Not exact matches
Chef Locke has developed a line
of oven and grilling
planks that use an interlocked row
of planks dovetailed together into larger shapes (like a pizza
plank) to allow
narrower wood (from smaller - diameter trees) to be used, presumably saving big trees for more noble uses, like hugging.
There's still
wood, just not as much
of it, in arcing
narrow bands, not big
planks.
Butcher - block counters are available in several configurations: as wide
planks (also called flat - grain) or
narrow strips glued together, or end - grain butcher block, made from hundreds
of small
wood squares laminated together.
The days
of simply choosing between oak, pine, and maple are long gone, now homeowners must choose from a long list
of domestic and exotic
wood species, and then there's the added tasks
of deciding between finished or unfinished flooring, wide,
narrow or variable - width
planks, and finally, solid or engineered hardwood.