Rack Spice Makes a Wonderful Kitchen Accessory

By Stacy Fox

Spice racks are useful cooking accessories and home organization tools. There are almost as many choices in actual rack spice as there are spices they contain.

The rack spice should be in the kitchen so that you have your spices handy when you cook. But don't put the spices too close to the stove or oven because the heat can kill the potency.

Many people like to buy kitchen spice racks that are "wall mountable".

A "carousel" spice rack can be a good idea if you have hard to reach counter space.

A slanted kitchen spice rack lets you view all of your spices in one glance.

You can use the spice rack drawer liner that some stores are now selling if you have a free drawer in your kitchen.

Not utilizing the bottom of your kitchen cabinets? Buy an "under-cabinet kitchen spice rack", also called "undercounter spice rack" or "pull-down spice rack".

Use a door mounted spice rack if the inside of your pantry door is empty.

If you have lots of kitchen counter space or open shelf space then get a "free-standing spice rack".

Do you use a lot of different spices in your cooking? Then you have to decide whether you want a large single level spice rack or a multi tiered one that holds all of them.

If you are a gourmet and use lots of different spices regularly, you'll want a large kitchen spice rack. But, if you like to keep things simple, you can get an organizer to hold 6 to 8 spices.

Another question is whether you can easily access the spices. For instance, if you hang a vertical double-shelf spice rack on a wall underneath a kitchen cabinet, you need enough room between the spice containers on the top shelf and the underside of the kitchen cabinet to be able to easily remove and replace the spice containers.

Some kitchen spice racks come complete with full containers of spices and others come without jars or containers of spices. And if you buy a spice rack with containers, make sure they're what you want. Some are glass jars; others aren't.

Keep things as simple as possible. The goal is to save space when you buy home organization tools.

There are a wide variety of rack spice materials including chrome, wire, plastic, stainless steel, acrylic, and wood.

Rack spice containers are very durable. You will find that they help a lot if you do any amount of cooking.

And that's what you need to know about rack spice. - 29956

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