A salad spinner for drying food articles and household items includes a
transparent bowl and a perforated basket disposed in the bowl. The basket
further includes a cylindrical wall connected to a bottom wall of the
basket and disposed at its center. The salad spinner further includes a
drive assembly attachable to the cylindrical wall of the basket for
spinning the basket relative to the bowl whereby water on the food
articles is passed through the perforated wall of the basket and
displaced to the bowl.