36" induction cooktop and separate wall oven under counter?

[Anonymous]

Have you done this? We have a small kitchen but I'm willing to sacrifice the counter space for a 36" cooktop (it's so annoying to cook on the 30" with multiple large pans at the same time, which I do often). But, we don't have space for a wall oven and it sounds like the 36" ranges aren't great because the ovens take awhile to heat up.

Have you done a 36" cooktop with a 30" oven under the counter? Where did you place the oven? I'm assuming the oven would look weird underneath the cooktop because of the size difference, but maybe it could work?

[Anonymous]

It does not make sense to place it underneath because you need a 36 inch cab box there for the part of the cooktop that hangs underneath. It would have to go elsewhere.

I have a 30” cooktop and cook with multiple pots without difficulty, but maybe they’re smaller. You might look at various models to see if any are more efficient and would work for you.

[Anonymous]

We are doing this - they are just building cabinetry around it to make it work

[Anonymous]

You also need to consider the space underneath the cooktop needed for a vent unless you have a hood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are doing this - they are just building cabinetry around it to make it work

How are you designing the cabinets? Are you leaving the hood exposed? And did the cabinet people/ contractor act like it was a nutty thing to do (not that they have the final say, but it’s another thing to deal with). I’m mostly wondering whether it looks off to have a narrower oven underneath the cooktop.

[Anonymous]

We did this. The kitchen designer thought it was completely normal and had a solution for it already. They created a custom box with filler on each side to enclose the oven. Of course you can tell it's not a normal cabinet, but it looks fine

[Anonymous]

I have a full-sized oven/stove. I don’t think it takes too long to heat up. Mine is gas though. Are you looking for electric?

[Anonymous]

Right, you can do fillers, but in a small kitchen you are giving up 6” — seems dumb.

[Anonymous]

for the first time, i have a wall oven. if you’re doing a new kitchen, i can’t recommend enough a wall oven for ease of access and cleaning.