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To ask where you store your pots and pans?

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SparrowInTheHedge · 12/06/2020 23:39

I am on the verge of throwing mine out and living on microwave meals for the rest of eternity.

An enormous bloody kitchen cupboard is wasted on 2 frying pans and 3 pots and one tiny milk pan.

I only have a small kitchen so this feels like a monument waste of space.

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BackforGood · 12/06/2020 23:47

In my pan drawer. Had it put in as part of my kitchen 16 years ago - a wide, deep drawer they all fit in.

Not that it helps you.

If you kitchen is small, would it work to have some hanging from butchers hooks from a pulley or bar down from the ceiling ?

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Boulshired · 12/06/2020 23:49

I have a stainless steel shelf as I hate pans in the cupboard. But my pans have to be nice as they are on show.

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Justgorgeous · 12/06/2020 23:57

Can you hang them somewhere?

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TimeWastingButFun · 12/06/2020 23:59

Frying/pancake pans etc hanging up in the alcove above the cooker and saucepans in a rack beside.

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Megan2018 · 13/06/2020 00:02

Pan rack on the ceiling

To ask where you store your pots and pans?
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Couchbettato · 13/06/2020 00:17

I have 3 saucepans which get used almost daily so they get washed, dried and put back on top of the hob. My frying pan and wok are in a cupboard on top of each other. It's not a cupboard specifically for them. I don't understand how any one could need a cupboard just for pots and pans.

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Redleathertrousers · 13/06/2020 00:22

Pan drawer

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SparrowInTheHedge · 13/06/2020 00:42

I like the hanging idea. I have a cast iron pan that lives on the hob permanently as it is.

The kitchen is a one sided galley, so really small, I'm not exaggerating. It's 3.5m long.

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Cheesesteak · 13/06/2020 00:46

Not sure if anyone has mentioned them but Tefal do an ingenio range I think it's called, with one handle that fits all the pans so they all stack together nicely. Not sure on the quality of Tefal but might be worth a look.

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Magickl · 13/06/2020 00:56

I have the Tefal ingenio ones. They all nest inside each other and are great for my small kitchen.

I chose the induction ones because they felt heavier and they still look good two years on, the non-stick is unmarked.

I wash them by hand though, not dishwasher.

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JKRowlingTransExplosion · 13/06/2020 01:05

Hanging rack above the sink - I wash the pans and up they go. Made it myself by installing a sturdy shelf and fixing Ikea hook rails to the underside. Cheap as chips.

I keep the lids in a separate wall mounted lid rack. Only things in the cupboards is a few big stock pots and roasting dishes.

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safariboot · 13/06/2020 01:05

Stacked up in the cupboard. They take up most of the bottom shelf of a double unit, with the top shelf having the plates, bowls, and sieves. But then we have a kitchen that, while small, is not unreasonably so.

Hanging them seems like a recipe for the ones you rarely use getting coated in dust.

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JKRowlingTransExplosion · 13/06/2020 01:13

I just don’t have enough cupboard and drawer space. Besides I prefer them hanging - easier to grab without faffing around with a stack of pans, and less likely to get damaged. I also have all my utensils on hanging racks rather than in drawers. It’s much more convenient, and there isn’t much that doesn’t get used regularly so it all gets cleaned frequently enough.

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Happymum12345 · 13/06/2020 01:21

In a pan draw.

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Time40 · 13/06/2020 01:29

In the cupboard under the sink.

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caringcarer · 13/06/2020 01:29

My numerous saucepans, lids and frying pan live in the corner cupboard. Casterole dishes in bottom of wide pan drawer.

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caringcarer · 13/06/2020 01:30

Megan, I do like your pans hanging from ceiling.

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DramaAlpaca · 13/06/2020 01:32

In a cupboard under the gas hob. It's overflowing with them and I really need to reorganise it.

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priya38 · 13/06/2020 01:34

I've got a small kitchen and had a problem with pan storage. So what I've done is, on a small wall I hammered a nail in the wall for each pan and I hang the pans on the wall (the pan handle has a hole) and It actually looks quite nice too.

If I wasn't in bed I would have taken a picture but I'm too lazy to get up.

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SparrowInTheHedge · 13/06/2020 01:35

Cheesesteak

Not sure if anyone has mentioned them but Tefal do an ingenio range I think it's called, with one handle that fits all the pans so they all stack together nicely.

Is it literally one handle? What if you need to cook multiple things? Excuse my did questions.

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SparrowInTheHedge · 13/06/2020 01:54

Stupid* questions that should be...

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thetrolleywitch · 13/06/2020 02:10

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funinthesun19 · 13/06/2020 02:15

Just in a simple kitchen cupboard all stacked up.

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Waveysnail · 13/06/2020 04:26

Pan draw with pans stacked

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Cheesesteak · 13/06/2020 08:58

It's literally one handle so you unclip it and take things out one by one. Here's a link, I'm sure you could get them cheaper elsewhere but I think they're ideal if you're short on space.


https://www.johnlewis.com/tefal-ingenio-emotion-stainless-steel-frying-and-saucepan-set-10-piece/p4545038?sku=238275618&sppc=2dx92700046357847111&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gclid=CjwKCAjw8pH3BRAXEiwA1pvMsY8Zjr6iRDgRnP6rfI4eQHE2txgrmdmhORDctCesvn9fW9OUzrnfPhoCWToQAvDD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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