Combination eating utensils, also known as hybrid utensils, are utensils that have the qualities of other utensils combined into one. This can be done to make a more convenient, less wasteful, or more cost-efficient product.
Many different types of combination utensils have been created, each designed to serve a different purpose.
The best known and commonly used combination utensil is the
spork
A spork is a form of cutlery and combination utensil taking the form of a spoon-like scoop with two to four fork-like tines. Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork, have been manufactured since the late 19th century; ...
, a combination spoon and fork.
Spork

Sporks are a type of combination utensil that combine the functions of a spoon and fork. Sporks have been around for a long time, some utensils resembling sporks being found as far back as 1894. The word "spork" was first referenced in the ''
Century Dictionary
''The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia'' is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. It was compared favorably with the ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' and frequently consulted for more factual information than woul ...
'' in 1909, calling it a
portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. of spoon and fork, describing it as a long, slender spoon that possesses fork-like tines. The spork is easily one of the most identifiable and popularly used hybrid utensil in modern times, being used in prisons, schools, restaurants, and many other institutions.
According to ''
The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...
'', approximately 35% of American adults own a spork. The name "Spork" was first trademarked in 1970 by the Van Brode Milling Company.
Other variations of the spork include the ice cream fork, which looks very similar in resemblance to the spork, and was actually invented before the spork during the
Victorian Era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. Slightly different definitions are sometimes used. The era followed the ...
. Even earlier versions and artifacts of combining a spoon and fork can be found from the
Dutch
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
** Dutch people as an ethnic group ()
** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
* In specific terms, i ...
, with some estimated to be from the 17th to 19th century. In Finnish, there is a word for spork,
lusikkahaarukka
Lusikkahaarukka (; "spoon-fork") or LuHa is a stainless steel, folding spoon-fork combination issued together with a mess kit in the Finnish Army. It is widely used in camping and outdoors activities.
The spoon portion is a slightly oversized sou ...
, literally meaning spoon-fork. It does the same job as the spork by combining the functions of a spoon and a fork together, although instead of combining them into single-part utensil, it is composed of two parts, a spoon and a fork, linked together by a joint. It is typically used by the
Finnish military.
Ramen spork
A ramen spork is a form of spork designed by Masami Takahashi to eliminate waste produced by disposable chopsticks. The design consists of a spoon with four
prongs that extend directly from the front rim of the spoon, rather than a cup with incisions made to create tines as usually seen on the traditional spork design. It was originally designed for the popular
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
ese ramen chain, Sugakiya, in 2007. It was made to easily eat
ramen
is a Chinese noodle dish popularized in Japan. It includes served in several flavors of broth. Common flavors are soy sauce and miso, with typical toppings including , nori (dried seaweed), menma (bamboo shoots), and scallions. Ramen h ...
by being able to twirl the noodles with the prongs and then ladle the soup with the spoon part, as described by the
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...
, which sells the utensil. It is also sold by the
Japanese American National Museum
The is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affi ...
store.
Spork Chops

Spork Chops are a type of combination utensil, similar to the
chork, that combine chopsticks with a fork and spoon. On one stick, there is a two-prong fork, and on the other stick, there is a small spoon. Like the chork, it's made to accommodate those who have difficulties using chopsticks, while preserving the chopsticks function for those who do know how to use them. They can also be used to be able to eat certain foods, such as noodle soup, which may need a spoon, fork, and chopsticks. They are available for sale in various websites, notably at the
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh is a nonprofit organization that operates four museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The organization is headquartered in the Carnegie Institute and Library complex in the Oakland neighborhood of Pitts ...
store.
Splayd

Splayds are a type of combination utensil that combine the functions of the three main eating utensils: forks, spoons, and knives. It was invented in the 1940s in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
by William McArthur after he saw people having difficulty balancing all their utensils and their plate. In other words, it was invented for convenience so that people wouldn't need three different utensils to eat. By the 1990s, it had been sold in 52 countries, with over 5 million pieces worldwide.
Tritensil
A different design of combining the three main eating utensils of forks, spoons, and knives was created by
Map Project Office, in collaboration with
Fortnum and Mason
Fortnum & Mason plc (colloquially often shortened to just Fortnum's) is an Luxury goods, upmarket department store in London, England. The main store is located at 181 Piccadilly in the St James's area of London, where it was established in 1707 ...
, called the Tritensil. It was created by the studio in an attempt to improve the original sporf/spork, and create a more elegant, useful, cost-efficient, and environmentally friendly utensil.
It was designed after many trials to be used with many different foods and food-related tasks, like eating salad or spreading jam. It was originally designed by Fortnum back in 1914 in their Christmas catalogue and was later revived.
Spifork
Another design for combining the fork, spoon, and knife is the spifork. It was made by DMECH, Inc, based in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...
. It claims to reduce
plastic waste
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. Plastics that act as pollutants are cate ...
by making an eco-friendlier utensil. The utensil comes with a spork on one end and a knife on the other, designed to be snapped in half to create two separate utensils, as featured in the
Cincinnati Magazine
''Cincinnati'' magazine is a monthly lifestyle magazine concerning life in and about Cincinnati, Ohio. It was created by the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in 1967. It was then purchased by CM Media in 1981. By 1997, the magazine had a c ...
. The creators hope to replace the three-piece utensil set typically given out by shops and eateries.
The FRED

The FRED (short for the field ration eating device, or humorously the "fucking ridiculous eating device") is a combination of a
can opener
A can opener (North American and Australian English) or tin opener (British English) is a mechanical device used to open metal tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the ...
,
bottle opener
A bottle opener is a device that enables the removal of metal bottle caps from glass bottles. More generally, it might be thought to include corkscrews used to remove cork or plastic stoppers from wine bottles.
A metal bottle cap is affixed ...
, and
spoon
A spoon (, ) is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a table setting, place setting, it ...
into one compact utensil. It is issued by the
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the Armed forces, military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of three branches: the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and the Royal Aus ...
to its soldiers. It became part of the force's ration packs in the 1960s, and, as of 2016, is still distributed by the force. Artifacts of the FRED that were used during the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...
can also be found from the
Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is a national war memorial, war museum, museum and archive dedicated to all Australians who died as a result of war, including peacekeeping duties. The AWM is located in Campbell, Australian Capital Territory, C ...
.
Spife
Spifes are a type of hybrid utensil that combine the functions of a spoon and a knife. The name is a portmanteau of "spoon" and "knife". It was created by
Zespri, a
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
kiwifruit marketer, to make a utensil that could be easily used to cut and eat
kiwifruit
Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry (botany), berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ''Actinidia''. The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, ...
. Another version of the spife was also created by Zespri, in collaboration with
Scion
Scion may refer to:
Horticulture
*Scion (grafting), in horticulture, the upper part of a combined plant Arts, entertainment, and media Characters
*Atlantean Scion, a device in the ''Tomb Raider'' video game series
*Scion, avatar of the warrior en ...
, called the "biospife". It was designed and made in order to make a much more environmentally friendly and sustainable product, using
bioplastic
Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources. Timeline of plastic development, Historically, bioplastics made from natural materials like shellac or Celluloid, cellulose had been the first plastics. Since the end of ...
materials and made to be disposed of along with kiwi skin. After lots of development and research, in 2017, about 150,000 biospifes were ready to be released to the market.
The Canadian branch of
Nutella
Nutella ( , , ; stylized in all lowercase) is a brand of brown, sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread. Nutella is manufactured by the Italian company Ferrero and was introduced in 1964, although its first iteration dates to 1963.
History
Pietro ...
, a popular brand for chocolate hazelnut spread, also developed their own spife and held a contest in 2017, giving away 40,000 spifes to any winners. A promotional campaign was made by Nutella to sponsor the spife, and it was marketed in several
social media
Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...
s, such as
Instagram
Instagram is an American photo sharing, photo and Short-form content, short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with Social media camera filter, filters, be ...
and
FaceBook
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ...
, and in a series of videos on
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
called the ''Nutella Breakfast Challenge'', done to show the versatility of Nutella.
The concept of a combination of a spoon and knife into one piece has been around for a long time. The first examples were old
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
*Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...
artifacts that date as far back as the
3rd century
The 3rd century was the period from AD 201 (represented by the Roman numerals CCI) to AD 300 (CCC) in accordance with the Julian calendar.
In this century, the Roman Empire saw a crisis, starting with the assassination of the Roman Emperor ...
CE, although only the spoon part can be seen on some. It is presumed that at some point, there was a blade part that would have been attached to the other side. Roman artifacts like these have been found in various parts of
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
, such as
Worms
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
,
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
, and
Helpston
Helpston (also, formerly, "Helpstone") is an English village in Cambridgeshire. Historically; it was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire, subsequently (1965–1974) in Huntingdon and Peterborough, then in Cambridgeshire. ...
. The blade is typically the least preserved part of the artifact and would have been attached to the handle by means of an iron tang. They were made of various materials, such as silver, bone, and bronze.
Other utensils that perform a similar function of combining a spoon and knife include the
grapefruit spoon
A grapefruit spoon is a utensil usually similar in design to a teaspoon that tapers to a sharp edge or teeth, the intent of the front serrated blade, serration being to separate the flesh of a grapefruit from its rind. Also called an orange spoon ...
, which appears as a spoon with the tip of the spoon possessing a serrated edge. It is used to eat citrus fruits by using the serrated part to cut through the
rind and then using the spoon part to scoop and take the
pulp
Pulp may refer to:
* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
* Pulp (band), an English rock band
Engineering
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
...
and eat it.
Chork
Chorks are a type of combination utensil that combine the functions of chopsticks and a fork. They were popularized by the major fast-food restaurant chain
Panda Express
Panda Express is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in American Chinese cuisine. With over 2,400 locations, it is the largest Asian-segment restaurant chain in the United States, and is mainly located in North America and Asi ...
to assist people who have difficulties using
chopsticks
Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as kitchen and eating utensils in most of East Asia for over three millennia. They are held in the dominant hand, secured by fingers, and wielded as extensions of the han ...
, which can be a relatively challenging utensil to use. The utensil first appeared in a photo in 2016 previewing the restaurant's limited edition
General Tso's chicken.
The concept of chorks came from B.I.G, also known as Brown Innovation Group, debuted in 2010 at the
National Restaurant Association trade show, winning an innovation award. Invented by Jordan Brown, he was inspired by his difficulties using chopsticks when he was at a sushi restaurant, needing to reach for a fork instead when attempting to grasp smaller grains of rice. He designed it for people who still have not mastered the skill of chopsticks and still need to occasionally use a fork to eat. On the company's website, it claims to be cost-effective and useful in assisting people into becoming a master at chopsticks, with 3 different uses: as a fork, as a trainer, and as chopsticks.
Forkchops
Forkchops are another hybrid utensil that combines the functions of chopsticks and forks, however, it additionally adds a knife. It was designed by Donald BonAsia, a
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
designer, and were available to be sold in the
Japanese American National Museum
The is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affi ...
store.
Chopsticks-spoon combinations
There is no single name for these types of utensils, but there have been two notable designs of combining the spoon and chopsticks into one. Aissa Logerot, a
French designer, created the chopsticks plus one, a combination consisting of a separate spoon part that has two small holes in the side where two chopsticks could be easily fitted to be able to make the two chopsticks into a handle to then use the spoon part, as shown by pictures of the product. It is also known as the Spoonplus.
Another design is called the Froggetmee (''alternatively spelled FrogGetMee or Frog Get MEE''), designed by Ankul Assavaviboonpan. As described by
Wired
Wired may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* ''Wired'' (Jeff Beck album), 1976
* ''Wired'' (Hugh Cornwell album), 1993
* ''Wired'' (Mallory Knox album), 2017
* "Wired", a song by Prism from their album '' Beat Street''
* "Wired ...
, it combines chopsticks with a spoon on the other end and could allow for fast consumption of food. Froggetmee won the
Good Design 2006 award, under the household products section.
Knork
Knorks are a type of hybrid utensil that combine the functions of a knife and a fork. It is a portmanteau of the words "knife" and "fork". They were designed by Mike Miller in
Newton, Kansas
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Harvey County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 18,602. Newton is located north of Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. The city of North ...
. He first conceived the design in the eighth grade while trying to eat pizza with a fork, but had trouble trying to cut the pizza, so he thought of a half-knife, half-fork solution. He made his first prototype using his mother's flatware and
Bondo to stick the flatware together. He left his university in order to pursue designing the knork, borrowing US$10,000 from his grandparents and ordering US$40,000 worth of materials in order to create the knork, debuting the knork at the 2003
Kansas State Fair. The knork was designed to be used by both right-handed and left-handed users and included a finger platform to make it easier to cut and remain comfortable while cutting. Since then, the utensil has garnered large success, attracting the attention of large brands such as
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond was an American big-box retail chain specializing in housewares, furniture, and specialty items. Headquartered in Union, New Jersey, the chain operated stores in the United States and Canada, and was once counted among the ...
,
Taco Bell
Taco Bell Corp. is an American multinational chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California. Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired ...
,
KFC
KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (an abbreviation of Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain specializing in fried chicken and chicken sandwiches. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's se ...
, as well as the
U.S. Military
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. U.S. federal law names six armed forces: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and the Coast Guard. Since 1949, all of the armed forces, except th ...
, who were interested in developing a titanium, folding knork. The knorks are in collection in the
Kansas Historical Society
The Kansas Historical Society is the official state historical society of Kansas.
Headquartered in Topeka, it operates as "the trustee of the state" for the purpose of maintaining the state's history and operates the Kansas Museum of Histor ...
's online catalog. The Knork brand also designs a variety of other utensils.

Another earlier, unrelated but similar design was created after
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, made for amputees who had lost an arm and had difficulties trying to use multiple utensils. The utensils were also called Nelson knives. The combination allowed them to be able to use a single utensil to cut and eat their food. Knorks are still in use to this day, said by many who suffer from
physical disabilities
A physical disability is a limitation on a person's physical functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina. Other physical disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living, such as respiratory disorders, blindness, epilepsy ...
to be a very helpful tool for eating a meal. For these reasons, it is said to be an important medical invention.
Some more primitive tools resembling a combined knife and fork have also been found in the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a mari ...
, as documented in the ''
Proceedings of the United States National Museum
The Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series is a collection of serial periodical publications produced by the Smithsonian Institution, detailing advances in various scientific and societal fields to which the Smithsonian Institution has made ...
''.
Predecessors of the modern knork include the
pastry fork
A pastry fork, dessert fork, pie fork or cake fork is a fork designed for eating pastries and other desserts from a plate. The fork has three or four tines. The three-tine fork has a larger, flattened and beveled tine on the side while the four-t ...
, which looks extremely similar in design and is used to eat pastries.
Spoon straw
Spoon straws are a type of hybrid straw that combines the functions of a straw and a spoon. They can also be referred to as stroons, and are used typically for
milkshake
A milkshake (sometimes simply called a shake) is a sweet beverage made by blending milk, ice cream, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, or fruit syrup into a thick, sweet, cold mixture. It may ...
s,
slushies, and other beverages which contain solids or are solid but melt into a liquid.
Bombilla
A bombilla is very similar to the design of a spoon straw, however, instead of having the "spoon" to be used to consume solid parts, it is used to filter out solids, like leaves, typically found in
mate
Mate may refer to:
Science
* Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in:
** Mate choice, intersexual selection
*** Mate choice in humans
** Mating
* Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins
Pers ...
, a type of caffeine-rich herbal drink. It was first used in the 16th century in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
for the purpose of drinking mate, so that the consumer wouldn't slurp up the small pieces of leaves that the drink usually has. The utensil is still widely used today. There are other designs of bombillas, each for a different use in drinking mate, and they can be made of different types of materials, such as
silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...
.
Pizza fork
The pizza fork is a combination of a fork and a
pizza cutter
A pizza cutter (also known as a roller blade) is a handheld kitchen utensil that is used to cut various items into sections or slices. Due to its prevalence in the making of pizza, it has earned the name "pizza cutter". The typical pizza cutter ...
, allowing the user to slice a
pizza
Pizza is an Italian cuisine, Italian, specifically Neapolitan cuisine, Neapolitan, dish typically consisting of a flat base of Leavening agent, leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomato, cheese, and other ingredients, baked at a high t ...
and then quickly eat the sliced piece.
It was created by Daniel Morvec, who also created and runs Stupidiotic, where it is also sold on the website. A
Kickstarter
Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative project ...
for the utensil was also created, where it states that it could also be used on
pancake
A pancake, also known as a hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack, is a flat type of batter bread like cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based Batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk, and butter, and then cooked on a ...
s,
waffle
A waffle is a dish made from leavened Batter (cooking), batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron ...
s,
steak
A steak is a cut of meat sliced across muscle fibers, sometimes including a bone. It is normally Grilling, grilled or Pan frying, fried, and can be diced or cooked in sauce.
Steaks are most commonly cut from cattle (beefsteak), but can also ...
s, and more, although the starter was unsuccessful.
Other products that combine a fork and pizza cutter into one include the Nyfork, that also claims to be able to be used with other foods, like
meatloaf
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been combined with other ingredients, formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The final shape is either hand-formed on a baking tray or pan-formed by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is ...
. It was created by Innovative Products, inc, and the utensil allows for users to cut their pizzas into small bits without the hassle of using a knife and fork. A patent to improve the design of pizza forks can also be seen, stating its creation to prevent the injury of users by creating a fender between the pizza cutter and the handle.
[{{Cite patent, number=6591503, title=Pizza cutting and eating tool, country=US, pubdate=2003-07-15, assign1=Marway Industries LLC, inventor1-last=Voves, inventor1-first=Mark A.]
See also
*
List of eating utensils
A variety of eating utensils have been used by people to aid eating when dining. Most societies traditionally use bowls or dishes to contain food to be eaten, but while some use their hands to deliver this food to their mouths, others have deve ...
*
Kitchen utensil
A kitchen utensil is a small hand-held tool used for food preparation. Common kitchen tasks include cutting food items to size, heating food on an open fire or on a stove, baking, grinding, mixing, blending, and measuring; different utensils ar ...
*
Spork
A spork is a form of cutlery and combination utensil taking the form of a spoon-like scoop with two to four fork-like tines. Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork, have been manufactured since the late 19th century; ...
*
Splayd
A splayd is an eating utensil which combines the functions of a spoon, knife and fork. It was invented by William McArthur in the 1940s in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. There are several manufacturers.
In addition to an overall spoon shape ...
*
FRED
Fred or FRED may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Fred ...
References
Eating utensils