If you go with the taller pullouts, you shouldn't have much issue with items topping over. Even in a hurry, most people don't yank out the pullouts fast enough to knock things down.

For the upper shelves, pullouts are still good for lightweight items like chips, cereal, paper goods, etc. Having a pullout means you can reach the back items by reaching from the side of the pullout when extended.

If you do a search in this forum on pantries, you will see a ton of threads with pictures to give you some ideas. I'll link to one.

Here is a link that might be useful: One pantry thread.

We did deep drawers on the bottom (+ shallower cutlery drawer since our pantry is near our table) and 3 pull outs and 2 stationary shelves on top. The pull outs are spaced so that 2 cans can be stacked. Once in a while a can will topple off the back (some cans seat better together than others--love the ones meant to stack.) I keep pastas and bagged foods in the drawers. Canned goods on bottom 2 pull outs. Misc. back ups on 3rd pulled out. Boxed cereals and crackers on bottom fixed shelf (I keep back ups in the back and need a chair or stool to reach them) and extra paper towels, napkins, waxed paper type rolls on top shelf. I'm very happy with this set up. Our wall steps back at the pantry--it's the standard 24" deep.

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Why use pullouts inside of doors. You have to open the door, then pullout the tray to get to anything. Use drawers and vertical pullouts instead. Deep pantries with fixed shelves violate the 2nd of the iron rules of storage: "No item shall be stored behind or underneath another".

For more information on kitchen organizing principals and a picture of the right pantry for you, follow the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Basic kitchen organizing rules

I have one, but I store dry goods in it and the cans and bottles are in a pull out tower. The cans could store in the rollouts just as well, but I'm not sure about taller bottles. I have just one shelf in the cabinet above. I store chip bags, cereal and the toaster oven we don't use that often up there.

Nope, much prefer shelf pull outs. The vertical pull outs give you veiws from 2 sides and you have a big sight blocker in front. Items can be seen from 3 sides plus the top with shelf pull outs.. I keep often used items in front which means I just have to open the door and grab--no pulling anything out. Since I keep like items piled on top of each other, there is no problem with items being buried under other items.

Vertical pull outs are like fixed shelves only you have access from 2 sides instead of one. If you want to have more than 2 items side by side on the shelf you have to leave reach in room between the items and the shelf above. Items can be piled right up to the shelf above with shelf pull outs since items can be accessed from the top. There is more flexibility in arranging items on wide pull out shelves than on narrow vertical pull outs.

Shelf pull outs are more flexible than drawers since spacing can change over time (our pull outs are adjustable) and you have much better views of items.

Whenever I open the vertical pull outs at Ikea I'm always amazed that people choose to pull out their entire heavy pantry in order to grab one can of something.

Fixed shelves provide more storage area than shelf pull outs, drawers or vertical pullouts.

Really, opening doors is not a problem. I like getting a full view of the upper pantry instead of opening a bunch of vertical pull outs or drawers to see what I have. I've had our pantry for 4 years now and I wouldn't change anything about it.