Joseph Joseph DrawerStore 85167: An Expanding Organizer for Pans, Lids, and Baking Sheets

The Joseph Joseph DrawerStore 85167 tackles a specific storage problem: pans, lids, and baking sheets are awkward when they lie in a pile, but many kitchens do not have room for a fixed-size rack. This article covers the gray Amazon US child ASIN B08QGZTXNR, model 85167.

The organizer uses an expanding base and removable wire dividers so the layout can follow your cookware instead of forcing every piece into equal slots. Amazon lists the compact footprint at about 12 inches wide by 8 inches deep and 5.75 inches high, while the frame can extend to about 22 inches wide.

The 12-to-22-inch frame adapts to the drawer you already have

The main advantage is width adjustment. Joseph Joseph specifies a frame that starts at about 12 inches and extends to 22 inches, so you can use only as much horizontal space as the drawer or cabinet allows. That is more flexible than buying a rack with permanently fixed slot spacing.

The important fit limit is depth. Amazon says the organizer is suitable for drawers with roughly 8.3 inches of minimum depth, while the product itself is about 8 inches deep. Before buying, measure the usable inside depth rather than the outside drawer face. You also need enough vertical clearance for the organizer’s roughly 5.75-inch height plus whatever pan handles or lids sit above it.

Seven movable dividers let thick and thin cookware share one rack

The 85167 includes seven adjustable non-scratch wire dividers. Each divider can be repositioned along the base, which matters because a frying pan, a stock-pot lid, and a baking sheet do not need the same amount of space. Pan-handle slots in the dividers help accommodate cookware whose handles would otherwise push against a neighboring slot.

This does not create unlimited capacity. Seven dividers set the number of separations you can make, and wide pans consume more of the 12-to-22-inch frame than flat lids do. A buyer with a large lid collection may need to group thin pieces together or use a second organizer. The adjustable layout is the benefit; the number of dividers is the boundary.

Upright storage improves access, but it uses drawer floor area

Standing cookware vertically changes how you reach it. Instead of lifting several pans to get the one underneath, each piece can sit in a defined slot. The same approach works for baking trays and lids, which often become unstable when stacked flat.

The tradeoff is that the organizer claims a strip of drawer or cabinet floor roughly 8 inches deep. If your drawer is shallow front-to-back or already crowded with other tools, the expanding width cannot solve that constraint. It works best in a deep pan drawer or lower cabinet where the goal is to turn one broad pile into a row of accessible pieces.

Buy it for adjustable cookware spacing, not for maximum density

Choose the DrawerStore 85167 if your cookware collection mixes pans, lids, and sheet-style bakeware and you want one rack that can be tuned to different thicknesses. The 12-to-22-inch expansion is particularly useful when you are trying to fit an existing drawer rather than redesign storage around a fixed organizer.

Skip it if your drawer is under roughly 8.3 inches deep, if vertical clearance is tight, or if seven dividers are not enough for the number of separate slots you need. Also skip it if maximum storage density matters more than individual access; stacking can pack more cookware into the same footprint, even though it is less convenient to reach.

Care is simple: Joseph Joseph and Amazon instruct you to wipe the organizer with a damp cloth and avoid abrasive cloths or strong chemical cleaners. For a compatible deep drawer, the real value is not extra capacity—it is making the capacity you already have easier to use.