The GE Cafe range is free standing, but the controls are on the front, w/ no back splash, so it really is a hybrid. Basically, just doesn't have the side strips to cover the counter top edges. Really a nice looking unit. May go that way myself.

If your designer says you can fit a 48” range, then you can fit a 36” rangetop and 30” double wall ovens. Note I said *rangetop*, not range and not cooktop. You‘d get everything you need. A 36” wide rangetop will give you 6 burners, yet not need the enormous exhaust and upper wall space of a 48” range. (You’ll still need a good exhaust though, don’t overlook that whatever you do). You’d get your 2 ovens. And they won’t be cavernous 36” ovens that take a while to heat up. And you put your pots and pans in the deep drawers directly under the rangetop (see pic) for great convenience and efficient use of space. And you won’t have to bend down for that low range oven either. Win, win, win, win. Here comes that Thanksgiving turkey or that roast, imagine basting while standing straight. Here are some photos of rangetops in case you aren’t familiar. (P.S. your rangetop and separate double 30” wall ovens do not have to be the same brand.)

I have a Bosch dual fuel range (slide in) that is about 1" away from the wall/backsplash. I have never noticed it sticking out until I read this and then went to look, lol. It does, but if I've never noticed it, it doesn't bother me. The range itself is about 2 1/2" out from the base cabinetry. But I know what you mean if you want the 24" deep Thermador look. Personally, I would invest in an integrated refrigerator, using money saved from the Thermador and/or GE. The refrigerator is a much larger appliance and it's "sticking out" is more obvious than the counter height range. ("Counter depth" refrigerators also stick out; only fully integrated are flush.) I have 18" between the range and the next full height bank of cabinetry which includes a flush Thermador microwave/convection oven. The cabinetry sticks out 1" from the countertop and 2" from the 18" base cabinet farther than it should, a custom construction error I don't want to talk about. But that would be about the same as the space between your refrigerator and range if both "stick out." That 18" is good enough for my small Keurig and that's about it. It also has wall cabinetry above it because I used a hidden Zephry Pisa undercabinet range hood, so I don't have the "open" look you'll get from your range hood. That 18" of usable space is the same, however. We don't cook much at all (I hate it). I've had a Thermador dual fuel range and now this Bosch. Years ago, when I did have to cook, I had GE Monogram wall ovens and glass cooktop. Other than much preferring the gas, I can't think of major differences between all of them, or being unhappy with any of them.

Yes, actually. If you look at the reviews on Home Depot's website many of them will say to the right that the customer review is from cafe appliances (together with the logo for cafe). Having read through many of these reviews on Home Depot's site as well as Lowes, and on online retailers such as AJ Madison, Appliance Connection, etc. you will see the same reviews appear. From that point there are complaints by some that their reviews we removed for being negative. Review removal, either following a post or in the pre post approval process is a relatively well-known phenomenon by many businesses, and thus is not surprising. If you are asking whether I know the extent to which this practice is done by GE, I do not. If you are asking whether I know that the testifiers who claim that their reviews were removed are credible testifiers, I do not. If you are asking a deeper philosophical question about the nature of credible testimony, how much credence we should give to things and when, and whether I have can have epistemic access to the truth anything at all or whether to constantly remain skeptical, I would love to debate it further with you since I am a professional philosopher and my research focuses on such questions! However, as regards the simple relatively banal question of range reviews and oven performance, I take myself to have sufficient reasons to ask individuals on Houzz to provide their opinions as to whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the baking performance of the relative oven types and to provide more specifics than are often present on the reviews at big box stores. I figure since this request is one that people can ignore, there are no perceptible harms to be concerned about in posing the questions and asking for feedback. I like to cook and I like to hear about people's experiences, and the more information the better in my book.