Does anyone have a 33' corner lazy susan cabinet? Do you like it?

14 years ago

I'm trying to decide whether to install a 33 inch lazy susan instead of a 36 inch. Specifically, I am wondering if the 33" has doors that are too small to be useful.

It would allow me to install a 38" cabinet for a 36" Miele induction cooktop, which is really 37" and requires an opening of more than 36 inches.

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brickton

14 years ago

We currently have a 33" lazy susan which works pretty well. We wouldn't do it again by choice, but it's workable. We use it for food storage / pantry with almost all our canned goods, boxes, bottles, baking stuff, etc. It wouldn't work well for pots and pans because the opening is tight and our door doesn't open very wide, I'm not sure if that's the hinges or the layout. I would still take it over our blind corner any day of the week, but in the next kitchen we are bumping up to the 36".

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marcy96
14 years ago
Hi, I have a 33" super susan. The door opening is a little small, but I still can fit almost anything through it. Some larger things I have to turn sideways to fit through, like a large colander or mixing bowl, but the inside of the cabinet is very roomy and it holds a lot. I think you would still find it very useful.
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14 years ago
Thanks to both of you. marcy96, I'm not sure what a super susan is. Is it completely round, with no pie cutout? Like brickton we would use it for food storage, most likely, which is what we did with our old 36 inch. Or spices, or other small items. If I didn't need to put an oven under the cooktop, i could go with the 36 susan and get a cooktop that has smaller opening requirements. Hard to find an induction that can take an oven, but that's a topic/post for a different day.
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marcy96
14 years ago
Hi, A super susan is just a lazy susan without the pole in the middle. The pie cutouts sit on shelves and turn. I'll see if I can post a photo of mine.
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sandca
14 years ago
Look at the specs for your induction cook top. The 31" only needs 44 mm (
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marcy96
14 years ago
Here's some photos of my Super Susan. There's much more room inside without the pole in the middle.

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14 years ago
marcy96 Thank you for the photos. Sorry it took me forever to reply - internet issues. From your pictures, it looks as if I could do with a 33". If I got a smaller cooktop cab, I would end up encroaching on the lazy susan, and I think that could be problematical. I had planned to get a susan without a pole, but never knew that it was "super"! Many thanks.
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14 years ago
There are assymetrical lazy susans available. A 33/36 one could let you use the 33" dimension where space was critical but give you a larger half of the door in the 36" dimension to help with clearance getting objects in and out of the cabinet. I try to use a 33" susan as rarely as possible because the door is so small that it's difficult to store anything but canned goods in it. Your food processor, blender, or other small appliances won't really fit through a 33" door, and only the very small cassserole dishes will without awkwardly turning them sideways to get them in and out. WHen you have to turn an object sideways to get it through a door, that's when you get smashed and bumped fingers and hands and broken objects.
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