Apparatuses and Methods for Dishwasher Rack Emptying

A dishwasher rack, comprising:

• an interior structure divided into separate compartments, each of said compartments sized and configured to hold an individual beverage container;
• a top side through which the compartments may be loaded;
• a bottom side having a support surface;
• and
• a release mechanism,
• wherein at least one of the top side or the bottom side has a configurable surface that provides a closed configuration in which said configurable surface is capable of supporting a plurality of beverage containers and an open configuration in which said beverage containers are able to pass through said configurable surface, and
• wherein when said dishwasher rack is placed on top of a desired exterior surface with the configurable surface immediately adjacent said exterior surface, the release mechanism can be operated to change the configurable surface from the closed configuration to the open configuration, causing any enclosed beverage containers to drop down onto the exterior surface and remain there when the dishwasher rack is lifted up and away.