Just knife enough.

OK, we admit it. We knew it was a stretch expecting many of you to go for those high-end Shun knives. And you didn’t let us down: the two times we’ve run them, 99.88% and 99.87% of you took a pass. And those 0.12% and 0.13% of you got amazing knives, congratulations. For the rest of you, fair enough. Not only are they expensive, they’re high maintenance. You can’t even put them in the dishwasher.

And that’s what puts these Cuisinart knives closer to Meh’s collective sweet spot. Because a knife only spends part of its active life cutting. The rest of the time, it’s being washed. With their stainless steel blades and ergonomic textured handles, these Cuisinart knives are totally fine at cutting. Above average, even.

But where they really shine (LMAO) is in the washing. They’re the best knives you can put in the dishwasher. Really fancy blades will get banged around too much and lose their pristine edge. Really crappy knives will rust and their handles will crack.

These Cuisinart knives are right in the Goldilocks zone: cheap enough so you don’t have to feel guilty about wear and tear, not so cheap they’ll fall apart. Of course, you should buy something else if you really want high-end professional knives. But we’ve been through that before, haven’t we?