Food preparation that involves cutting, slicing and chopping is conveniently done over the kitchen sink. Food scraps to be discarded are easily swept into the sink basin with access to the waste disposal unit. Food in stages of preparation is easily washed. For this reason some over-the-sink chopping boards have been suggested. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,625,162 to Crew, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,765,603 to Huppert as well as U.S. Pat. No. 4,243,184 to Wright. Such devices also add food preparation surface to the existing kitchen counter space which might already be crowded as during preparation of a large meal.
Broadly stated, the present invention is directed to a cutting board combination for use with a double basin sink of the type having a sink divider between the basins. The combination cutting board includes a first, smaller cutting board adapted to be removably mounted on the divider separating the sink basins. The first cutting board is comprised of a generally rectangular hard slab-like member having a top, flat, relatively indestructible smooth work surface. A pair of spaced apart vertically depending legs are rigidly secured to the bottom surface of the first cutting board. The legs are adapted to straddle the sink divider with the cutting board resting upon it whereby the first cutting board is usable as a stand-alone cutting board with lateral edges that overhand the sink basins.
The cutting board combination includes a second, larger cutting board that can be connected to the first cutting board to increase the work surface area. One lateral edge of the second cutting board abuts a lateral edge of the first cutting board. The second cutting board is long enough to span the width of the sink basin so that the opposite lateral edge overlaps the sink rim. The second cutting board is likewise comprised of a flat, rectangular slap-like member with a flat top surface that is preferably flush with the top surface of the first cutting board when the two are connected. The first cutting board has connecting means on both lateral edges so that the second cutting board can be connected to either side to span either sink basin.