Kitchen-Accessories

Dish drying is one of those kitchen tasks that barely registers as a task, until the puddle of water on your counter forces you to mop up around the drying rack for the third time in a day. A good drying mat or rack handles that problem quietly. A bad one leaves puddles, stains, or mildew. I tested 7 dish drying mats and racks over three weeks. I washed a lot of dishes — by hand, deliberately, to see which setups stayed dry, which collected water, and which ones got gross after repeated use. Here is what I found. ...

Burned wrists and dropped casseroles are the two most common kitchen injuries involving hot cookware. A good oven mitt stops both. A bad one either transfers heat through the fabric or makes your hands clumsy enough to drop things. We tested six kitchen heat-protection products — silicone mitts, traditional quilted cotton, glove-style oven mitts, pot holders, and trivets — to find which ones actually protect your hands. Each product had to hold a 425°F sheet pan for 30 seconds, grip a cast iron skillet handle, pick up a glass baking dish, and set hot cookware down on trivets. The results were surprising. ...