The disinfection conditions for five food-borne pathogens were investigated using a knife/chopping block dish dryer. Each of the strains was inoculated separately at the dilution levels of 10^2 to 10^5 CFU/cm^2 onto the surfaces of knife and chopping block. Among the pathogens tested, we found that Vibrio parahaemolyticus was the most sensitive strain to either ultraviolet(UV) irradiation alone or in combination with heating. In order to obtain a disinfection efficiency of 99%, a 180-min heating process for Staphylococcus aureus was required. An efficient disinfection for Bacillus cereus was observed under a 20- min UV irradiation or a 25-min heating process. By comparison, UV irradiation had a better effect than heating process on both knife and chopping block. These results suggested that the knife/chopping block dish dryer is useful for sterilization of food-borne pathogens colonized on knife or chopping block.