If you search for “how to cut up a watermelon” on YouTube, you’ll get more than 1,500 results. I watched about 30 of those results in my hunt for the best watermelon-cutting lesson, and although I’ll never get that hour of my life back, the effort was well worth it.
It allowed me to find what I think is the best “how to cut up a watermelon” video on YouTube. It’s not perfect, mind you – some videos contained valuable mini-lessons that this one doesn’t – but it gets the main points across in a clear and concise manner. Before you watch it, allow me to outline five reasons why I like the video:
1. The watermelon is cut on an outdoor grill. Pretty cool.
2. The watermelon is cut by a guy wearing a football jersey. Also pretty cool.
3. He uses a Santoku knife. Most people would opt for a long-bladed slicing knife or a chef’s knife, but not him. The Santoku is a classy choice.
4. The finished product is a mouth-watering pile of watermelon wedges minus any rind.
5. The carver accomplishes the task in around a minute-and-a-half, which makes for a nice, two-minute video (some other video lessons were way too long).
That guy made that look so easy. I’ve never even thought about cutting a watermelon that way but maybe I’ll have to try it out next time.
Wowza! So I googled “easy way to cut a watermelon” and found this. Never thought to cut a watermelon this way, but did it and I will never cut one another way! I still can’t get over how painless it was! Can’t thank you enough for your research.
What kind of knife is that?
That’s a pretty cool way to do it, looks very easy. Much better than cutting the slices first, then removing the rind, which is how I’ve always done it. Backwards. My method is definitely not a good way. Will try this instead. Thanks!!
Very nice! I knew there had to be a better way to cut a watermelon. Just did one so quick with very little mess, plus my honey loves the long “sticks” – thanks so much for this.