I don't see how a cooling rack would work without a hole for the drain. If it's smaller than the sink, it will slide around.

I have a love/hate relationship with my grid. I love that it protects my sink from scratches, and that I can rest a bag of grapes on top of it for rinsing. But I hate everything else. I hate it when my family dumps their plate full of spaghetti in the sink without removing the grid and the noodles get caught everywhere. Everything gets caught in the grid. I hate that I have to remove it and take it outside to spray the underside a power jet spray to clean it every week. It's disgusting.

I am toying with the idea of removing it completely but my house full of boys is really rough on things and I know I'll have a huge scratch in the sink within 24 hours if I do that.

I googled my $100 sink grid and found and bought the same size, brand, in wrapper on ebay for $25.00. Keep looking.

I only paid $60 for mine, and was in two minds whether I needed it. DH said buy it, and now I'm really glad I did. Yes, go for it!
I presume joannaca's family dump food in the sink, for a garbage disposal? Yes, that would put me off having a grid, but I don't have a disposal, so it's not an issue.
When it needs cleaning, I just put the plug in the drain, squirt detergent in and fill the sink with enough water to cover the grid. Then I scrub it, both sides, with an old nail brush - gets any gunk off in seconds. Rinse and replace.
Or you can put it in your dishwasher.

I'm watching eBay and have a search for it which on other items I've done that the item appears rather suddenly. Not this time.

I don't have a disposal but I also don't want the scummy grid. I have scummy mats now and they have to go! I have/had some plastic really cool racks somewhere.......that I would test as for feasability but like everything I want these days, they're hiding from me. I don't suppose I can escape scummy. Rinsing every day doesn't seem to keep them clean. I've tried vinegar rinse and baking soda. Everything cleans them but the scum soon returns.

I guess I'll give eBay a couple more weeks.

I love my sink grids, but they came with the sinks. I just put them in the dishwasher about once a week--no problems at all cleaning.

Pinch, you probably need bleach or one of those mold/mildew things to descumify for a longer period. I don't do chemicals, so I'd put them out in the sunlight and let them get a little roasty toasty and very dry. Then leave them in the air for a week after bringing them in.

To keep the mats from getting scummy again, lift them when your sink is clean, give them a good shake, and let them dry on the sideboard, upside down.

$100 sounds outrageous for a sink grid! I couldn't bear to spend full price so found mine for 10% less at FaucetDirect, but MSRP is less than half of yours.

I have a Whitehaus 30x18 off set drain. What else fits other than a Whitehaus? And where can I get it?
Blue Bath has a $15 credit if you send a photo of something you've bought from them with a little story. I can do that pretty easily but the grid still comes to $102!

My grid for my Blanco was $108 from Ira Wood & Sons. While I winced at the price I think it was a great buy. It helps keep the silgranit sink from scratches, etc. Easy to rinse fruits and veggies and drain pasta. I do the same thing as sara suggested-about once a month, fill the sink with enough soapy warm water to cover the grid and use a scrub brush on it. I don't have to deal with food bits making it scummy as I don't have a disposal unit. Probably the best grid to fit your sink would be to get one made just for your sink even though the price tag may be hard to swallow. If it lasts 4 yrs. that's $25 per yr. or around $2 per month.

I bought two accessory grids, one for my Kohler Mayfield (it fit great) and one for the Brookfield (does not fit --have to figure out what's wrong). We opened the Mayfield one and used it immediately after DH finished plumbing the trap. It was wonderful for the use I had intended--rinsing produce. The sand drops down, the lettuce and squash and tomatoes and clumps of herbs remain in the water but allow me to push them up and down slightly to clean themselves. Lousy for green beans, though.

I also find that I can have more than one activity going in the sink while the grid is there--rinsed stuff on one end, a bucket to be filled poised on the other--keeping its feet dry. But I've only used the grid for three days. Not sure whether I will pursue the problematic second one or just send it back.

They cost about $35 or so. Available from many vendors.

Pinch_me, a word of advice based on my experience: don't get the Whitehaus grid that only has vertical bars on it. The one made for my Whitehaus501 sink has really disappointed me. Cutlery is forever falling through it and you have to clear the sink and pull the whole thing up to fish stuff off the bottom.

circuspeanut, I think this is the right one for my sink. I don't see any other grid that will fit it and the bar spacing is like yours. This is very frustrating. I'm about ready to lay a hand towel in the bottom and change it every day. Can't be any worse than the rubber mats.

Here is a link that might be useful: my grid

circuspeanut, what do you think about two of these? Cheaper, so if I really don't like them, it's not a LOT of money down the rat hole.

danielle84, I agree with you. Do I really, really need one? I didn't have anything at first but after two weeks realized my sink needed some protection.

Here is a link that might be useful: different possibility