‘It leads to more headaches than it's worth’ – 4 reasons you should never store things in your oven, including fire risks and serious illness

A large open-plan kitchen diner with large floor to ceiling windows, up to a pitched ceiling. Brown kitchen cabinets with an island, and a long wooden dining table to the left. .

Some kitchens never seem to have enough storage, but if you're thinking, or currently using, your oven as an additional storage cupboard, you may want to think again.

Although it might seem like a logical spot for the odd essential, using this appliance as a cabinet could result in fire hazards and toxic contamination.