If you happen to do dishes by hand, then you know the limited space you have to dry them in the sink. Not only do your clean dishes stack upon each other like a cruel game of Jenga, but you also risk breakage and the dishes not drying as quickly as they could—leading to those ugly dried water spots. America’s Test Kitchen came up with a clever kitchen hack: to set your extra oven rack over your kitchen sink, constituting as your very own drying rack. There’s a good possibility you’re not using every single oven rack even if your oven’s turned on. So, why not use it for practical goodness? Of course, you’ll want to make sure the oven rack you’re using over your sink is not hot—so do this before you turn up the heat. The oven rack over the sink gives you extra room and air circulation for a speedy turnaround of drying time. Instead of pots, bowls, and the likes accumulating with water puddles, this is the perfect method for those drips and drops to go where they should…down the drain. Plus, there’s really no need to purchase expensive dish drying racks when you already have one lying around; you just didn’t know about it, until now. Hit up the link below for more drying hack tips from America’s Test Kitchen:

Dry Dishes Over the Sink with an Extra Oven Rack