Costco Customers Love This Dish Rack That Doubles As A Convenient Knife Block

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If you wash dishes by hand, you're probably no stranger to the knife conundrum. After you wash your kitchen knives, where do you put them to dry safely? Do you try to balance them in the utensil basket, snuggling them between the forks and spoons? Or do you lay them flat in the main compartment between the plates and bowls? Maybe that's why so many Costco shoppers love the simplehuman Steel Frame Dishrack — it has a built-in knife block.

While the dish rack frame is constructed of stainless steel, it has a bamboo knife block incorporated right into the utensil holder that can store knives up to 8 inches long. This creates a much safer way to place knives in the dish rack, instead of letting them float around with all the other dishes. With the knives stowed in the block, you can only pick them up by the handle, and you can't accidentally grab the blade as you're moving dishes in and out of the rack. It's a great safety feature in a modern dish rack that might have you ready to ditch your old dish drying mat for good.

There are standard features, too, like a utensil basket, pegs to hold plates upright, rack bars for bowls, and several outer hooks for cups. The drip tray has a special coating that helps clear water quickly, so you can say bye to your slimy traditional dish drainer. As a bonus, the drain spout can be rotated around to any side, allowing you to place the dish rack wherever it fits best on your counter.

While Costco's simplehuman dish rack landed on our list of the 12 best kitchen essentials you can get at Costco, it's always best to see what actual customers think of the product. It has received a 4.8-star rating (out of 5 stars) from over 130 reviews, as of the writing of this article. Out of those reviews, 120 are 5-star ratings.

One reviewer, who gave it a 4-star rating, tells their story of finding mold built up on the dish rack's bottom tray. They contacted customer service, who recommended cleaning the rack with a gentle soap and a vinegar soak. However, when that didn't fully do the job, the customer was able to replace the rack with a new one. That's a good enough reason as any to mention, as one reviewer did, that you can register your purchase with the manufacturer, simplehuman, and get a five-year warranty.

A couple of other things are worth noting if you're interested in purchasing this product. First, you'll have to do so online. For now, Costco is only selling the simplehuman dish rack on its website, so you won't find it in any of the brick-and-mortar locations. Also, one customer review mentions that they bought the dish rack thinking the entire product was stainless steel, only to realize that the bottom portion is actually plastic (which features that special coating). The wire rack is capped in silicone, too.