A useful kitchen hack using a grill grate

[ditomura]

I wanted more counter space so I bought a 7mm stainless steel grill grate off of Amazon that fits in the recessed portion of my sink and is flush with my counter. This has been so useful. I place my cutting board on it. It gives me usable space over the sink and things can be easily rinsed off. I use it as a sink bridge for sharpening my knives and I can rotate my whetstone to make it more comfortable instead of having to go straight forward and backward. I place hot things on it. The grate easily slides left and right and is stable with no flex or wobbling.

 

[ditomura]

As a side note, I compared an AG Klint S grind gyuto and a Joel Black gyuto shaped and polished by Bico Doce. I’ve been trying to find a knife that can dice onions without having them fall all over the place. These 2 are excellent. Bico worked his magic on the Joel Black and the food release is just as good as the AG Klint S grind knife.

 

[aporigine]

I wanted more counter space so I bought a 7mm stainless steel grill grate off of Amazon that fits in the recessed portion of my sink and is flush with my counter. This has been so useful. I place my cutting board on it. It gives me usable space over the sink and things can be easily rinsed off. I use it as a sink bridge for sharpening my knives and I can rotate my whetstone to make it more comfortable instead of having to go straight forward and backward. I place hot things on it. The grate easily slides left and right and is stable with no flex or wobbling.

that’s officer thinking!

 

[Heckel7302]

They make silicone covered racks like this for exactly this purpose. I have one at my sink all the time

https://a.co/d/00Sv2QgY

 

[ditomura]

They make silicone covered racks like this for exactly this purpose. I have one at my sink all the time

https://a.co/d/00Sv2QgY

I bought one like that initially but it wasn’t as stable as I wanted it to be, it would flex and wobble a little when I would cut on it. The new one with 7mm rods have zero flex and the 14mm height fits neatly into the recessed area of my sink.

 

[ditomura]

A failed experiment. I thought I could make a quick grilled cheese using an Iwatani torch that I just got. Bread and cheese were both burnt and it didn’t taste good. I’ll use a toaster oven the next time.

 

[Jovidah]

Congratulations on discovering the workstation sink.

 

[refcast]

That's a lot like the setup a lot of fish restaurants have in Japan, they do deba work over it and rinse fish easily. Super handy

 

[azn_knives_4l]

I saw this and tested immediately with a random rack I had and now I need a real one, lol. Thanks

 

[blokey]

Some sink have rolling racks, you can also buy one, they are nice

 

[ditomura]

There was a little bit of movement in the grate when I was pushing down harder on the whetstone trying to thin a straight razor. To minimize the movement, I placed a plastic shim between the grill grate and the sink border. This worked well and the grate didn’t move at all.
To minimize movement on the whetstone holder I flipped the grate upside down so that horizontal bar was exposed on top. I modified the whetstone holder by heating the grate with a torch and then placing the bottom of the whetstone holder onto the heated bar. It got kind of messy and the grate turned black. Since it came with 2 grates, I just switched them out. This sort of works but it wasn’t worth the effort. If you don’t push down too hard, the whetstone holder doesn’t move.