If you have an oven heated with natural gas, the drawer is typically a broiler. To be sure, pull open the door. If it looks more like a retractable pan than a drawer, then it's a broiler.

It's 6 p.m. and you're ready to whip up a delicious sheet pan ... drawer tends to get very hot (it is, after all, right below the oven that you just cranked up to 425°). So anything that is ...

This is a good place to store cast iron pots and pans, because the warmth from your oven will help keep them rust free. Just be sure not to store plastic items in this drawer, because they may ...