MARCATOPasta Drying Rack, Black

So what can I add to their observations?I bought this item six years ago and finally a few months ago started using it.The rack saves space. I used to lay out the fresh uncooked pasta on a table. That took up a bit of the table top while the rack has a relatively small footprint.The rack is simple to keep clean.I sometimes make the uncooked pasta a distance away from the where it will be cooked. I can pick the rack up and carry all the pasta over to near the pot it will be cooked in. This really is why I'd buy it again, despite the high price, if it ever broke. It just makes the whole pasta making workflow so much better.

I have used my March to pasta machine on multiple occasions and this drying rack is a must for hanging and drying my fresh pasta

I have been making home made pasta for years and experimented with creative ways to dry it. I finally did some research. After reading lots of descriptions and recommendations I chose to purchase the Marcato. Best recent investment I have made.It works as described, but there are several things worth mentioning.1. It's made of plastic not wood so there are no worries about what is left behind on the wands2. It is easy to clean..3. The dried pasta easily slides off the wands.4. It comes with a wand used to transfer the cut pasta from the pasta machine to the drying rack.5. No worries about moving the wands to position them. Just rotate the knob at the top clockwise as you need another wand.6. There is enough space to dry pasta for 8 servings.7. Comes in a box that you use to store it between uses.Update March 21, 2014.Wow. It's hard to believe I've been using the Marcato Pasta Drying Rack for 4 years.Whether I'm making pasta for my family, an event, or someone in need of a meal, out comes the Marcato.It still functions perfectly. The stand, the arms, the wand all look brand new.If there is one thing I would recommend it would be to make it bigger or offer a larger model.There have been many times when I could use more space. Especially, when I'm making more then 8 servings of pasta.

I make pasta just about every week. I have made it more consistently, and with less mess, since getting this rack.Functionally, this works quite well. It suspends pasta for even drying, and the material is not sticky the way my old wooden rack could get if not well floured. Inside the center post is an ingeniously designed rod with a hollow on one side which fits the rack's rails. This allows you to transfer pasta from the machine to the tool, and then you put the tool on top of the rack's rail, and then rotate it off to the side, neatly and quickly transferring your pasta from machine to rack without folding or losing the odd strand. This may not be a new idea, but it was new to me, and I love it. Other reviewers have commented that the lower racks are too short to use well. I would agree that you have to cut the pasta shorter to fit there, but if I am able to fit pasta made from 4-6 cups worth of flour on this rack no problem.In storage, this rack cleans quickly and packs flat. The whole assembly can be completely disassembled for more thorough cleaning, and reassembles easily and quickly.Highly recommended.

This has helped me so much. I make my own pasta at home because I love fresh pasta and like to use organic flour and have a higher protein content and more fiber by using a 1/2 unbleached white flour to 1/2 organic whole wheat flour. I also do not use eggs and only a small amount of salt and a dribble of fine extra virgin olive oil. I use my Gourmia pasta amazing and a Marcato Atlas to help me with this formidable task. I sometimes extruded it onto a plate and sometimes the pasta would stick when it boiled and was not perfect. Since I purchased a Marcato Atlas Pasta Drying Rack I have been able to make perfect pasta, since it is separated neatly. The wand I also use for when I make my homemade low fat salad dressings as a pusher to quickly get the dressing down the narrow aperture as it fits down my narrow funnel that fills my dressing bottle. The wand I did not realize would be plastic but it is. It would be nicer in crystal which is why it did not get 5 stars. It does have an opening at the top that is straw-like so it can hold a small amount of water to help with perfect dough making. I feel this would be better if it also has a cap as it is open at the top and then there is more cleaning if used to hold water. The legs which are gorgeous gleaming metal tripods with rubber non skid bottoms sometimes fall down after they are compacted and closed if the unit is placed on its side and then if out displayed it does not look its best. This problem can be solved by the addition of three small thin triangle magnets placed on the underneath part of the plastic that the legs touch neatly when are folded closed and pushed up for storage. I will probably purchase some magnets and do this myself on mine when I fit it in. These wands can also work as giant milkshake stirrers for those who sometimes make giant, healthy super low fat milkshakes like myself. I use my homemade organic soymilk or almond milk and mix with just a little low fat vanilla or other ice cream. Sometimes I add my homemade seltzer and soda syrup for a healthy ice cream soda and me and my spouse also sometimes drink a small one with a little fruit juice mixed in before our breakfast to give us that fruit juice, yummy but healthy and will not get you fat dessert high when we wake up.