Matiks 316 Stainless Steel Cutting Board Review: The 316 Pick You Can Still Buy
Note, November 2026: our previous premium pick, the LBD 316 extra-large board, is listed on Amazon as "Currently unavailable" with no seller, and LBD offers no replacement. This page used to review it. The Matiks is the 316 board we recommend in its place.
Almost every stainless board on the market is 304 steel. The Matiks is 316, sometimes called marine-grade, and that's the whole reason to consider it over the cheaper boards on this site. The question isn't whether 316 is better (it is), it's whether the way it's better matters for how you cook.
Steel grade: 316 stainless, per the listing (marine-grade, adds molybdenum)
Flip side: Wheat-straw surface for produce
Size: 15.75" x 10.9" (about the same as a standard 16x11)
Features: Juice groove, garlic grater, carry handle
In the box: Silicone pastry mat and two coconut-fiber sponges, in a gift box
Cleaning: Listed as dishwasher safe (the brand says it tested 300+ cycles and recommends the quick wash)
Price: ~$36.99 at our November 2026 check
The Good
316 handles salt and acid better than 304. The molybdenum in 316 improves resistance to chlorides and acids. If you're constantly working with citrus, brine, salt cures, or cleaning with harsh agents, 316 shrugs off what can leave faint marks on lesser steel over years. This is the concrete reason to pay up.
The everyday features are here too. A juice groove for meat, a garlic grater patch like our GUANCI pick, and a handle cutout. You don't give up the practical stuff to get the better alloy.
Dishwasher safe, by the brand's account. The board we recommended here before was hand-wash only. Matiks says this one survived 300+ dishwasher cycles and suggests the quick wash to keep the wheat-straw side flat. We haven't run that test ourselves.
Plenty of owners, and they like it. 4.6 stars from 344 ratings at our November 2026 check, a much deeper track record than most 316 boards we looked at. The next 316 board we considered had 11 ratings.
The Not-So-Good
It's not extra-large. At 15.75 by 10.9 inches it's a standard full-size board, not the near-17-inch slab the LBD was. If surface area is the point, the MUGAA 17.7 is bigger and cheaper, in 304.
You're paying for a gift box. The pastry mat, sponges, and presentation box are part of the price. If you just want the board, that's money you didn't need to spend.
The flip side is a plastic composite. Wheat-straw PP is gentler on your knife, but it will pick up marks and can shed some particles over time, like any plastic surface. Use the steel side for raw meat and the heavy jobs.
You pay for the alloy. At about $37 it costs nearly double the 304 boards on this site. If you don't cook with much acid or salt, you're paying for resistance you won't use.
Who Should Buy It
- Cooks who work with lots of citrus, brine, and salt cures
- Anyone who wants a 316 board with a juice groove and a long owner track record
- People buying a cutting board as a gift (it comes boxed)
Who Should Buy Something Else
- Budget buyers or light cooks: 304 is plenty, see the BEVISS or the all-steel INZOO
- Anyone who wants zero plastic: an all-steel board like the INZOO
- Cooks who need the biggest surface: the MUGAA 17.7
Verdict: The Matiks 316 is our premium pick, and the premium is honest: 316 steel that genuinely resists salt and acid, the juice groove and grater you'd want anyway, and hundreds of owner ratings behind it. Whether it's worth about $37 depends entirely on your cooking. Heavy acid-and-salt cooks should buy it and stop shopping. Everyone else can get 95% of the benefit from a good 304 board for about half the price. See budget vs premium to place yourself.