Pasta Drying Rack

One essential for making fresh past is the pasta drying rack. Most from the “old school” are a variation of the wooden pasta drying rack. You can make your own by searching for pasta drying rack plans, or just try and copy the ones you see here. It is not too complicated but takes some time. A good noodle drying rack will have many arms, of just the right spacing to allow for good air flow and ease of putting the wet pasta on it.

Having a good base will also help it not tip over when full of wet noodles. Many of the pasta drying rack reviews give high marks to these makers:

Bartelt
Kitchen Aid
Norpro Pasta
Tacapasta

There are many others available and you should check them thoroughly for features and think your work space throuhg. It somewhat depends on which automatic pasta maker you are using to create the noodles with, how long they are and how you work with them. A good noodle cutter is also important. There are a few that offer a folding drying rack. This can save counter space when not in use.

After making that fresh pasta, get this classic pasta drying rack to finish it off. Kitchen aid is a trusted name in kitchen appliances and tools.

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KitchenAid Pasta Drying Rack
	Manufacturer: Kitchen Aid Customer Rating:   List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $39.99 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy Now
Product Description
Pasta making just got easier with this KitchenAid pasta drying rack. It holds more than 4 pounds of fresh pasta and has 10 feet of drying space. The rack frees counter space and helps promote fast, even drying. Made of 16 sturdy, clear polycarbonate rods. Also includes a multi-purpose "wand" that helps transfer pasta from the pot to the drying rack and helps cut the pasta. Stores in a chrome plated steel column when not in use. Unit folds flat for easy storage. 1 1/2 lbs. 19"H x 17"W x 17"D.
Product Details
Material: Plastic Finish: Brushed Care and Cleaning: Wipe Clean Warranty Description: 1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty Dimensions: Length: 17.0 "; Width: 17.0 "; Depth: 18.8 "
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Great Pasta Drying Rack!   Review Date: September 1, 2009 Reviewer: Stephen Thorud, Portland, OR My wife and I received this pasta drying rack as a wedding gift along with various other KitchenAid products. If we hadn't have received it as a gift, I would have bought it and considered it $40 well spent. The pasta rack is well designed and easy to deploy and pack up for storage. When you open it from the package all of the hanging rods are aligned with each other. Turn the black wheel at the top of the drying rack about one full turn and all of the hanging rods space themselves out evenly (see product picture). No need to position each hanging rod by hand, which would be a very tedious chore. Pull each of the feet down and then lift up on the ends to lock them in place. Craftily designed to be stored in the top of the drying rack is a "transfer rod" which conforms to the hanging rods to allow you to transfer the pasta to each hanging rod. What we do is cut the pasta through our KitchenAid pasta plate running off the stand mixer and just before the pasta is nearly finished being cut, slide the transfer rod from one side of the pasta as it's hanging from the cutter plate to the other and then the pasta is now hanging from the rod. We then place the transfer rod on top of one of the hanging rods, twist the transfer rod 180 degrees and now the pasta is hanging from the drying rack. The pasta rack easily held the amount of pasta produced by using the recipe in the KitchenAid pasta plate owners manual, which is suppose to yield 1-1/2 pounds of dough. Maybe a bit more room for pasta, but definitely not enough room for a full second batch. The pasta rack is very stable and is made of stainless steel tube for the center column and legs. The bottom base is made of plastic along with the hanging rods, transfer rod, and turning wheel at the top. All the surfaces are very smooth and easy to clean with just a damp rag. The pasta drying rack is made in Italy. Great product   Review Date: September 1, 2008 Reviewer: Vicky Georges, This pasta dryer is great! It's compact and durable. I kept it's original box to store it in. I dried a whole lot of pasta in a small space. Great companion to the KitchenAid pasta maker. Does everything promised   Review Date: April 13, 2009 Reviewer: Christopher Seifert, Dallas, TX This product is a convenient tool for drying pasta. I assembled it in minutes, hung plenty of pasta on it, the rack was reasonably stable, and hand washing the arms was not that difficult since they consist of a smooth plastic. I looked at several alternatives before buying this one and didn't see anything else that came close in terms of hanging volume, convenience, and materials. Holy COW this is neat!!   Review Date: September 2, 2009 Reviewer: Deborah Marine, Georgia, USA I think I hung about 3 pounds of homemade pasta on this at one time, neat and orderly and the sturdy construction, perfect spacing of the spokes, and the VERY thoughtful and handy tool to slip to pasta onto/off of the rods makes this an amazingly simple yet elegant and high quality HANDY tool for the homemade pasta chef. Kudos to KitchenAid again! A Pro's drying rack   Review Date: January 21, 2010 Reviewer: Janice H. Tekavec, PA Leave it to Kitchen Aid to produce a Perfect Product--they've thought of everything. It folds up to store easily--even has a built-in lifter to take it to the racks. It's GREAT.