As we all know, a lazy person named Susan designed a turntable for condiments. But her condition prevented her from evolving the product, and it wasn’t until someone made a Pac-Man-shaped Lazy Susan for corner cabinets that we saw any further innovations in the space.
However, inventor Dennis Clayton, a former aircraft service technician for Lockheed Martin, came up with a crazy idea: What about a Lazy Susan that would fit inside ordinary cabinets, allowing you to access stuff in the back? The D-shaped Stow-and-Spin was born.
The flat edge means you can close the cabinet door. (At 11″ front-to-back, the Stow-and-Spin gives you an inch of wiggle room as the standard upper cabinet depth is 12″.) Sure, you lose a little real estate in the corners, but the 360 access is worth the trade-off. And the little dais in the middle also rotates, independently of the outer ring, allowing for more flexibility.
That version above is the Stow-and-Spin Single Deluxe ($25). Like any good hamburger joint, they also make a Double Deluxe ($39).
If that’s not wild enough for you, you can step up to the poorly-named Simple Deluxe ($37) which features a horseshoe-shaped upper deck so you can fit tall stuff in the middle.
Stow-and-Spins are all made in the USA.
