What is stored in the drawer under the oven? Pots, pans or trays? Unnecessary lids?

This box seems to many housewives to be a great place to store various kitchen items, but there is a possibility that this is not correct. Depending on the design of the stove, such a box may have a completely different purpose.

What is the drawer under the oven actually for?

It's hard to believe, but it can be used to warm up cooked food. Such a box is convenient to use when the food is already cooked, but it is too early to serve. Such a device is useful in every kitchen, because it allows you to keep the dish warm until the right moment.

Such a box is especially convenient during a big holiday, when it is impossible to cook all the dishes in the oven at one time.

How do you know which drawer is under the oven?

The easiest way to find out what the drawer in a particular stove is for is to look at the instruction manual. If the design involves heating food in a niche under the oven, it is important not to forget a few important rules.

First, the drawer under the oven is not designed for cooking. Only ready-made hot dishes can be placed here. It should not be used to heat cold food or cook raw food.

Secondly, it is forbidden to store any items in such a box, as this can lead to a fire. Unfortunately, you will have to give up using this extra kitchen storage space.

There is also a second option. IN gas stoves at the bottom there can be a compartment for frying. It is easy to distinguish by the presence of an open heating element. Such boxes allow you to make the perfect crispy crust or melted cheese filling.

Do not be upset if the drawer serves only for storing things and does not have any additional features. This means that it was used for its intended purpose all the time.

Built-in oven - the model is very convenient. Not everyone is satisfied with the option when the oven is located under the hob: especially when both units need to be turned on at the same time. An independent model can be placed anywhere and at any height.

Product dimensions

Foreign companies started the production of ovens. This significantly affected the dimensions of the product.

The standard width of the models is 90–120 cm. This corresponds to the European idea of comfort.

However, Russian standards kitchen sets quite different. Here, the cabinet for the oven and the hob has a width of 60 cm. In this case, the manufacturers of the devices gave in and began to produce models with the appropriate width. For example, the well-known manufacturer of goods for the home Ikea.

In order to ensure ease of installation, the width of the oven should be reduced by 1–2 cm.

Today you can also find very miniature built-in models - with a width of 45 cm and a height of 60 cm. However, these are rather test samples. As a rule, even with a width of 45 cm, the height remains standard - 85 cm.
The depth in most products is 50–55 cm.

The cabinet for the built-in oven is usually equipped with drawer for storing baking sheets, dishes and other things.

Materials and tools

Do-it-yourself cabinet under the oven is a very real task. There are no particular difficulties here. To make it you will need the following:

plywood or chipboard 16–18 mm thick;
worktop 28 mm thick or more;
legs;
furniture confirmations, dowels and self-tapping screws;
guides;
electric drill;
wood glue.

Kitchen Cabinet Calculations

As a rule, the instructions for the oven contain data not only on the dimensions of the model itself, but also on the requirements for the installation niche. This should be used in calculations.

The cabinet for the oven has dimensions equal to the parameters of the installation niche plus the thickness of the material used. In fact, it is a box with a double bottom - horizons 1 and 2 and a horizontal crossbar at the top - a hull bar. The latter is required for the normal attachment of the hob to the countertop. In addition, this part maintains the distance between the sidewalls, which is also important.

First you need to do the calculations, then from chipboard sheets or MDF cut out the following details:

sidewalls - the sum of the height of the niche, the thickness of the table top and the height of the legs - 2 pcs;
horizon - that is, the bottom, dimensions are exactly equal to the parameters of the installation niche - depth and width - 2 pcs;
body strip - its length is equal to the width of the niche, and its own width does not exceed 100 mm.

Back wall drawer, as a rule, is not included in the detailing: it is made from scraps of fiberboard. Usually its height does not exceed 100 mm.

The details of the drawer are calculated by the residual method. It's easy to do this:

the height of the facade is equal to the difference between the height of the kitchen cabinet, the height of the legs and the thickness of the first horizon. The facade does not cover it due to the peculiarities of the installation oven. Width corresponds to 60 cm minus 3 mm. As a rule, there is no handle here: to make it more convenient to use, a notch is made on the second horizon;
side parts are equal in length to the depth of the pedestal minus gaps, and in height - to the distance between two horizons minus gaps;
the length of the rear wall takes into account the thickness of both sidewalls and the thickness of the guides.

Chipboard or MDF can be cut to size in the workshop: professional equipment the pattern will take much less time, and accuracy is guaranteed. In addition, in most cases, the details are edged here - they close the ends with a melamine strip. Otherwise, the operation will have to be done by hand.

Product assembly

The kitchen cabinet for the oven and hob is assembled on confirmations or dowels. The fastening of the latter is duplicated with glue. Holes for them are pre-drilled.

Self-tapping screws are allowed.

First you need to assemble the box itself - sidewalls and horizontals.
Then fix the body strip, lowering it 10 mm from the edge of the sidewall.
To the bottom of the product you need to attach the legs with self-tapping screws.
If it is decided to make a drawer, then, before installing the first horizon, guides are attached to the walls - articulated or telescopic.
Install the back wall.
Assemble the product and install on the guides.

Do-it-yourself cabinet for the oven is ready. In the photo you can see a product that is in no way inferior even well-known brands like Ikea.

If you, like the vast majority of people, keep pans and other things in a drawer under the oven kitchen utensils know that all this time you have been using it incorrectly.

Many people put frying pans in the drawer, but it is not intended for this at all.

Although it copes with this function perfectly and it is worth noting that it is very convenient.

We've been using it wrong all our lives!

In some manuals for stoves, it is called a "warming box" and this is not at all accidental.

In fact, this box is needed to heat food. It's for heating, not cooking.

If you do not have a microwave or you are saving on electricity, this may serve you. worthy alternative. However, it is much more convenient to use the drawer while preparing for feasts, when there is only one oven and a lot of dishes. Therefore, so that pre-cooked dishes do not cool down, it is advisable to place them in this box, and continue cooking the rest of the dishes in the oven.

Example using a drawer from one of the cooker manuals

Unfortunately, we were unable to find confirmation of this theory in the manuals for cookers in Russian. In each of them, it is simply referred to as a "drawer", and in each of the manuals it is silent what it is for at all.

Be that as it may, we hasten to warn that this manual may not be relevant for some types of stoves.

Currently, the vast majority of kitchen sets are designed with, therefore, understanding the design of such modules is very important.

The box we are considering has two fixed sizes:

This is its width, which is equal to 600mm
And, which is also equal to 600mm (sometimes, the opening is designed with a height of 595mm).

From the total height of the box, only the size of the lower drawer with a facade depends.

The dimensions of the niche for the installation of the equipment we are considering can always be found in the instructions for it.

Let's calculate the details of the module:

Horizon - 600 by 460 (mm) - 1 pc.

Side - 870-28-100-16 \u003d 726 (mm), where 28mm is the thickness of the tabletop, 100mm is the distance from the box to the floor (height of the supports), 16mm is the thickness of the lower horizon.

Side - 726 by 460 - 2 pcs.
Horizon 2 - 600-32=568 (mm), where 32mm is the thickness of the two sides of the box.
Horizon 2 - 568 by 460 - 1 pc.
Body bar - 568 to 100 - 1 pc.

A few words should also be said about the hull bar.

In this case, it is designed alone, moreover, it is located 10mm below the upper edge of the side ().

This is done so that when using a 28mm thick tabletop, it is normally attached to the tabletop and does not rest against the bar itself (sometimes the dimensions of this technique can go beyond the dimensions of the tabletop in height).

By the way, I often met training materials on the net, where in the box we are considering, the hull bar is not designed at all.

I think this approach is not correct, since this bar maintains the distance between the sides of the module, and in any case it is necessary.

Calculate the facade for the drawer below

The height dimension it overlaps is:

870-28-100-600=142 (mm), where 100mm is the height of adjustable supports, 600mm is the inner opening of the box.

You also need to know that the depth of the oven is such that with a rear “overlap” of the countertop on the box of 100 mm (namely, this (and more) size should be given for kitchens that include such modules), in the projection of the oven (on the wall ) there should be nothing (sockets, pipes, etc.), since the cabinet may simply not “become” into the box.

The photo shows an option when there are sockets on the part of the wall visible through the opening, which then had to be removed. Therefore, these problems need to be addressed at the design stage of the kitchen, and not when it is almost installed. Also, you need to consider the evenness of the floors. If they are not even, then the lower modules will be adjusted, and accordingly, the position of the projection of the opening of our box on the wall will change.

All this must be taken into account.

Similar modules can also be designed in such a way that it is located not from below, but from above, but we will talk about that.

That's all.

See you in the next articles.

Hello dear reader! If you are now thinking about the design of the cabinet for the oven, then read the article to the end and you will learn almost everything possible options. I will talk in detail about the pros and cons of each version.

The result of reading the article will be your conscious choice a specific module. You will know exactly why you need such a cabinet and you will get maximum pleasure from your choice in the future.

Oven cabinet designs

There are two main types of oven modules. And each of them has its own additional variation. The most common type is the oven under the hob. And the second, in my opinion more convenient, is an oven in a pencil case.

The design of the cabinet under the hob has two options - with a drawer at the bottom of the oven and with a drawer at the top of the oven. The pros and cons of each design will be discussed in the following paragraphs.

The design of the cabinet in a pencil case, at eye level, has an option with working surface above the closet and in the pencil case at eye level without a countertop. I will tell you about the pros and cons of each design in the following paragraphs.

Advantages and disadvantages under the hob

When the cabinet is located under the hob, a common cooking area is created. Particularly relevant design to save space in the kitchen. A definite plus is that such a cabinet is suitable for a hostess with any height.

The downside, with this arrangement, is the work in a bent state. You will have to constantly bow while cooking and cleaning the oven. If your woman has a bad back, you will be left without baked meals.

There is a cooling vent at the bottom of the hob. When the drawer is located on top, under the hob, there is a risk of blocking this system. If a sheet of paper gets into this box, it simply sucks in and the air flow is blocked.

Advantages and disadvantages of the design in the pencil case

The location of the oven at chest level is a comfortable operation of the stove. The hostess is happy to cook a lot of delicious food. She doesn't have to bend down to look into the closet. And cleaning doesn't take much effort.

Perhaps the only drawback, when the oven is located in a pencil case, is the difficulty of using it for women of small stature. Again, by design, this problem is easily eliminated.

You should focus on the reinforcement on which the oven stands. To do this, you need to screw two strips to the sidewalls of the canister, under the carrier horizon. The stove has a decent weight and without reinforcement there is a risk of collapse of the structure.

Dimensions and assembly diagram of the cabinet for the oven

The dimensions of the built-in oven remain unchanged. Therefore, when designing a cabinet, you can never make a mistake. About 2 years ago, the hinges on the cabinet door were replaced. Now it does not stick out from below when opening.

Before you is a standard scheme for assembling a curbstone for an oven. Pay attention to the inner sidewalls, they are mandatory in the design - they reinforce the horizon. The bottom and horizon are 20 mm shorter than the sides, for cabinet ventilation. The diagram does not show a box.

Detailing

600×530 – 1 Bottom

568×530 – 1 carrier horizon

704×550 – 2 Sidewalls

88×550 – 2 Supports under the horizon

477×50– 2 Front and rear drawer slats

116×596 – 1 Front

505×495 – 1 DVPO Drawer bottom

Within walking distance from you, located according to the calculation of cabinet furniture.

Before you is a standard scheme for assembling a pencil case with an oven. The design also contains slats reinforcing the bearing horizon. The horizons above the oven are 20 mm shorter in depth. For free air circulation.

Detailing

600×550 – 1 Bottom

568×550 – 1 carrier horizon

2024×550 – 2 Sidewalls

60×550 – 2 Supports under the horizon

568×530 – 2 Horizons above cabinet

716×596 – 2 Front

715×595 – 1 DVPO Back wall bottom

709×578 – 1 DVPO Rear wall top into groove

The cabinet assembly scheme without sidewalls has a number of advantages over other options. There is no need for reinforcing bars, the drawer is correspondingly wider. A gap is added on the sides of the walls of the oven and of course less material consumption.

Detailing

600×550 – 2 Bottom and cover

88×550 – 2 Sidewalls

60×600 – 2 Planks for fixing the cabinet

509×50 – 2 front and rear drawer slats

500×50 – 2 drawer side rails

116×596 – 1 Front

115×595 – 1 DVPO Back wall

537×495 – 1 DVPO Drawer bottom

Required ventilation

Particularly meticulous customers express dissatisfaction with the front gap between the countertop and the oven in 5-6 mm. This clearance is necessary for correct operation hob and oven.

Not everyone knows that in hobs there is a cooling system, it is located at the bottom of the structure. The necessary flow circulates through this gap. Air enters through the distance between the base and the bottom of the cabinet, goes around the back of the cabinet and exits from the top.

I detailed the topic of oven outlets in. In which he told where and how to install sockets for the oven. Pointed to common mistake. If you are planning to install a cabinet, you should definitely read it.

Conclusion

The oven in the kitchen is one of the important elements and its location should be well thought out. In order not to grieve in the future decision. I hope my article will help you cope with this task.

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