2nd Best Job in the World: Appliance Cord Composure

Administering Appliance Cord Control

They get caught, they get twisted, they get damaged, and they are unsightly, but here's a trick to keep those appliance cords under control.

There is one caveat - there needs to be a hole large enough for part of the cord to pass through. (the plug doesn't need to fit through, just a part of the cord)
This Crockpot has no hole in the handles or lid so the stupid cord remains a constant nuisance. (I really should throw this one out anyway, because the crockery part is attached and can't be removed and the unit cannot be immersed in a sink of water to wash because of the electrical parts.

Who in their right mind thought this was a good design?!?!)

But I digress.

This one works because of a hole in the lid's handle, and the other has a hole in the carry handle.

So, here's the step by step to harness those pesky plugins:

1. Make a loop in the cord.

2. Push part of the loop through the hole in the handle.

3. Pull the plug end over the top of the handle...

... and pull it through the loop that was pushed through the handle.

4. Carefully pull the cord to tighten and make the loop smaller.

5. Take the plug end back over the top of the handle.

6. And tuck it under the cord on the other side.

7. Et voilà. Safe, secured, spick and span!

Here is the process again, using only pictures, and a Panini Press.
(Notice that the 'hole" is actually the very large area that the handle creates just by it being a handle.)