This one was a close call. Due to the non-uniformity of the carrots available for testing, we first allocated a carrot to a untensil on a random basis; I held the carrots behind my back, blindly selecting one in each hand, while Rob did the same with the Scissors and the Pizza Cutter.
We then revealed our selections, with the carrot in my right hand pairing with the utensil in Rob’s right hand, and likewise those in our left hands.
Again the Scissors bravely went first. This proved to be a reasonably effective method for slicing carrot, even if carrot chunks could at times be flung clear away from the chopping board (see picture below). It got harder to slice towards the top of the carrot as it got thicker, resulting in the end slice being a little uneven and also some poor food retention (note the carrot debris just above the scissors in the second photo).
The Pizza Cutter enabled a calmer approach, with no flinging of the slices and an easy sliding motion due to its circular, centrally mounted blade. This was again rather effective, producing clean slices of carrot, although there was some difficulty in avoiding wedge-shaped slices as the Cutter neared the end of it.
It was the ever-so-slightly more consistent nature of the Pizza Cutter’s slices, along with its calmer experience that once again gave the point to the Pizza Cutter.
