Look after your cutting boards! Make your own butcher block oil

I'm quite insistent that people use conditioning oil to maintain the wood in their kitchen but what is the best oil? This week I show you how I make my own wood conditioning oil.
How to maintain your wooded cutting boards: • Wooden cutting boards ...
Bitcher Block Oil: www.cookculture.com/products/...

[@sweetflakes]

I did the calculation. It’s about 7% beeswax + 93% mineral oil

[@DrimFamily]

First, let me say I really like how much information you give on this channel. Second, you might want to change the typo for the link for "Butcher" Block Oil in the description. Like you said, the thinnest oil reminds me of Mystery Oil. The thickest oil you poured out reminds me of Boo's Board Cream that they recommend using after the thinner mystery oil. The board cream might even be thicker than that. I appreciate you giving the recipes.

[@deirdreberger1363]

Btw, health food stores usually sell beeswax in small beads, at least in the US (couldn’t find a beeswax candle in the food store). The beads are super convenient to get the exact amount for the typical homemaker (helps when the paste needs tweaking). That is what I use for the wax you outlined for your pans.

[@Cook-Culture]

Thanks. Yes, I've seen that in a few stores. Great idea!

[@mundymulligan665]

Great video, as usual. Thank you for so many tips.

[@Cook-Culture]

My pleasure!

[@skylersteimle8704]

Excellent video!!

[@Cook-Culture]

Glad you liked it!

[@cristinacjames]

Thanks for sharing this!!

[@Cook-Culture]

You're welcome!

[@mrp2209]

Great video! I have been using mineral oil alone, but I will give this mix a go ! Cheers! Mihai

[@Cook-Culture]

Hope you like it!

[@fauxtaux]

Ironically, I was coating my kitchen woods with my homemade board butter when this popped up :) great minds etc., etc.

[@Cook-Culture]

Perfect!

[@vasunseeker]

Thanks for the great video! What type of stainless steel cookware are you using in this video?

[@Cook-Culture]

Demeyere

[@hepgeoff]

Thanks, Jed! Besides the oil, do you have any recommendations for types of butcher blocks and/or cutting boards? My wife has a bamboo cutting board, but I understand bamboo is too hard for knives and can dull them.

[@Cook-Culture]

Hey Geoff, yes, generally that is right. John Boos is my fav, and you should find them at Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, or Sur La Table.

[@hepgeoff]

@@Cook-Culture Thanks!

[@caramelushca]

Do you think it would be possible to use some other type of oil, such as coconut?

[@Cook-Culture]

Yes, I've been looking for the right coconut oil as you can't use what you find in the grocery store. It needs to be very thin and be void of organic materials. Look for coconut oil that is used by the beauty industry.

[@caramelushca]

@@Cook-Culture That is such a great idea, thank you!

[@apsifiable]

Are these ounces by volume or by weight? By weight. I should have finished the video before commenting.

[@Cook-Culture]

haha! Yes, I find by weight using a scale is the easiest when mixing liquids

[@edwardcollins741]

@@Cook-Culture If you'd use the metric system you would avoid that ambiguity;)

[@sankh0]

Mineral oil is petroleum based so not a fan.. have you experimented with other oils Jed?

[@Cook-Culture]

Hi Steve, VERY good point. Yes, I have used highly refined coconut oil which works well. My struggle is to find quantity that is cheap enough to make a reasonably priced oil. I used the same ratio if you want to go that route.

[@sankh0]

@@Cook-Culture Thanks Jed I’ll give it a go. Great work 🙌

[@beverleygregory]

to much math