Dish Drying Rack

Drying utensils during the winter months is often a headache. If one has an electric dish dryer, then this question does not arise. However, without an electric dish dryer or a drying rack, drying the dishes is rather difficult. There are different types of dish drying racks available in the market these days. Most of them are to be placed on the kitchen countertops. However, your kitchen countertop is small, then you will have to opt for hanging rack to dry dishes. There are also the sink-in rack, over the sink as well as the folding racks. Depending on your kitchen decor, you will have to choose the right one for your need.

Using a dish drying rack is rather beneficial on a number of fronts. The most important is that one is able to save a lot of money, when one opts for a drying rack, as opposed to buying a kitchen appliance for drying the dishes. The space required for the racks is also not too much. Therefore, if you have a small house, you will not face a lot of space crunch. There will be no consumption of energy, due to which your energy bills will also not soar.

Best Dish Drying Rack

If you are planning on kitchen remodeling, then you will have to make space sufficient amount of space for the dish drying rack as well. If you opt for folding drying racks, then you can fold them and place them in the kitchen cabinets, when it is not in use. Without wasting any more time, we will now turn towards some of the best racks available.

KitchenAid
This is my personal favorite for the large space it has to offer. It is a 3 piece drying rack. Where along with the dishes, one can also dry a lot of kitchen cutlery as well. It has a large capacity, due to which you will be able to dry a lot of cookware in this rack. It has a detachable caddy, which can be used for multiple purposes. It has a self draining board, due to which water from the dishes does not wet the entire kitchenette. It has soft nonslip feet, therefore your expensive cutlery will be safe in it.

Progressive Collapsible Dish Drainer
This rack is a sink-in rack. It is apt for a small to medium size family. One can place about 8 regular sized dishes in the rack. A few other cookware can also be placed along with the dishes. It is a collapsible rack, due to which one can fold the rack and store it away to make more space in the kitchen. There is a small utensil area, where smaller items can be placed in an upright manner, which ensures faster drying of the utensils. The advantage this dish drying unit has over the other units is that it can also be placed in the dishwasher.

Folding Dish Rack Steel - Better Housewares
This rack comes equipped with double cup capacity. Apart from the dishes, one can also dry cups, glasses, etc. on this drying rack. The dish drainer has double capacity for cup as well as glasses. When one is cleaning bone china, then this rack comes in handy, due to amount of space available in these racks. When not in use, it can be folded down completely and enables easy storage. However, it is important to opt for the platinum drying rack as it has double space, while the white one does not have double space. The unit is lightweight, therefore transferring the unit from one place to another is not difficult as the same time it is convenient to use as well.

When you have to buy a rack to dry dishes, make sure you take into account the kind of utensils you have, as there are some racks, which are especially designed for dishes only. If you have a number of heavy utensils, then you will have to opt for folding dish racks as they are often made for heavy utensils itself. You will also be able to dry heavy plates, pots and pans in these racks.