We have this oven and love it. The microwave can be set to cook by time or type of food. We always cook by time and it sets just as fast as pushing a couple of buttons. I use the speed oven a lot more then I thought I would.

There was a learning curve but we have had it for six months and everything now is second nature.

We liked the large space inside compared to the Miele and Electrolux.

Thanks for the input. I will probably use the speed oven all the time. I have 3 boys and it is not unusual for me to get home at 6:15 and have to get dinner on in 30 minutes, preferably less. That is interesting about the microwave. Wonder if once a day is "heavy use"?

I am not a fan of the black panel either but the pro picture throws me off for some reason too. Do you have a picture of yours installed? We are doing white cabinets and paneling everything possible so it would be nice to steer clear of the black. . .

Not sure at what height you are installing it but i was warned that the skinny little sleek handle style catch on clothing pretty easily which is really annoying. So that's why i got the pro handles on advantium 240. I have yet to use it - that part of my kitchen is not complete. I too have 3 kids and hope to have a lot of use of it!

This is the only picture I have, and it's from mid-remodel, plus there's distortion from the angle and sizing of the digital image. Those weird rope patterns are from the reflectoin of the bamboo. Underneath are the trays and rack drawer and the warming drawer, both without their faces. Outside of the frame are the panelled coolers. The angle of the handle allows it to be right next to the Miele fridge without any interference with the door.

My other ovens are Gaggenau, and the panels are index card sized LCDs, so the Advantium panel would have been the only black one in the kitchen. The only other black things are the grate and black glass of the cooktops. The blackness of the glass in the oven window, and the display area of the Advantium control panel, doesn't bother me the same way as the black background did. I paid extra for the beige and it was worth every penny. :)

We have the advantium 120 b/c we installed it under the counter, but we love it. It is not hard to learn at all. You turn the dial to select what time you want to you want to cook for. I have used the speedcook oven part of it quite a bit as well. I would definitely recommend it.

Thank you for the picture! We are doing integrated/paneled fridge, ice maker, fridge/freezer drawers so we are able to pick the handles for everything - don't need to match. The only stainless stuff will be the Wolf rangetop and the oven/speed oven. The rangetop obviously has the heavy black grates which may be why the black panel doesn't bother me as much. I do like the angularity of the stainless, which is why I don't care for the Profile - too curvy :) I am a form over function person though!

Is the Pro panel silver or beige?

The panel is a weird color. Beigy-taupe? I find the value (medium, about the same as the stainless), more important than the hue. Agreed on the too curvy Profile.

Re handles, I was talking literally about interference with the door. I also have integrated coolers with decorative handles. The angle of the fridge door, opened, is the same as the angle on the side of the Advantium Pro handle. The long, round handle on the regular Monogram 240 could put dings in the door of the fridge right next to it.

Our kitchen was finished just two weeks ago. We chose the Monogram slim handled, black panel Advantium 240. I think it worked out well for us.

I'm still on a learning curve, but basic micro waving can be done in just a step or two. Plllog mentioned one way. The speed cooking functions can be more complex, depending on how far you want to take it. I did cook two huge baked potatoes the first night back in the kitchen, using the menu driven cook function. They came out great, and were done in 12 minutes.

Due to the close proximity to the oven door handle, I had to pull the refrigerator out two inches farther than I would have had to otherwise, to avoid any possibility of interferance, and door dings. Knowing what I know now, I would have had the cabinets in this section built 28 inches deep instead of 30.

@wpdoit - I will be having the exact same configuration with my advantium and oven stack right next to the a counter depth refrigerator, except we'll have a counter next to the oven stack on the other side of the refrigerator

We are still in the design phase of the cabinets, so your input from experience is very helpful. So which cabinets would you have preferred to be 28" instead of 30"? Thanks for your input

You can also put a frame around the fridge opening, rather than just a void. That should give you some spacing between the doors. Maybe not enough without the angled handle, though.