OXO Good Grips Kitchen, Compact Spice Drawer Organizer

Why it's worth it

OXO's compact organizer is 16.3 inches long and 6.5 inches wide, which is the shape of the awkward skinny drawer beside your cooktop. Tiered rows keep round jars from rolling and keep labels readable when you look down.

Almost every kitchen has one drawer that's too narrow to be useful. This is built for that drawer. At 6.5 inches wide and under 2.5 inches tall, it slots into shallow, skinny spaces where a step rack or a pull-out would never go, and it turns dead space into the spices you grab most often.

Tiering is the whole trick, and OXO gets the details right. Round jars don't roll, square ones don't shuffle, and every label tips toward you when you look into the drawer. Square corners mean two of them sit flush against each other with no wasted gap, and non-slip feet keep the tray from sliding forward every time you open the drawer.

From our review of 7 spice racks and organizers, by David Sinclair, Managing Editor

What we like

• +Almost every kitchen has one drawer that's too narrow to be useful
• +Tiering is the whole trick, and OXO gets the details right
• +The tray lifts out for cleaning, which sounds minor until you've dumped half a jar of paprika into a drawer

What to know

• –It doesn't expand, and owners say so plainly
• –It's also drawer-specific