Cutting meat is a messy task that spoils the kitchen countertops. To avoid blood stains and meat juice spilled over the entire countertop its best to buy teak butcher block cutting board. Reason for buying wooden board is that it does not damage the knife and can easily withstand the hard blows of a knife. Hard wood is dense but teak has the quality to be sturdy on the center and softer on the surface, which is best to save knife edges from being blunt. If you are tired of using plastic cutting