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Whether your kitchen is a workplace, a showplace, or both, you'll find great countertop values. Pick the wrong type, and you could end up wasting thousands, according to our tests.
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We sliced and diced on 11 counter materials from leading brands, stained them with 20 common foods and products, set hot pots of oil on them, and more. Those tests revealed each material's strengths and weaknesses, but few brand differences. That's why we rate counters by material.
Here's what we found:
Laminates shine. Laminate excelled at stain- and heat-resistance and withstood our abrasive pads. Fun patterns (try boomerang), ...