How to Pack Pots and Pans

Your kitchen is full of essentials that will make the first week at your new home much more comfortable, including pots and pans. Before you pack your kitchen, determine which pieces you’d like to use to cook in your first week at your new home and separate those out into a kitchen-essentials box that you will unpack upon arrival.

How do you pack those pots and pans? We’re glad you asked and All My Sons Moving & Storage has several special tips to help you get your kitchen cookware relocated with ease.

Before you wrap or pack, you should ensure your pots and pans are free of food particles and dry. You can run your dishwasher before you start packing your kitchen, or hand-wash pieces as you go to put them in your kitchen boxes.

Use packing paper or bubble wrap to create cushions of space around your pots, pans, and other cookware. If your pots or pans have lids, wrap the lids individually. You can also use soft kitchen items like rags, towels, or hot pads to pack your pots and pans.

If an item can comfortably fit inside another item then pack those items together. This might mean putting packing paper and your measuring cups inside the body of your big spaghetti pot. Do not cram anything that does not comfortably fit and remember not to overload your boxes.

After you lay down a few layers of bubble wrap or packing paper, the next things that should go in your boxes will be your heaviest items. Items like your wrapped cast-iron skillet and your crockpot are best packed toward the bottom of your boxes to ensure that they do not crush anything. Packing boxes with heavy items at the bottom helps to properly weight your boxes and create a stable base for your lighter or more delicate kitchen items.

Once you have loaded your box with the heavy pots and pans on the bottom, take some lighter kitchen items from your home stash to fill up extra space in the box. Kitchen rags, towels, hot pads, oven mitts, and other light kitchen items should go in the tops of boxes to cut down on empty space in your boxes. If you are out of light kitchen items, fill empty space in your boxes with packing paper or packing peanuts. This helps to ensure your items do not jostle each other during transit. 

Before you seal your box, check the weight of the box to make sure you can lift it. If your box is too heavy to lift then it becomes a hazard both for your other items and your movers. You should repack the box with some lighter items inside before you seal the box.

Now that your kitchen boxes are packed well and taped shut, you can move with peace of mind. Be sure to label your boxes well so that you can deliver them to the kitchen when you reach your new home.

Preparing to make a move? Give the moving experts at All My Sons Moving & Storage a call and make your move with less stress. Your pots, pans, and other kitchen items could even be secured for the journey with our professional packing services. Call your closest All My Sons Moving & Storage location or get started with an online quote.