We're not blessed with the luxury of a dishwasher, so we're heavily reliant on our dish drainer rack. Right now we have a very simple rack, but we've found that in the case of drainer racks &mdash the simpler the better! Drainer racks come in many different shapes, sizes and materials and we're not sure which material is the best.
Our current drainer rack is made from wood and while we haven't had any problems with it, we couldn't help but notice the Dish Doctor Dish Drainer Rack from Marc Newson. It's so different than any other drainer racks we've seen and that's what peaked our initial interest.
Obviously this rack isn't for everyone, but that's sort of what we love about it. It's innovative, unique and an item we'd gladly welcome into our kitchen. It's made from polypropylene and comes in four different colors: green, orange, white and clear. There are two cutlery drainers to ensure all of your silverware fits in one shot.
A great feature is the detachable draining tray. Instead of the water collecting on your counter top, this drainer rack collects the water in an easy to clean up way and we're very appreciative of that. With our current rack, we have to lay towels on the counter to absorb the water.
&bull Find it at Nova68 for $79.99.
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I just think this dish drainer would have a lot of nooks to clean!
$80 for dish drainer?? Com'on. I use a stainless steel number I bought at Ikea for $9.95 and even tho it has no under tray to catch drips it suits the purpose and fits the style of my kitchen and is easy to clean.
i *do* have a dishwasher but prefer to do dishes by hand. and just fyi: you can buy a dishwasher for the cost of a couple of these. i'm just sayin' ...
I have a dishwasher, but also do dishes by hand. Looking at this one, I think that there are a lot of little nooks and crannies for gunk to build up in. I have a stainless sink with a built-in drainer, and just use this simplehuman dishrack -- flat bottom with slots in it, so its really easy to scrub down
http://www.simplehuman.com/products/dishracks/compact.html
@Janice m, I have the slightly larger version of that one. I LOVE it. I resisted a dish drainer for years but now I wonder how I lived without one. I like the colors of the one posted but I kind of wonder how well the plastic would hold up. I'd be afraid of snapping the uprights.
And sorry to be a grammar snob but it's "piqued" not "peaked" in the context of the article.
I used to have that dish drainer (before we got a dishwasher) and I LOVED it. It looks beautiful - so much nicer to have on the counter than a traditional dish rack (at least for my style) and love the way it collects water in the bottom. Gunk did tend to build up in the crevices, but a regular spritz and scrub with a sponge kept things pretty clean. I used mine for about 5-6 years before we got the dishwasher, and I still have it, just in case we move and need to use it again.
Re: piqued--thank you Tiamat_the_Red.
Just FYI, you can buy simple plastic trays that go under your dish drainer. They are are slightly slanted so you align one edge with your sink and place the drainer on top of it; all of the water drains into the sink. Just a few dollars at Target or the like! I know it's annoying to put the drainer right next to the sink, but it's better than perpetually damp (and thus moldly) dish towels!