March 29, 2009
What is a kitchen work triangle?
Have you ever been in a kitchen where it just didn’t seem to flow properly? The sink was too far away from the stove, or the refrigerator was on the other side of the room- too far out of reach? That has to do with the kitchen work triangle. The work triangle is the correlation between the sink, the stove, and the refrigerator, and how they are placed in the kitchen. Depending on how your kitchen is laid out (L-shape, U-shape, galley, etc), the work triangle will be different for each situation.
A properly laid out kitchen will reduce the chance of accidents, make it easy to work it, and not inhibit the flow of traffic through the room. These are all very important features for a busy kitchen.