George Foreman grill, hand mixer, immersion blender,
Foley foodmill, box grater, rolling pin, potatoes and onions.

I have very little drawer space so this is a lifesaver for me.

My lazy susan holds almost all of my small appliances, including three different sized crockpots, a food processor, a blender, a handmixer, and an electric carving knife. It also holds a few extra pieces from my dishwasher. I love it for these things, many of which are otherwise awkward to store and difficult to lift out of a standard cabinet.

Do any of you store your spices in your lower lazy susan?

ejbrymom, how is it storing things like tupperware there? Do the lids fall off and get lost behind it?

We currently have a small 10x10 (barely) kitchen and our pantry has to act as our mop/broom closet so our lazy susan is our storage powerhouse. It stores all of our baking goods, spice overflow, all canned goods, some boxed goods, large liquid containers (oil, vingar, etc.) Spacewise we actually get the most bang for the buck from our lazy susan and it's not even a terribly nice one (plastic trays, center pole.)

In the new kitchen we're definitely including one, but with a pantry, who knows what we'll end up using it for. Maybe we'll make it a kid snack station (kid friendly foods, kids plates+cups, etc.) because it's the right height for them and has a 'fun' factor because it moves! But that plan will likely change 1485 times like everything else with the house.

you know this is my 2nd lazy susan and I have all my pots and pans in it and I just really hate it lol the pots are so hard to get out, and I can never organize them well. As I am reading this I just realize that I should swap out the one pantry (closet type) that has all my baked goods and put them under there as I dont go there as often as I do go to get pots and pans out of the lazy susan and I think my pots and pans would do better there in the closet. Yes!!! I think the flour and sugar and all the baking stuff would work much better there in a lazy susan!! yeah! thanks for this post...I love You!

I keep my baking goods in my lazy susan. Big difference is mine is at my baking center and NOT in a corner. I love being able to stand near by and turn and pull out the flour to use, then turn and pull out the sugar, then another turn for Oil . . .

I keep the dry good in containers that fit well (tall and narrow instead of short and fat). I'm so looking forward to when I get my real island/baking center, but I'll still have a lazy susan in the layout.

Though from what some of you say you store on it, I'm thinking you must have a super large one. I'd love to find a bigger one, but most are designed to fit in a standard corner cabinet and aren't all that big in diameter. Mine is only 24" in diameter and has two shelves. I'd love to find one about 30".

Cathy

Mine is in my prep zone, so I store:

Mixing bowls
Colanders
Drink pitchers
food processor
hand mixer
blender
immersion blender
manual food processor
cutting boards (slid vertically along the side)

I love my lazy susan! In a previous house I had one that stored 75% of our dry and canned goods and snacks etc.

RH LzS: stainless mixing bowls, box cheese grater, electric meat slicer, spare water bottles (we have an undersink water purifier), potatoes and onions.

LH LzS: baking supplies, rice, sugar, some heavy casserole dishes I use occasionally.

Our lazy susans are solid plastic trays with a 2" rim so very little ever falls off. They hold 75 lbs each so I can load them up without worry.

I have two. Weird, I know. Anyway, in one right next to my new Wolf range, I keep all of my spices and in the other I have all of my baking ingredients in large glass containers: Flour, sugar, etc.

Mine is in the coffee-making corner, between the stove and sink. It holds coffee, filters, cereal, dry baking supplies, ramen noodles, misc. canned goods, and plastic garbage bags for the under-the-sink trash container.

natashak I have two also. They are Super Susans. Does that count?

I keep all of my tuperware in one of them. I have no problem with the lids, I just keep them in a large tuperware container under there "semi organized". I also keep stacks of new egg cartons for our hen house eggs, and a large crock pot in this Susan.

In the other Susan I keep all of my pie, cake, and loaf pans as well as my cake decorating supplies, gingerbread house mold, cookie cutters, hand mixer, etc. That's on the top shelf. On the bottom shelf of this Susan I store large salad bowls, a large platter, a cheese tray, an antipasto tray, and 3 large lasagna pans.

In my old kitchen I had 2 Lazy Susans. One stored tuperware and the other stored all of my pots and pans.

I LOVE SUSANS.

WOW! We all store so many different things. You are giving me great ideas on what to put into mine. I think I will move some things there now and see how I like it. I've lived with this kitchen for 21 years and I'm trying to think outside the box to see if I can make things more efficient now. GW has really helped me see things in a different light- thanks to you all!

In my old kitchen, I had a "lazy susan" (the one w/the center pole). I stored all my pots & pans, colanders, and several serving pieces in it. I had no difficulty getting anything out of it. Just turn the susan and what you need is right there in front of you. Ours had the door attached to the shelves so they rotated inside. It was a "standard" 36" susan...that means it took up 36" on each wall. The "back" wall of our susan conformed to the shape of the shelves and had just enough room for the shelves to clear (1/8", maybe). There was no way anything was going to fall off of it on the inside!

BTW...a "super susan" does not have the center pole.

I really wanted another one in my new kitchen...this time to hold all my small appliances. However, I made the mistake of suggesting to my DH that we create a "Pet Center" in the corner instead and immediately lost the susan! I now store my small appliances in my small pantry. While they all fit, they do take up almost 2 shelves...I really wish I had that susan!

I have a super susan and on the top shelf I keep all my oils, vinegars, and general bottles that are in that size range and are used frequently.

On the bottom I keep making ingredients. I prep baking in that area so it works out well and being just one cab away from the oven makes it work well to have the oils and such there.

I love it too.I love all the neat new cabinet options. I feel so much more organized even though my kitchen is not done yet. Still need backsplash, vent hooked up, floor and some shelving hung but it has been totally functional for quite a while. Actually I only went about 2 days unable to cook. Considering my husband started this project 1 year ago it is a miracle.

We also have 2 super susans (and I originally wanted no corner cabinets---I didn't know what I would be missing.)

One is mostly devoted to beverage storage--smaller containers on the top shelf and larger bottles on the bottom. The salad spinner and big package of paper napkins (for lunch boxes) are also on these shelves. This ss is on 2 exterior walls. Unfortunately the cabinet gets chilly in the winter but the upside is that we don't need the fridge for the beverages.

The other has large tupperware on the top and smaller disposable containers on the bottom (dd brings lots of left overs back to her apt at school when she visits on weekends.) I also keep extra lunch boxes and snack bags on the lower shelf.

Like donka, I try to take advantage of some of the extra space that the turntables don't occupy. I keep bottles of juice in the corners off the turntable.

judydel said "I LOVE SUSANS."

It's funny reading this thread. How did this shelf get its name? I am so glad they came up with a new device that is "super", but that even the "lazy" is appreciated and functional. My name is Susan, so I have to keep reminding myself that you're not talking about me, good or bad.

Thanks to buehl, I will be having one in my one corner. I have been stumped with the changes I've made as to where I will put my plastic storage containers, but this may be the answer.

Super or lazy, that is now the question. Anyone have any thoughts about the difference? Obviously, the center pole is one. Cost will be another, I'm sure.

Thanks!

Susan : ) (not super, but trying not to be lazy)

LOL Susan, now come on. I'm sure there have been times when you have been super, and times when you've been lazy. Or are you one of the even keeled kinda gals with no pendulum swings??

I've had both and I prefer the Supers because I feel I can fit more without the center pole. I must admit though that the Super's shelves aren't as tall as the Lazy's. But I still prefer the Super much more. Another advantage to my Supers is nothing can fall off of the shelves and get lodged like in my older Lazys. I think the names say it all : )

I have 2 upper cabinet lazy susans. In one I store mixing bowls and lots of baking supplies, measuring spoons, extracts, colored sugars, decorator bags/tips, food coloring, etc. In the other I store vitamins and medications on the top shelf and coffee carafes and water bottle things on the bottom. I guess I have a "super susan" as one of my bottom cabinets. It has no center pole. This is one of my favorite cabinets. I store my KA mixer, food processor, waffle iron, food scale on top and on the bottom I keep all the kids Tupperware so they can reach it. I cut the top off a cereal box and I store the lids in that. I store tall water bottles that only get used during soccer season behind the turning part in the corner where they can't get knocked over.

>I'm sure there have been times when you have been super, and times when you've been lazy. Or are you one of the even keeled kinda gals with no pendulum swings??judydel, you have me pegged. How'd you do that? Occasionally super, more often lazy, mostly even-keel. You're amazing! (But then, you do have a great kitchen!)

Sounds like the super is a better choice overall.

Just so you know, Lazy Susans do not have the "falling off" issue either...

Can you attach the door to a super susan so you don't have a door banging the cabinets on either side (especially those hinged/double ones)? I'm guessing not since in a super susan the turntables rest on stationary shelves b/c they don't have a pole to attach to. Can those stationary shelves be adjusted to give you different heights (I don't think lazy susans can be adjusted)?

My Super has the hinged/double doors. I'm used to them and am careful not to bang them, but you do have to be careful. One turntable rests on the bottom of the cabinet, and the other is on a shelf. I guess it can be moved.