Hope - good luck! I don't have any help, except to say that in my current kitchen, I have this problem. And now my semi-new stainless fridge has lots of dings in the center of it. So, I hope you can find something.

Is your pantry door solid wood? If so, couldn't you recess/notch out a portion so that a pull or knob would be flush with the front of the door? Or even a skilled craftsman could fabricate it that it would be notched in such as way that you wouldn't need a pull. I've seen cab fronts that way.

What about those cabinets where you push on (bounce) the door and they open--kind of like the doors on a tv stand? Usually no handles at all. Don't know anything about the hardware or workings, but worth checking into maybe? Sandy

These are great ideas...Thanks! Does anyone have anymore ideas?

There is flush-mounted hardware, with a pullout ring, for instance. I'll go look...

Here are a few,

Here is a link that might be useful: recessed pulls