Stay Cool in the Kitchen with a Cooling Rack

Can't stand the heat? Get a classy cooling rack to cool your buns and prevent a soggy bottom.

A cooling rack evokes images of childhood and steaming buns, fresh from the oven sitting tantalysingly within reach on the kitchen work surface after your mother or grandmother has baked a batch. It takes a will of steel not to grab one from the cooling rack before they have cooled but if you do wait, the buns, cake or cookies can be decorated with icing, chocolate and sweets to make them even tastier. Go on then take just the one from the cooling rack while it's still warm – you know you want to!

Baking Benefits from a Cooling Rack

A cooling rack is an essential kitchen accessory that any baker worth his or her salt (egg, sugar or flour) must have. Whatever you are baking you need a cooling rack to rest it on when it is removed from the oven. Why do you need a cooling rack you may well ask – here are a few reasons:

• Hygiene – if you have baked a delicious batch of buns, muffins, cookies or scones you will need to put them somewhere to cool and a cooling rack is the hygienic choice. Without a cooling rack you would have to leave them on the work surface of your kitchen and this surface is constantly being contaminated with meat, dairy products and other foodstuffs.

• To air the baked goods – a cooling rack is raised and has a grill design to allow air to circulate around the goodies. This is important because if air can't get to the bottom of your buns or cookies they can end up with soggy bottoms – never a desirable situation!

• To keep them safe – in the 'olden days' housewives would leave baked goods on the window ledge to cool but would you really want to leave your fresh delicious treats open to the elements – or at the mercy of any Huck Finn-esque scamps who could have away with them at any moment? This certainly wouldn't be a problem if you used a cooling rack and kept it safely within your kitchen.

Types of Cooling Rack Available

The top of the range cooling rack available today is made from stainless steel, which is extremely durable. There are also new designs of cooling rack with a stylish curved grid pattern to make it as attractive as it is functional. If your buns can't stand the heat in your kitchen get yourself a quality cooling rack.

ProCook is the only Place to go for a Quality Cooling Rack

If you are in need of a stylish and sturdy cooling rack head down to one of ProCook's 17 shops or alternatively, shop online for an easy and convenient experience.