Crowding doesn't happen on a 30" cooktop width-wise. The front to back dimension is more controlling. It is generally 20-1/2". The power zones are also 8-10" in diameter for the large size and less for the smaller. These two dimensions mean for four zones 30 or even 28 is more tha enough. Layout a sample cooktop on a piece of foamboard or cardboard. Put your pans on it to see how the sizes you like to use work. Even with a 12" pan or two the side to side space is much more than front to back. If you use a fifth zone a 36" would be useful. For a 30" Ikea's five year warranty(p+labor) and 1k price is worth a look. Here is a link that might be useful: Ikea induction

Thanks for all the input. I am going with frameless - Bellmont 1900. Firstly, I totally appreciate the concerns about the functionality of a 12" drawer stack. I have very little happening in this kitchen in terms of drawers. In earlier layout discussions, people encouraged me to replace the 12" pullout I had there with drawers. My own drawers are on the peninsula. I have 2 30" 3-drawer stacks with a microwave cabinet in the middle. That only leaves the 2 top drawers for silverware, knives, etc. So...the thinking was that the 12" drawer stack would provide a place for the grill utensils, the tin foil/ziplock bags, etc. I expressed concern to the KD about the 12" being functional - which she then took as discretion to change the corner to 33". I'm really reluctant to block off the corner, given how small the kitchen is. I was thinking it would be a place for the toaster, blender, crockpot, etc - or maybe extra pots/pans that don't fit in the drawers. I guess I could rethink that, especially if we end up going with skinny pantries in the DR area. The benefit would be that I could go with drawers on each side of the range instead of doors/pullouts. But, it actually makes things more awkward on the sink side and I'm really not sure it's wise for me to create a dead corner in this small kitchen. I just know I hated my blind corner in the last kitchen and I want whatever we have to be functional and not frustrating... I'd also like the little range nook to appear as symmetrical as possible - which is another reason to go with a larger corner unit. I can't show you an exact layout, but I can give you some earlier renditions and options we are considering. I never mastered this graph paper thing GW likes from its users... Here's an earlier layout draft of the lowers my partner worked up. I think the cabinet to the right of the range is going to be 15" instead of 12", decreasing the peninsula by 3" to a 12" overhang. We are nalso going with a 30-33" fridge, but that won't matter much for today's purpose.

We are almost done with the process of installing our cabinets ourselves--due to a change in circumstances this has turned into a DIY project from a professional installation. We have a 42 inch corner sink base--the 42" is measured from one of the cabinet sides adjacent to the door to the opposite cabinet side. If ours was the unit the last picture above the cabinet side just to the right of the door would be 42 inches from the cabinet side that is attached to the kitchen's wall. For our setup, we can go up to 33 inches for an undermount, bigger if we put filler pieces between the sink base and adjacent cabinets or if there are no top drawers in the adjacent cabinets. If you want to go with the 33 inch sink, you need the 42" corner sink base. Hope this helps. We're still trying to pick out our sink--we only have to install the sink base and a couple of relatively easy other cabinets in this week so we can get templated (no pressure). Good luck!

I used over size pulls on my cabinets. For my drawers, I made a "rule of half". I used pulls that were approximately half as long as the size of drawer. So pretty much the same as ctycdm has. In the picture below the drawers on the left are 24 inches wide with 13 inch pulls. The 36 inch drawers in the middle have 18 inch pulls and the drawers on the right are 18 inches with 10 inch pulls. I also have some 13.5 inch drawers that have 6 inch pulls. Since I like the look of longer pulls, I used 10 inch pulls on the cabinet doors. If you google using the words gardenweb, pull size and drawers you will get lots of posts and pictures. Many GWers have only one smaller pull while others have 2 smaller pulls on wide drawers. It's completely a matter personal preference and sizes available in the hardware you like.