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Choosing a Rachael Ray Set for Your Cutlery

In today’s world where nearly every movie or television star is profiting by his or her popularity through commercial endorsements, talk shows, books and websites and eponymous products, Rachael Ray is a great example of that tendency. Happily for the admirers of the television presence, her eponymous retail items are associated with her main passion – cooking. So now you could enjoy the Rachael Ray cutlery collections which coordinate with her cookware product line, such as the Furi Rachael Ray Gusto Grip 3 Piece Knife Set.

General Features

Rachael Ray’s cutlery is manufactured by Füritechnics, an Australian knife company which additionally recieves endorsements from other television chefs such as Nigella Lawson. Under Ray’s guidance, these knives are lightweight and have non-slip handles (as Ray calls them, “super duper grippy”) and factory sharpened blades. And naturally, with orange being her ideal color, nearly all the knives are made with orange handles cases, with the singular exception of the onyx-colored steak knife set with case.

Concerning the technical matters, Rachel Ray’s cutlery sets are crafted from a high-carbon German stainless steel alloy blade encased in a polypropylene/synthetic rubber handle formed into a eclusive reversed-cone shape to increase its “super duper grippyness”. A couple of significant qualities in the grips of Ray’s knives are the Furi-guard ingredients in the synthetic rubber, and the copper insert which could be shaved to return the knife’s balance after a number of sharpening sessions.

Advantages

Well, as previously mentioned, the non-slip grip fulfills expectations, thanks to the hilt’s reverse-wedge shape which provides super-grip control even while your hands are wet. After all, you don’t want to handle extremely sharp knives which could be difficult to control once they get slick from liquid on your hands, which takes place  regularly every time you are cooking. A great set is the Furi Rachael Ray Gusto Grip Knife Set.

Any Rachael Ray knife set is also a very nice gift thanks to its stylish packaging. On top of that, you could pick the orange case, the black case or the bamboo case. And the orange handles are a sight for sore eyes in a dull beige kitchen!

Also, it adds to the package that Rachael Ray touches viewer’s lives during her talk shows. She has personally used and evaluated every knife while on TV and showed the knives to be efficient and enjoyable. That exposure, when combined with Ms. Ray’s personality, encourages fans to purchase the knives. And that’s influence for you!

Disadvantages

As much as this particular knife set provides cutting abilities, there are some issues about the knives themselves. To begin with, the orange handles might be hard to decorate around in case your kitchen uses an uncomplimentary palette, or perhaps you merely don’t want your kitchen tools to visually reach out and say hello to your callers. Unless you can put up with these very visible accents on a daily basis, you may want to consider neutral-colored handles like black or silver.

There are even issues about the possibility of the E. coli bacteria settling in the open seam which divides the rubber handle and the metal bolster. This, of course, proceeds from the problems in washing inside such narrow spaces. Well, perhaps the anti-microbial components in the polypropylene can minimize that danger, but the chance could be too great for your peace of mind. A nice set to look into is the Furi Rachael Ray Gusto Grip 3 Piece Knife Set.

For the most part, the Rachael Ray knife set can be excellent for beginning chefs practicing their talents in the home. For consumers with heavy duty uses for knives, changing over to higher quality blades may be required.

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