8 Best Dish Racks for Your Kitchen

How To Choose the Best Dish Rack

Whether you hand wash a plate or two occasionally or suds up your dirty pots and pans after every meal, if you’re like us you prefer air drying your dishes. When deciding which type of dish rack to buy, consider how much counter space you have, how many folks live in your household and the size of your sink.

And while some racks fold up so they can be put away when not in use, we mere mortals tend to leave our dish racks out all the time. So style can be just as important as functionality.

Along with slats to prop up plates, racks generally come with standard features like a flatware baskets, cup and glass prongs, and a drain tray and/or a tilted design to direct water into the sink.

Here are the dish racks we like best in a wide range of categories.