30 in), published for all three | Safe | 1179 g (41.6 oz) for three |
A large everyday board, cheap enough to own two and replace without thinking
Listed because the add-on names this pan as a fit.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 5,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cookware and kitchen knives and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Set of 3 · BPA-free · juice grooves · non-slip grips and rubber feet · three colors
Three BPA-free boards in different colors with non-slip feet — color coding being the cheapest way to keep raw meat separate.
Best for: Keeping raw meat, fish and vegetables genuinely separate.
An 18 × 12 in large plastic cutting board in thick food-safe BPA-free plastic with non-slip rubber feet, a wide deep juice groove around the board and a reversible design, dishwasher safe
The largest board here at 18 × 12 in, with rubber feet and a deep perimeter juice groove.
Best for: Carving and jointing — the only board here with the size, the groove and the feet together
≈ $20
Set of 4 · color-coded by food type · reversible · non-slip feet on all sides · stand included
Four boards color-coded and designed for specific food types, reversible, with a stand — the most complete separation system in this hub.
Best for: A household that will actually keep the boards separate.
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
