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Hey, what's the deal with the corks in the pot lid handles?

@Brooklynnina, see the Related Link at the bottom of the post.

Oh right... Scanned too fast. (Blush.) Thanks!

I like the idea of storing lids on top of rack. I think an ideal rack (at least for me) would have a pulley system to allow me to raise and lower the rack.

I put my glass lids on this space and my cast iron lids in a drawer.

I'm just curious now, how do you deal with washing the lids, if they have corks jammed through the handles? I would think that it would make that area difficult to clean easily, and that grungy food debris would collect in the triangular gaps between the lid and the corks...

the cork idea is brilliant!

I do the same thing as well but for my pans that have lids I slide the handle of the pan though the lid's handle and hang them like that.

Our pots are in a cabinet, rather than hanging, so we just flip the lids upside down on the pot and stack 'em up. Plus, this keeps the right lid with the pan.

i slied the lid through the handle and hang the smaller ones. the larger lids are stored on the rack above, but standing up in the slots. the handles prevent them from falling through.
that's the way we've done it at every restaurant i've worked in.