Napoleon® Barbeques

Choose the perfect knife for you, among a wide variety of branded manufacturers, for excellent cutting results, durable to high temperature and long lasting glow.

Quality knife is consider the most basic tool in every kitchen. Before buying a knife, it's important to look carefully all the features and to choose that best one will suits your personal style. The most important features are to cutting comfort, the blade construction and the bow.

Cutting comfort
What makes a big knife suitable for barbecue is the comfortless you feel when you try cut.

Knife construction
Construction of a barbecue knife plays a crucial role for a good knife. Ensures that all parts of the knife have positioned properly together and the high quality materials maintain their composition and cutting ability for many years. Knife’s weight also should be evenly distributed between the handle and the blade.

Bow knife
Another element you should consider is what is called the bow of the knife, which is the end of the metal blade that forms the handle.

There is not an exclusive knife for barbecue, but only traditional knives that suits your unique personal grilling style. A quality tool to do almost every cutting job required at a barbecue preparation. The most common types of knives you may find in the hands of a peeler, Santoku knive, pizza cuter, kitchen knives, meat knives, boning knives, chef's knives, filleting knives for fish, bread knives, cleavers, cheese knives and scissors.

Chef's Knives
Chef's knife is a very flexible knife and is considered the main knife for most Western chefs. The chef's knife is an indispensable kitchen tool not only for professional chefs but also for amateur cooks who use the best tools at their kitchen. It is a multi-tool that any kitchen should have. Ideal for easily chopping or dicing various foods such as meat, fish and vegetables. The shape of the chef's knife is very characteristic as it has a slightly rounded line.

Bonning knives
Bonning knives help you cut or clean easily, poultry, meat or fish from the bones. Its has an  ultra-slim sharp blade so it can easily remove bones, nerves and fat from your food. Some blades have a pointed nose that is ideal for separating the fish's skin from its flesh.

Santoku Knives
Santoku knives are based on the Japanese cutting method, ideal for preparing not only Asian dishes but Western too. Santoku knife is the Japanese version of the chef's knife and is ideal for slicing your fish, meat and vegetables. These knives are particularly sharp and are the perfect tool for kitchens not only for professional chefs but also for amateur cooks who use the finest tools in their kitchens. Thanks to the grooves on the surface of the knife blade, air pockets are created to prevent slim / soft slices and small pieces from sticking to it. This knife is ideal for cutting easily and accurately (in slices or cubes), almost everything.

Paring knives
The kitchen knife is a multi-purpose knife suitable for easy cutting of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish. Kitchen knives are usually small knives (8 - 11 cm), which designed to perform fine tasks, such as cutting or carving your fruit and vegetables

Slicing knives
Slicing knives will help you cut large and thin slices of food, such as your meat, cold cuts and poultry. A slicing knife, has a long and thin blade, with a round sharp edge. It is mainly used for slicing grilled or smoked meat, poultry and fish.

Cleavers
The cleavers are suitable for cutting not only your meat but also your vegetables. It can also separate the flesh from the bones and cut your food into small pieces or slices. In a chicken, for example, it can be used to cut thin chicken bones or cut it into portions. While preparing the food, the wide side of the cutter can also be used to break down hard vegetables and other foods such as garlic. Be careful not to crush the coarse bones.

All the above knife options will definitely make your life as a griller easier. Regardless of the grilling level you are, a good quality knife is always necessary.

If you want to be sure about a knife’s quality, choose well-known manufacturers that guarantee the high quality of their construction materials and their proper design. See below some of our suggestions on leading manufacturers.

• Victorinox
• Wusthof
• Tramontina
• Berlinger Haus
• Blaumann
• Broil King

Choose the best quality knife for you and make sure to keep it clean, sharp and protected.