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Beltsville Energy-Saving Kitchen: Design Number 3
Title
Beltsville Energy-Saving Kitchen: Design Number 3
Date
1963
Relation
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Leaflet Number 518
Subject
Excerpt
This is the third energy-saving kitchen designed and tested by housing specialists of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the working convenience of the homemaker. It is carefully planned to reduce walking, stooping, lifting, and reaching in meal preparation and other kitchen activities.
Three arrangements of cabinets and equipment are presented. For a detailed layout of arrangements A, B, and C, turn to pages 2 and 3. Records of the
distance walked in preparing, serving, and cleanup of identical meals in arrangements A, B, and C showed very little difference. Each arrangement is efficient and well suited to family use.
The distinctive feature of this kitchen is its use of slant-front, wall-hung cabinets. The bottom shelf of these cabinets is 5 1/2 inches deep and the top shelf is 9 1/2 inches deep, which makes the face of the cabinets extend farther out over the counters at the top than at the bottom. The mix and range cabinets and the other wall storage cabinet are hung only 4 inches above the surface counter instead of the customary 15 or 18 inches.
Three arrangements of cabinets and equipment are presented. For a detailed layout of arrangements A, B, and C, turn to pages 2 and 3. Records of the
distance walked in preparing, serving, and cleanup of identical meals in arrangements A, B, and C showed very little difference. Each arrangement is efficient and well suited to family use.
The distinctive feature of this kitchen is its use of slant-front, wall-hung cabinets. The bottom shelf of these cabinets is 5 1/2 inches deep and the top shelf is 9 1/2 inches deep, which makes the face of the cabinets extend farther out over the counters at the top than at the bottom. The mix and range cabinets and the other wall storage cabinet are hung only 4 inches above the surface counter instead of the customary 15 or 18 inches.