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Professional Cross Wire Cooling Rack Half Sheet Pan Size by Libertyware
Product DetailsManufacturer: Libertyware Brand: Libertyware Edition: Kitchen Publisher: Libertyware Studio: Libertyware Music Label: Libertyware Product features: - Heavy gauge chrome plated wire racks for full or half size pans
- Drip screens allow for more even cooking of oily foods
- Icing grates also serve as cooling racks
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Professional Cross Wire Cooling Rack Half Sheet Pan SizeCustomer Review: best for the money, the little rack that could Summary: 5 Stars
I followed Cook's recommendation in 2008 and bought this to go with the Lincoln half-sheet pan in their review. I wanted two things: a roasting rack that could fit inside the half-sheet and that wouldn't buckle, and a cooling rack for cookies, pies and cakes. I'm very happy with it on both counts.
The rack fits in a standard half-sheet pan and prevents spills and drips while allowing air circulation for good all-over roasting. Any rack should do as much, but this one gave exceptionally good performance. The fine grid means you can roast even small-cut vegetables, or if you're roasting meat, you have that much more fat dripping away rather than staying in your finished product. As someone else noted, it's a good broiling device as well, and suitable for laying over a burner. It's better than cookie sheet for toasting bread because you won't get a soggy underside. And even though it has only two support wires instead of three, it's very sturdy and heavy-duty; I've never found anything heavy enough to cause it to buckle. It came through two turkeys and multiple pies unchanged. So considering the price difference between this one and one with three supports, I have to give this one the nod.
I also use it as a cooling rack. If you've been using a cheap grocery-store wire cooling rack with only parallel wires, you don't know what you're missing; The fine grid means saying goodbye to unwanted groove marks underneath cakes, or cookies that break off between the wide rungs. I've never had a cookie break since I switched.
I saw that some people complain that it rusted in the dishwasher. I think any rack will do this, not just this one. I've washed this on in the dishwasher a time or two without a problem, but normally don't, just in case. What counts for me is not whether I have to clean it, but whether it's hard to clean; does food stick, or come away easily? I have never yet had any food stick to this rack; it comes clean with just a light raking from a hot-soapy brush. No elbow grease required.
After using this rack a few times, I ordered a couple more, and a couple more half-sheet pans. My assortment of old cooling racks and my separate broiler pan-type roasting sets, I put out at the next yard sale. I just don't need them anymore. A good heavy half-sheet pan and a good heavy half-sheet rack do everything, in a fraction of the storage space.
Description of Professional Cross Wire Cooling Rack Half Sheet Pan SizeHeavy gauge chrome plated wire racks for full or half size pans. Drip screens allow for more even cooking of oily foods. Icing grates also serve as cooling racks.
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