Spoon rests look like a gimmick. A saucer does the same job, right up until you’re cooking three things at once and there’s sauce on the hob, the worktop and your sleeve.
The Zulay Kitchen silicone spoon rest in grey is a flat tray with raised edges and four slots along one side. The silicone is food-grade and BPA-free, and it’s heat resistant enough to sit right beside the hob.
The slots are the clever bit. Most rests give you one dip for one spoon. Here a spoon, a spatula, a ladle and a pair of tongs can each have their own slot without dripping on each other, and the raised edge catches whatever runs off. A non-slip base means it stays put when you yank a heavy ladle out of it.
Silicone won’t scratch your worktop or chip, and cleaning is a rinse or a trip through the dishwasher. The downsides are fairly obvious. It’s a flat slab, so it claims a fixed patch of counter next to the cooker, and if your hob is already tight you may prefer a small rest that hooks on the pan edge. Silicone also holds greasy residue, so wash it properly after a curry.
Zulay backs it with a lifetime guarantee, and for a slab of silicone that saves a lot of wiping, that’s a fair deal.
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