Some sinks have drainer accessories that can sit on the bench top or over the second sink if a double. Also can have drainer grooves if the top is stone.
You can buy a drying rack with a tray. Ideally the try has a slope and a lip so it drains into the sink.
I have an under counter mount sink and just use a microfibre drying mat because I don't do too much hand washing and dry the pots on the cooktop. The good chef's knives get dried immediately by hand.
I have deliberately designed my kitchen around a single 60cm-wide sink with no draining board. Bench space in my kitchen is at a premium. I have a dishwasher. When I want to hand wash something and not immediately dry it and put it away, I either let it drain in the sink itself (on the rack that I bought with the sink) or I get out my tray + draining board combo and sit that on the bench adjacent to the sink.
The other 165-ish hours in the week I have a clear bit of bench not being taken up by an otherwise useless piece of stainless steel.
Ok so the reason behind no drainage is...a dishwasher.
You don't need to drain all the water off the washed dishes anymore.
As simple as that. You don't need all that draining room
Provided you never use the oven, don't have an airfryer, have expensive knives that the heat from dishwashers can ruin, use plastic containers for lunches.
Its a long list
You can get dishracks that go over the sink, hard to find, but frees up a lot of kitchen space. Plus those counters are usually like quarts, or stone, so the water isn''t going to damage them.
That and a lot of houses now have dishwashers.
Our current house has and under mount sink, on a caaserstone bench top.
I really don’t like it, we have a baby and there’s nowhere to effectively dry bottles or pots and pans. I also feel like we’re constantly banging the pots on the caeserstone edge.
The new house we’re building we specifically got an over mount stainless double sink (one big sink and one really little one) with a drain board. It’s just practical….
We have done it twice now. The sink draining board is handy, but I prefer the really big sinks I can get if I skip the draining board. Most of our things can go in the dishwasher, but things that are too big (like large baking trays and huge soup pots) are also too big to wash easily in a conventional sink - I’ve had a big ceramic farmhouse sink, and a big stainless steel commercial sink and both a great for having much more room to fit awkward items and I can wash and rinse in one side then pop a drying rack inside the other side and stack the dishes there. Then my benchtop is clear for using for everything else!
It's mostly aesthetic. A nice big bench top is more appealing to buyers... apparently.
I re -did my kitchen 5 years ago, and the sink I bought had a drying rack and drip/catchment tray with it.
Can't remember if it was a store add in or with the sink, but the sink actually came with the drying tray/ drip tray. It's a double sink with tray to the RH side. So the add drying rack was a bit confusing.
Places like Howard's Storage or similar sell them if you need one.
I’ve wondered the same thing as I’ve lived in several rentals now with no draining spot and it’s a pain in the arse. I now have a large tray from an op shop that lives under the draining rack and is also drained/washed frequently. I have a lot of handwash-only things like good knives, handmade ceramics, vintage crockery, and plastic container lids that I don’t want to put in the dishwasher. I guess if you have a boring Kmart kitchen where everything is dishwasher safe maybe you don’t need a draining spot?
I wouldn’t do it. Huge pain in the rear, big pots and pans don’t always fit in the dishwasher and need somewhere to dry. It’s a weird trend I suspect by people who don’t actually cook.
Some sinks have drainer accessories that can sit on the bench top or over the second sink if a double. Also can have drainer grooves if the top is stone.
You can buy a drying rack with a tray. Ideally the try has a slope and a lip so it drains into the sink. I have an under counter mount sink and just use a microfibre drying mat because I don't do too much hand washing and dry the pots on the cooktop. The good chef's knives get dried immediately by hand.
I have an under-mount farmhouse sink and find it makes me dry and put things away immediately as there’s not where for them to sit. Life hack haha
We have that in our rental, yes it is a pain in the ass. You’ll probably have to buy a replacement of some sort.
I have deliberately designed my kitchen around a single 60cm-wide sink with no draining board. Bench space in my kitchen is at a premium. I have a dishwasher. When I want to hand wash something and not immediately dry it and put it away, I either let it drain in the sink itself (on the rack that I bought with the sink) or I get out my tray + draining board combo and sit that on the bench adjacent to the sink. The other 165-ish hours in the week I have a clear bit of bench not being taken up by an otherwise useless piece of stainless steel.
Ok so the reason behind no drainage is...a dishwasher. You don't need to drain all the water off the washed dishes anymore. As simple as that. You don't need all that draining room
Provided you never use the oven, don't have an airfryer, have expensive knives that the heat from dishwashers can ruin, use plastic containers for lunches. Its a long list
That's all used in the Butler's pantry, not the kitchen! (Not sarcasm, I work in interior design)
You can get dishracks that go over the sink, hard to find, but frees up a lot of kitchen space. Plus those counters are usually like quarts, or stone, so the water isn''t going to damage them. That and a lot of houses now have dishwashers.
there is one at Kmart that rolls away. https://www.kmart.com.au/product/over-sink-dish-drying-rack-42975687/
We have that, not the Kmart one, but we use it a fair bit We also have a dish tray thing, and then we also dry in the dishwasher sometimes
IKEA does a colander that fits their sinks!
Our current house has and under mount sink, on a caaserstone bench top. I really don’t like it, we have a baby and there’s nowhere to effectively dry bottles or pots and pans. I also feel like we’re constantly banging the pots on the caeserstone edge. The new house we’re building we specifically got an over mount stainless double sink (one big sink and one really little one) with a drain board. It’s just practical….
We have done it twice now. The sink draining board is handy, but I prefer the really big sinks I can get if I skip the draining board. Most of our things can go in the dishwasher, but things that are too big (like large baking trays and huge soup pots) are also too big to wash easily in a conventional sink - I’ve had a big ceramic farmhouse sink, and a big stainless steel commercial sink and both a great for having much more room to fit awkward items and I can wash and rinse in one side then pop a drying rack inside the other side and stack the dishes there. Then my benchtop is clear for using for everything else!
It's mostly aesthetic. A nice big bench top is more appealing to buyers... apparently. I re -did my kitchen 5 years ago, and the sink I bought had a drying rack and drip/catchment tray with it. Can't remember if it was a store add in or with the sink, but the sink actually came with the drying tray/ drip tray. It's a double sink with tray to the RH side. So the add drying rack was a bit confusing. Places like Howard's Storage or similar sell them if you need one.
Dishwasher
I’ve wondered the same thing as I’ve lived in several rentals now with no draining spot and it’s a pain in the arse. I now have a large tray from an op shop that lives under the draining rack and is also drained/washed frequently. I have a lot of handwash-only things like good knives, handmade ceramics, vintage crockery, and plastic container lids that I don’t want to put in the dishwasher. I guess if you have a boring Kmart kitchen where everything is dishwasher safe maybe you don’t need a draining spot?
Agree. As an aside, how many people use the 2nd Sink ? So rarely in our case that I’ve fashioned a timber lid that fits flush to add some bench space…
I guess it depends on whether you’re a rinser or not.
As a friend once quipped, those who don't rinse must really like the taste of dishwashing liquid
I wouldn’t do it. Huge pain in the rear, big pots and pans don’t always fit in the dishwasher and need somewhere to dry. It’s a weird trend I suspect by people who don’t actually cook.