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I’ve got four of those.

Edit: wait, that’s a useful disorganized kitchen drawer. I’ve got two. I should do something about my four junk drawers, and today’s the day, goddammit!

We have this drawer.

I by myself only have a single drawer(don't need/have more) but for my parents this is devinetively true. They have one for metal pieces, one for plastic pieces and one for cutlery. The fourth drawer is for all the stuff that isn't really needed that often or simply to big to be put into one of the other drawers.

Yes, all homes have this drawer. Only way to get rid of it is to move. Just leave it all behind.

Yeah it's a thing. I've made wood box type things to separate the drawer out and try to keep it slightly organised.

This is all of the drawers in our kitchen.

I have a large silverware drawer with a silverware tray. The area around the silverware tray is that drawer though

I have an entire spare dresser that has nothing but these drawers

Yes. It's so common that it's been a well known joke in the UK for the last 16 years: The "Man" Drawer.

Sepparate utensils into three groups. Prep and baking tools should be near the largest counter space. Cooking tools should be near the stove. Single use tools should be near the curb.

Ah yes. The “nonsense drawer” as my youngest labeled it. It has stuck. In my parents family it was called the junk drawer.

We do

A junk drawer? ... yes, most houses have one.

I have a knife drawer with 2/3 of these objects in it and a measuring tool drawer witj 1/3 of these items. My junk drawer contains literally nothing in this drawer.

My mom has one of these, but we (my and my brother) don't live with her anymore. We (me and my gf) don't have one.

You might like a doom box: "didn't organise only moved". Put it in sight but make sure it's small enough that you can put it away when guests are over.

Most of my drawers are junk drawers. IDK how I find anything

I don't have this drawer. The ambiguous items just get a place assigned to them with their less ambiguous brethren. And some of these more three dimensional things I keep in a cabinet, like the funnels. I usually keep my scale out on the counter at all times because it's part of my coffee setup in addition to just baking/cooking

I'd just point out that most of that drawer could be replaced with a good knife. I mean is cutting garlic really so onerous you need a fancy doodad? Even the zesters functionality could be done with a knife. I hate to be judgey bastard, but that drawer smacks of consumerism and excess. With the exception of the mixer prongs and the scale I'm not seeing anything needed in a residential kitchen.

We don't have one like that. Though most of our kitchen is well organized in drawers.

Your house is this drawer. Think about it.

Where else would you sort the strange kitchen tools?

They don't belong anywhere in particular, so they are clumped together.

First thing I'd do is recycle that stupid plastic whatsit and the egg slicer that got used once.