This John Boos maple cutting board (24×18 inch, 1.5-inch-thick, reversible) is edge-grain Northern hard maple, glued up and finished in the same Effingham, Illinois factory John Boos has run since 1887. Maple is the American standard for butcher block — dense enough to resist knife cuts, soft enough to protect edges, and naturally antimicrobial.
One side works as a prep surface and the other can be reserved for meat or finished with a juice groove depending on the model. Oil the board monthly with board cream or mineral oil to keep the maple sealed, and it’ll serve for decades — the same as the professional butcher blocks Boos has been building for generations.
John Boos & Co. has been making maple butcher blocks in Effingham, Illinois since 1887 — over 135 years in the same American tradition. The boards are made from Northern hard maple harvested in the Great Lakes region and cured in the Illinois factory. NSF-certified and used in professional kitchens, meat markets, and serious home kitchens across the country.
