We searched for the best spice storage and organization devices on the market and found several great options for a variety of spaces.
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I actually have the Spicy Shelf Deluxe and it's split in two to fit in my small mobile home cabinets. And it's going into the bin soon. It does its job, but if you put anything else in the cabinet then you have to shuffle things around or remove items to get at the spices you're looking for. If you can devote a whole cabinet for it and only sit smaller spice jars on the bottom between the shelves, it would be just fine. I just don't have that luxury. (Also, it's just cheap plastic and fidgety to adjust.) I'm probably going with a countertop solution with a wooden tier that I'm currently using elsewhere. One thing I didn't see here is something like you'd see the spices in at the grocery store, a slanted rack where they'd slide to the front. Something like that would be a great way to deal with them. Similar to that, I have a platform for my Keurig (gone bye-bye) with a divided drawer for K-cups which will be perfect for the little stubby spice jars, and I'll sit that wooden tier on top of it. Another solution I already use for spices from large jars or packages is the Kamenstein magnetic spice tins that I stick on the side of my fridge. The tops are clear so you can see the spices and they twist for shaker or pour openings. There are also magnetic or wall mount spice racks, if you don't have a pantry door to hang a set on. When space is limited there is often no one good solution and you have to get creative.
Is that George "Goober" Lindsey?
I just buy the good quality spices and I put ‘em in the door of my fridge. Nothing dries out and they stay fresh almost all throughout their life of me using em. And they’d blocked from heat and light. Especially when it comes to bay leaves.
I have a similar over the door unit, I can't tell from the video, but are all of the shelves the same depth on the one shown? The one I have has shelves that are different depths, which is great for us. Mine looks a little chaotic since I don't have the shelves in any semblance of order (by depth) but it woks great. Since the shelves on mine are wire, I cut foam board down to size and placed one in each basket, it works great! Everything stays up without falling over. If I can ever find a semi thick plastic that I can cut with a box cutter, then I'll get that. I need that for our reusable shopping bags anyway.
Theres no way anyone is using 50 different spices in the home kitchen.
The best spice storage space I ever had was a large lazy Susan built into the corner of the lower cabinets of my kitchen. I no longer live there but miss that lazy Susan so much. It beat any drawer storage space for spices.
Does this help protect the spice from Harkonen invaders?
I once had a kitchen that had a pull down ironing board. That was removed and shelves put into it for a spice pantry with a door to hide everything. I absolutely loved it.
I glued metal shelves on the wall of my stove. Holds 52 jars. Would recommend, as I can reach for them without leaving my cooking. That being said, I need to store the back up bags of bulk spices for refilling the jars in the pantry. They're just unwieldly. Definitely a lot cheaper to buy spices in bulk, though, unless you're someone who considers a dash of oregano too spicy. But my chili uses more than a literal cup of spices, so I need to buy in bulk. xD
I live in a very arid, desert city and my family requires storage for quite a large amount of spices. Do you have any recommendations for storage solutions that are extremely durable? Particularly against guerilla attacks and improvised explosives. Thanks!
The drawer was the best option I found. I just bought the basic glass square bottles from Container Store. Lined the drawer with cork and put the label maker to use. Keeping the spices out of the light is supposed to make them stay fresh longer. Also it's extremely satisfying to open up the drawer and choose from the huge amount of spices.
Love it. Great segment 👏🏾
I got some little wire rack shelves from Home Depot that can be attached to a cabinet or door with screws. I think they were about $10 each. They are installed right by my butcher block table, in plain view. No big deal.
I think the plastic stand-alone ones look cheap and inconvenient. Where do you put them? I don't have that much counter space. The one that wobbles is especially bad.
Nothing seems really good.
I have the door storage racks on every door in my mudroom/storage room because they really do expand your storage capacity. I love the fact that all of the shelves are adjustable as well; nearly doubles my storage space for cans and dry goods.
when you are blind, it does not matter if the spice jars are actually invisible with their labels facing out. I am a blind cook, my spice jars, have talking labels on them, I had to buy a special pen that allowed me to do that, which of course cost over $100. Definitely well worth it though. I put my labels on the bottom of the jars, so people who can see, when they come over can grab a spice so while they see it.
Meh – I prefer to keep mine in the freezer door. Out of sunlight and the cold helps them stay fresh longer.
I have an antique oak medicine cabinet mounted on the wall in my country kitchen. Perfect!
We have an over-the-door pocket shoe rack that we use on our pantry door
This is the nudge i need
I made one using glass magnetic jars that hang so it looks like art ❤
The spice must flow!
He who controls the spice storage controls the Test Kitchen.
I have purchased a Spice Storage Containers of Various Sizes and have No Problem.
When You use a Particular Spice a lot buy the larger size Spice instead of the small one.
Consider it.
Sincerely 🤠 Mr Severance,
"The Cake 🍰🎂 🥳🎉 Man".
To have that amount of spices on hand is ridiculous. Most will go stale and manky.
Those all look like crap. I have a 3-tier lazy susan in my cabinet that I inherited from my grandma. It's older than me, nice and sturdy. Guess they don't make things like they used to.
The spice must flow
I have been needing this!!!
over the shoulder spice holder 🙂
How many spices do average household have? How many exist?
i use what chef michael smith uses , just mason jars on my shelf in the walk in pantry
My pantry is rather deep, so I store my spices in drawers, so that drawer insert might work for me. It’ll help with the visibility. I also bought a set of uniform-sized spice jars with labels. They really help.
I much prefer my magnetic spice jar wall it’s out in the open takes no space and looks great and is easiest to use and ever expandable
Kitchen drawer storage it the best to me. I just print labels and use 1/2 pint mason jars. Keeps them out of the light.
I did use jars but have migrated to the bag/envelope format. I keep them in a plastic filing box, in alphabetical order to keep them easy to find. I tend to only get spices that are used in the recipes I make. With the jars, I found they were more expensive and some were years old and had deteriorated so far as to be unusable.
Can you do a video on spice jars?
I have around 100 spices that I use regularly. I tried a cabinet, drawers. They were disasters. My husband filled one wall of our pantry with narrow racks. My jars fit them perfectly. Now my spices are arranged alphabetically. They are labeled on the front and lid. I can use them and return them with no problem.
Im not sure i trust your affiliate products. You went on for years about how you weren’t paid by OXO to recommend nearly every product they make, but now you make a cut from the winning products? I dont think its always been this way and I feel like ATK has ended the golden era. Im gone
I was hoping you would discuss jars and the best way to store each spice so it last longer
Talenti Ice Cream jars. They stack. They’re clear. You can see what needs replenishing visually in an instant.
I didn't know there are more than 50 kinds of spices, generally. I only use like 10 or 20.
I have the one that goes on the door. It came in 3 segments and I was able to manipulate the shelves so that some are lower while allowing other shelves to have more height. This made it very useful for storing various sizes of jars, etc, without having "wasted" space between shelves. And it holds a lot of weight, too.
That u shaped shelf is very limiting you have to have the right size cabinet. You think it's oh adjustable but it's really not. I got a couple small little legged tables to slide into the back of my cabinet which elevated my very hard to see spices .
When we remodeled the kitchen, I dedicated a cabinet to spices. After 8 years it still works great for me.
Keep all my spices and dried herbs. (and nuts) in the freezer door. They last forever.
Adam is great!
All the racks are made in China. No thanks.
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My thoughts on seeing the thumbnail: "why is Chris Moyles doing kitchen equipment reviews?"