Dishwasher-safe, color-coded, and replaced when scored · review
An 11 × 14 in reversible polypropylene board, a quarter inch thick, for six dollars.
Which is the comparison that frames this whole shelf.
Belwares sells one 18 × 12 in board for $19.99 — with rubber feet and a deep juice groove. This is 11 × 14 in for $6.44 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 (0.20 in (5 mm)) by 27 percent, 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 countertop and a wiped one.
No feet, no border. Four hundred and ninety-nine grams slides on a wet surface. Warranty in the table only. The Amazon.com table lists: Lifetime Brands Limited Warranty.
On sale at about $6 on Amazon.com when we read the listing on October 31, 2026.
Price and availability were read on Amazon.com on October 31, 2026; both move.
Prices quoted in this text are dated readings and can differ from the live price in the buy box.
| Size | 11 in long × 14 in wide |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.25 in — about 0.25 in (6.35 mm) |
| 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 | 1.1 lb (0.5 kg) |
| 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 | Lifetime Brands Limited Warranty, in the Amazon.com table; not in the bullets |
| Amazon reference | B000W4OC80 |
| EAN | 0024131788927 |
On size and price, startlingly. Belwares sells one 18 × 12 in board for $19.99 with rubber feet and a deep juice groove; this is 11 × 14 in for $6.44 with neither. So Belwares gives you about 216 square inches against this board’s 154 — forty percent 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 percent thicker than Farberware’s own 8 × 10 board (0.20 in (5 mm)) and still at the thin end of this shelf: Freshware publishes 0.30 in (7.6 mm), Viretang 8.9, GORILLA GRIP 9.4 and Empune up to 0.39 in (9.9 mm). 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.
7.5/ 10
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.
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 | Warranty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farberware Large 11 × 14 in | $6 | 0.25 in — about 0.25 in (6.35 mm) | Safe | 1.1 lb (0.5 kg) | Lifetime Brands Limited Warranty, in the Amazon.com table; not in the bullets |
| Farberware Reversible 8 × 10 in | $5 | 0.20 in (5 mm) — the thinnest rigid board on this shelf | Safe | 11.3 oz (320 g) | Not published by the maker |
| Fotouzy Flexible 4-Mat Set | $10 | 0.16 in (4 mm) | Safe below 194°F (90°C) — the only temperature limit published on this shelf | 11.2 oz (318 g) for all four | Not published by the maker |
| Freshware 3-Pack with Juice Grooves | $14 | 0.3 in — about 0.30 in (7.6 mm), published for all three | Safe | 2.6 lb (1.2 kg) for three | Not published by the maker |
A large everyday board, cheap enough to own two and replace without thinking
Listed because the add-on names this pan as a fit.
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.
A BPA-free plastic cutting board set of four in small, medium, large and extra-large with boards up to 0.39 in thick, black TPR edge handles, perimeter juice grooves on every board, dishwasher safe and backed by a limited lifetime warranty
Four boards up to 0.39 in thick with TPR edge handles, juice grooves and a limited lifetime warranty.
Best for: A kitchen that wants four sizes and the thickest plastic here, with a warranty behind it
≈ $29
A set of four flexible BPA-free cutting mats color-coded with food icons, red for meat, yellow for fruit, blue for fish and green for vegetables, with a grid-textured non-slip bottom, bendable for pouring, dishwasher safe below 194°F (90°C)
Four flexible color-coded mats with food icons, grid-textured backs, dishwasher safe below 194°F (90°C).
Best for: Separating raw meat, fish, fruit and vegetables — and tipping the result straight into the pan
≈ $10
A three-pack of plastic cutting boards measuring 10 × 5.8 × 0.3, 12.4 × 7.8 × 0.3 and 16 × 9.8 × 0.3 in with juice grooves and non-slip handles, non-porous and dishwasher safe, needing no oiling or maintenance
Three boards at 0.3 in thick with all dimensions published, and juice grooves on each.
Best for: Three sizes with the figures published — the plainest honest set on this shelf
≈ $14
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
