In many homes, kitchen towels have a dedicated spot: hanging on the oven door's bar. It's convenient while you're cooking and need to dry your hands, and it allows the towel to dry between uses. But ...

Kitchen towel hung on oven handle - Nick Cirucci/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's probably happened more times than you can count. You hang a kitchen towel ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's probably happened more times than you can count. You hang a kitchen towel over the oven's handle only to find it sprawled out on the ...