Distance between stove to fridge?
Jeff Imming
6 years ago
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Can a fridge be 15 feet from the stove!?
Comments (46)I think there are two kinds of people. Some need their refrigerators close and some people are ok with them further away. I probably have one of the shorter runs between ref and range at 4.5 feet and that 4.5 feet is the everyday prep/baking area. It's perfect for me - I do go in and out of the ref a lot when cooking. Dry foods are two steps, cooking water is another 4.5 feet. There are other people, and you could be one of them, that really don't mind when the ref is far away. For me, you (or the designer) are making "U" with island kitchens. One of the bummers about "U" shapes is that people feel they have to have cabinets on all the walls and the major centers spread out (cooking, prep, cleanup), one to a wall. So, maybe think about clustering more. I would try cleanup on the far right wall, ref and range on the left wall with perhaps a narrow depth, tall, dry food pantry between the windows and the slider. Try a prep sink. Play with switching the orientation of the island (maybe going in the other direction?). I like to have dishes and dish storage an easy shot from the dining room and not positioned where a person setting or clearing or doing dishes has to walk through a work zone. I had a cooking surface in a peninsula with a raised bar. You think its safer, but that isn't how it worked out for us. Our raised portion was 20" deep, but when sitting there, you forgot there was a fire below. dh managed to set a newspaper on fire seated at the bar. I couldn't wipe the counters from the range side - and I resented it. I didn't have enough prep space beside the range and I resented that space I could have USED was instead the bar - with no one sitting there. I really believe it is safer and works better just to have the whole thing at the same height. And the 6" difference between the two counters will not provide much "cover" for either hot splashes or hiding visible mess. Unless y'all are really short. :) You'll need at least 4.5 feet between the edge of the seating overhang and the beginning of the counter for the base cabinets on the wall when you have seating in an aisle with working cabinets on the other side. Five feet or more would be even better. Working at a cabinet takes about 16-24" for your body, USING the cabinet - like opening a drawer takes about 21", using an appliance takes up to 3 feet. The allowance for a seated person is 24" beyond the counter edge - generally accounts for the person and the stool. Add both of those together (3 feet plus 2 feet). Plus its nice for someone to be able to walk through to the back slider or from the slider when the stools are in use. Ovens take an unknown amount of room as they are all different widths and depths. Most people will stand in front of an oven when taking stuff out of it and those doors open anywhere between 18-24" into an aisle. Trash is good to think about. It is something other people will come into the kitchen to use, prep generates a lot of trash and cleanup can generate some....See MoreWhat's the minimum distance of stove to a corner?
Comments (2)I would position a range a full human body width away from any corner if possible. This way two people can come and go there and the person with the hotpad and hot pan can quickly maneuver to set it down. Also, no one gets trapped in corner. Opening oven door needs clearance from sides as well as in front of open door. We now have range 2 feet from corner each side of bottom of U and this is working well. My mother had range at bottom U and it was one thin vertical storage cab away from one of the corners. It was a one-cook kitchen....See Moresmallest functional corner between stove and fridge?
Comments (5)I have a 24 in. cab and a 16 in. cab in a corner between my stove and CD fridge. I wouldn't want to do too much prep there. I usually prep on the other side between sink and stove over a 28 in. cab and on the peninsula. We have our coffee center in that corner and the large size Breville oven. It doesn't feel too crowded for those activities. Wish I had a close-up photo....See MoreWhat is a doable distance from fridge to sink and stove?
Comments (12)I don't think anyone has really addressed your original question. How far can you go between major stations? The best answer I have (because everybody has a slightly different feeling about it), is about eight normal steps, maximum. That's your steps. Not paces like measuring off yards. Not heel to toe. Just if you're holding something heavy, the farthest before it gets to the annoying, we've gotta change this, place is generally about eight steps. Also, if you're going to reconfigure your kitchen and add an island, you'll want those stations on a straight line (including island, perhaps) or L. Your existing kitchen is a builders' special, with them on three different walls, to make the kitchen have a more symmetrical look. That's the enemy of good function. It works as is only because the room is small. As has been said before, putting an island in the middle of the same layout would give you a barrier making it hard to do any work with all the circling around it. If you do end up putting in another U, and put the three main stations on no more than two walls (L), you can use the third wall for secondary stations, like ovens if you have separate wall ovens, on a wall adjacent to the cooktop, or baking (mixer, staples, bakeware, worktop, etc.), or just use it for pantry. If you want more help and information, try posting in the Kitchens forum....See MoreJeff Imming
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