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A glass rack holds the glasses as they come dirty off the bar, goes through the washer with them still in it, and keeps them until they are poured into. That way a glass is handled once rather than over and over, and every handling in between is a chance to chip a rim, which is what glassware racks are for.

Glass racks come in two basic types. Open racks take any shape and are the general-purpose choice for tumblers. Compartment racks hold each glass separately, which is what protects stemware and lets a rack be carried or stacked without the glasses touching.

Height is the specification to get right. A rack has to be deep enough that the tallest glass sits below the rim, because a glass standing proud takes the weight of whatever is stacked on top. Extenders let one base rack cover several glass heights.

Racks sit in the commercial drinkware range with beer glasses and wine glasses, and they go through the commercial glasswashers they are sized for. Plate racks are under commercial dishwasher racks.

Matching racks to your washer and your glassware? The price guide lets you price a base rack and an extender for each glass height.

These are the top FAQs for Glass Racks

How do I choose the rack size?

Start from the washer. Glasswashers take a specific rack footprint, and a rack that does not match either does not fit or does not clear the wash arm.

Then check the glass height against the rack depth plus any extender. The washer specifications and the rack product page both state the footprint.

Open or compartment racks?

Compartment racks for stemware and for anything being stacked or carried. Separating each glass is what stops rim-to-rim contact, which is where stemware breaks.

Open racks for tumblers and mixed shapes. They are more flexible and they wash better, because there is less structure for water to work around.

Can racks be used to store glasses as well as wash them?

That is the point of using them. Glasses stored inverted in the rack they were washed in stay clean, stay protected and are never handled individually until they are poured.

They need to be dry before they stack, or the bottom rack holds water. Store them where air moves rather than in a sealed cupboard.

Do glass racks stack safely when full?

Compartment racks do, if the glass sits below the rim and the racks are the same footprint. Open racks with tall glasses do not, and that is how a whole rack of glassware gets written off.

Add an extender rather than stacking onto exposed rims. It is a cheap part and it is the difference between stacking and gambling.

How are the racks themselves cleaned?

Through the washer empty, periodically, and scrubbed where residue builds in the corners. A rack that is never cleaned deposits what is in it onto the next load of clean glasses.

Put it on the cleaning schedule with the machine itself. See dishwashing accessories and dishwashing chemicals for the machine side.

Can they be used to move glassware between rooms?

Yes, and for function work that is the main use — a rack of glasses onto a trolley and into the function room, with nothing handled on the way.

Use compartment racks for that, and strap or stack them properly. A catering trolley beats carrying racks by hand across a venue.

How many racks does a bar need?

Enough that glass storage racks hold the full complement of glassware plus the racks cycling through the washer. A bar short of racks ends up stacking glasses on the bench, which defeats the whole arrangement.

Count by glass type. Stemware and tumblers rarely share a rack well, so the counts have to be worked out separately.