Eyebrows can make or break a look, and as a beginner, you might find it challenging to achieve the perfect arch or thickness. This dish rack disassembles into three pieces (utensil holder, drain tray, and rack) and is one of the easiest of our picks to clean, without many tight crevices for food or mold to hide. Although this dish rack could hold a substantial amount of dishes, ultimately it was subpar in comparison with current dish rack offerings.

Smooth gliding -Engineered spherical roller balls of shower curtain hooks can glide smoothly and fast across shower rod. However, this rack has a footprint roughly equivalent to that of a midsize microwave, and it’s 7 inches wider than the KitchenAid dish rack. Durable, high-quality stainless steel side panels give the dish rack a premium design element and add an upscale look to any kitchen. The basin effectively traps water and drains it through the swivel spout without risk of spillage on your countertop.Because of the all-stainless-steel build, this dish rack is also pretty hefty, which may make it a little difficult to clean for some people.

The Simplehuman Steel Frame Dishrack is a large and sturdy dish rack perfect for large families or active cooks. The KitchenAid rack also has no-slip rubber feet to help keep it in place and prevent countertop scratches.Available in KitchenAid’s most popular colors, expertly measure your favorite ingredients then mix and whisk in a durable mixing bowl with an easy pour spout. Throughout our testing we never worried that dishes would fall out of the rack, as we did with the more open Zojila Rohan, no matter how we loaded it.

Featuring a spacious design, it can hold plates, mugs, glasses, bowls, flatware, pots, pans, and more. The only rack that did a better job holding that much during our tests was the Simplehuman rack, which takes up more space. The more enclosed the rack, the more slowly it dries, presumably because of poor air circulation, which was the issue with the Umbra Basin. The rack disassembles into three pieces that you can easily wash, as well, ensuring that your clean dishes stay that way.

This selection included four dinner plates, four bowls, four cups, four spoons, four forks, four knives, a 10-inch skillet, and a 6-quart Dutch oven. Made with a soft-touch coating that won't scratch your dinnerware or enamel cookware, and the soft feet keep the dish rack from damaging counters. Washing dishes is a part of life, but how much you have to wash can hinge on factors such as lifestyle, family size, the presence of a dishwasher, and whether any roommates are pulling their weight. We ruled out any racks that lacked varied slots and prongs for different types of dishes, eliminating roll-up dish racks along the way (though we still plan to consider those for future updates). Lin also pointed out that constructing a rack out of wood requires drilling a hole to make a joint, and that creates a crevice for mold.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The textured exterior prevents glasses from suctioning themselves to the plastic, a problem we found with lesser plastic racks. We also plan to test our newer picks over the long term to see how they hold up, and many staffers have tested our other long-standing picks for years (so far without any complaints about rust). While the KitchenAid has slots appropriate for plates and other items that may fit, it also has enough open space for you to Tetris your dishes together as you’d like.The Zojila is made of thick, heavy-duty stainless steel wire, and it’s the only rack we tested that has a solid stainless steel drain board. The silicone-coated wires were far enough apart to fit thick dinner plates or sheet pans but still close enough to keep everything upright. Made of brushed stainless steel with black plastic accents, OXO’s SimplyTear Paper Towel Holder is an elegant addition to any kitchen countertop.