What s false not all ovens have warming drawers and the bottom drawer on some ovens is used for storage purposes instead.
Bottom drawer on stove purpose.
To be sure pull open the door.
If you have a gas stove and the heating unit is on the bottom of the oven chances are the drawer is a.
Check the inside of the drawer or owner s manual and you.
This includes paper plastic and cloth items such as cookbooks plasticware and towels as well as flammable liquids.
It turns out that the drawer underneath many ovens serves a very specific purpose and it s not just for storage.
If your electric oven contains a warming drawer button then congrats that s what the drawer is used.
The bottom drawer on some ovens can be used to broil or warm food.
It sounds crazy that appliance manufacturers expect us to let such a large potential storage space sit empty but on some oven models it s designed to be a spot to keep your food warm.
If you have an oven heated with natural gas the drawer is typically a broiler.
While it does serve as a great spot for all of your back up cooking tools on some oven models it s actually meant to be a warming drawer.
The true purpose of the drawer underneath your oven broiler drawer.
In this reporter s kitchen the oven drawer holds a couple of baking sheets and.
If it looks more like a retractable pan than a drawer then it s a broiler.
It s even so widely argued that there s a dedicated snopes page for the issue.
Never store flammable materials in the drawer.
Tucked underneath most ovens is a spacious drawer though it is sometimes easy to forget.
While every kitchen is different most stoves basically follow the same standard guidelines.
It can get very warm don t store anything in it which may melt or catch fire.
If your oven is electric the purpose of the bottom drawer is most likely to keep cooked foods warm.
While plenty of oven models have this extra space what exactly its purpose is remains a source of contention in the cooking community.
Leaving aside fancy chefs stoves this is the apparatus most of us probably grew up with.