An apparatus for cutting an item, such as a roast, a bagel, or a loaf of bread, comprising first and second wall devices, a cutting board device, and a base. The first and second wall devices may each have a plurality of vertical slots which are parallel and spaced apart from each other. The first and second wall devices may be configured to be attached to the base in a manner such that the first wall device projects out from the base, at an angle. The cutting board device may include a cutting board body and pins for removably supporting the cutting board device by both the first and second wall devices so that first and second parts of the cutting board device rest on the first and second wall devices to thereby support and suspend the cutting board body above and substantially parallel to the base.

A cutting board with removable pivot knife, comprising a knife having a handle at a first extremity and a notch at a second extremity, the notch being inclined towards the top of the knife and the handle and a base having a support surface for receiving a food item thereon, a knife anchoring element having a slot and a pivot positioned therein perpendicularly to the slot. To secure the knife to the base, the knife is first inclined so that the notch faces the knife anchoring element and is then displaced in a translational motion towards the knife anchoring element until the knife enters slot and the notch engages the pivot, the knife is then pivoted towards the support surface, resulting in the knife being secured to the base.

A tofu cutting device for cutting packaged or unpackaged tofu comprises a handle, a frame element secured to the handle, and one or more cutting elements for cutting the tofu. The cutting elements are positioned and secured on the frame element and may be wire(s), blade(s), or various configurations of wire or blade to prepare a chosen tofu cut. The frame element has a base and a first support arm and a second support arm for holding and supporting the one or more cutting elements.

A cutting and scoring guide for directing cutting baked goods in a rectangular pan into rectangular pieces is provided, the cutting and scoring guide comprising: a top; an at least two opposing walls extending from the top and having a locking groove on an inner side for releasable mating with a lip of a rectangular baking sheet; a series of equally spaced long slots in the top, the series of long slots in parallel relation with the opposing walls, each long slot extending from a vicinity of a first end to a vicinity of an opposing second end of the top; and a plurality of short slots arranged in a series of lines to define a gap between each short slot in the top, the lines equalling no more than half the number of long slots and being normal to the long slots.

A cooking pan includes guidelines configured to aid in precisely cutting a food product into slices with desired shapes. The cooking pan includes a flat base, at least one raised wall surrounding the flat base, and a rim at a top of the raised wall. The pan further includes a plurality of the guidelines formed upon the pan, each guideline comprising a depressed groove, wherein each guideline extends contiguously from the flat base, up the raised wall, and onto the rim.

A vegetable slicing shield includes a root, a u-shaped handle, and a plurality of tines. The root is medially disposed between the u-shaped handle and the tines. The u-shaped handle is coupled with the root at opposing lateral regions of a first side of the root. The plurality of tines have first ends coupled with a second side of the root and extending outward from the root to second ends which form a row spaced apart points. Open slots are defined between adjacent tines of the plurality of tines. A subset of the tines are shaped between their first ends and their second ends to form slices of a containment basket which is curved in three-dimensions.

A pie and cake cutting sectioning device is provided having a circular body adapted for positioning upon a pie or cake. A plurality of sectional markers which are located on the sectioning body have openings therein allowing for sliding toothpicks or the like in radial lines into the pie or cake. Upon removal of the circular body from the top of the pie or cake the toothpicks provide guide lines for cutting it into equal sections.

A bakery cutting guide includes a rim for surrounding baked goods with a plurality of spaced apart pins extending upwardly from the rim. A bar is provided and postionable for engaging pairs of opposing pins for guiding a knife or scorer across the baked goods in order to cut or mark the baked goods in a selected geometric pattern and a plurality of legs extend downwardly from the rim for supporting the rim in an elevated position above a top of the baked goods.

A model for accommodating meat includes a placement cavity, each of two opposing side walls of the placement cavity are defined with a plurality of first blade grooves with upper end notches arranged side by side at intervals. The first blade grooves allow the blades to enter from their upper end notches. Two opposing first side surfaces of each first blade groove are inclined surfaces that approach a horizontal central line of this first blade groove from outside to inside, and a first spacing of the first blade groove decreases from outside to inside. The overall shape of each first blade groove is small inside and large outside. A kitchen meat slicer includes a model for accommodating meat and a blade set. The blade set includes a handle, a blade holder connected to the handle, and a plurality of blades arranged side by side at intervals.

Devices and methods are provided for slicing an item such as a bagel. An apparatus includes an upper assembly with a blade and interior vertical rails, and a lower assembly with a holding plate, movable centering plates, and exterior vertical rails with a slot for an external cutting device. The lower assembly also includes a cam mechanism to activate the centering plates. A method involves depressing actuators to separate the centering plates, creating space for a food item. When the food item is placed on the holding plate, the actuators are released, applying equal force to center the food item. The device also includes a centering device and an actuator that, upon receiving force, engages the centering device to hold the item in a cutting position for the blade. The device cuts the item within about +/one-sixteenth of an inch.