Sheet / pan storage

[JosephThomas]

Honey-do list was recently updated...yes I could have bought one of these, or at least the cabinet, but getting out to the shop with a newborn in the house is very nice... basically the boss wants a cabinet next to the stove with "pull-out storage" for tall pans and cooking sheets, here's a couple example photos from google:

I'm not sure whether I want to build something like the "crate" structure in the first photo or just a tall drawer like the 2nd photo...either way I'm concerned about how strong/sturdy it will feel when someone "yanks" the thing open from the top handle..don't want racking to tear it apart.

Either way, boss decided she wants a small drawer above like a normal cabinet, so that was enough to get started...face frame made of poplar, opening for a 4" tall drawer plus undermount slides, pretty basic. Because of the placement and depth of the cabinet, decided to mostly forgo any toe-kick:

3/4" maple ply, dadoes in the side to hold the bottom, got to try out the dado stack, thanks @TIODS

Pocket holes to connect carcass to FFs, wasn't worried about these being too visible inside because the drawers/pull-outs should hide the inside mostly.

The bottom is 1/4" less deep than the sides, also rabbeted the sides by 1/4" to accept a thin back panel:

Added some more 3/4" ply strips to the top and back for extra ridgity and to give me something solid to connect the drawer slides to, aaaaaaaaaaaaand it's a cabinet.

So, any thoughts on how I should build the lower "drawer" / "pull-out" ? 

[..Kev]

When I did my kitchen, I built some of the pull outs and used "Rev-a-Shelf" for some of them.  The Rev-a-Shelf stuff is super easy and quick to install.  

[wdwerker]

I have done sheet pan pull outs with one tall side solid(or ply) and the other side 1/3 solid and a few 1 x 2 cross bars . The tall side ,front and back will hold the front quite well. 

[JosephThomas]

28 minutes ago, wdwerker said:

I have done sheet pan pull outs with one tall side solid(or ply) and the other side 1/3 solid and a few 1 x 2 cross bars . The tall side ,front and back will hold the front quite well. 

And you just used a single set of undermount drawer slides? Or did you have to use multiple sets of slides on the sides?

[wdwerker]

If the drawer is over 12" wide I use 3 side mount slides. I use a pair at the bottom and one on the top solid side. Undermount slides will work and give a bit more useable space on narrow pull outs.

[gee-dub]

In my kitchen I have a fixture that uses what I call "bins".  they looks like drawers but, are actually deep bins to store things like the breadmaker, food processor and other items that are bulky but, only see occasional use.  the bottom of the "bin" is enclosed but, it does not have fully solid sides.  This eases visual identification and "grab-ability" of the thing you are after.  You could certainly add vertical dividers tall enough to keep things separated but, not so tall as to hide smaller items.  Maybe this will trigger some ideas . ..

[JosephThomas]

13 hours ago, wdwerker said:

If the drawer is over 12" wide I use 3 side mount slides. I use a pair at the bottom and one on the top solid side. Undermount slides will work and give a bit more useable space on narrow pull outs.

Thanks Steve. I was originally hoping to do only undermount slides. I'll probably put it together and see how sturdy it is without an extra side-mounted slide halfway up the side.

Thanks Geedub, that is basically what I had in mind, only a little taller.