How to Cut Corn Off the Cob, According to Our Test Kitchen

Check out the best ways to cut corn kernels off the cob without making a mess.

Here’s how to cut corn kernels off the cob.

Continue all the way around the cob until you’ve removed all the kernels.

Any of these vessels will work pretty well.

Bowls and Bundt pans can also be unstable.

“Then I switched to just putting the end of the cob in a big bowl.

In the long run both seemed too unstable because of tippy bowls.

kitchen towel over a cutting board and then cut the kernels off.

I normally have a go at avoid single-use kitchen tools (no garlic presses or avocado cutters for me!

), but this gadget deserves a spot in the drawer.

To use, lay an ear of corn on a cutting board and get to peeling.

The tool cleanly scrapes all the kernels, so prepping the vegetable is easy and quick.