To determine for sure what ovens can go under an induction unit, you would need to get the model number for the oven to give to your induction manufacturer and/or appliance dealer and the induction model to the oven people and see if it is allowed or whether it might void your warranty. I have found the Miele regional showroom extremely helpful, more so even than my appliance dealer, for all such questions. You can find the info for your regional dealer by going to the link below, then choosing the showroom location closest to you. Ours is in another state, but they've been wonderful. We also attended a demo/dinner that was fabulous and free. Worth the almost 2-hour trip. As for Diva versus Miele, I considered, saw, and researched both. Diva is great but almost $1,000 more. It has less features than the Miele, and I thought the Miele was better looking. Here is a link that might be useful: Miele regional showrooms

I don't have a Miele but a Diva 36" on the short end of the "L" run. The short end edge to wall is 9 1/2'. I would vote for the 36" - I rarely use all five burners but having the extra room between burners is great. The Diva has a large burner in the middle which allows good working room between the zones. I wouldn't get hung up on the pot size - I'm always under a bit. In fact, I sometimes span two burners on the same zone, (not across zones), to make gravy. Also the burners not in use can easily be used as counter space even when you are cooking as the surrounding surface stays cool. The one thing you do need to consider is the size of the hood. Conventional hood speak advises you to over hang the hood a bit - so a 30" cooktop would take a 36" hood, a 36" cooktop would take a 42" hood. This presented a problem for me as I wanted a minimal look in a wall hood. The hood appearance I wanted was available in a Miele 36" or 48" NOT a 42". I ended up with the 36" Miele hood over my 36" Diva. The 42" would have been perfect but I just did not have the space for the 48" as I have shelves on either side of the hood. This works for me as I don't do a lot of frying. I will say the hood is quite loud. It is the one thing that I purchased solely for the form and not its function. In otherwords, looks ovr performance.

Bring your pots into a showroom to try them out. Function-wise I suspect you would be happy with any of these, but layout may be another story. I chose the Miele (not with the flex burner - was not out yet) because I wanted to easily be able to use 3 12" skillets at the same time - it's great for that, and much better than the newer model IMO or any of the other models. Many of them just have smaller hob sizes which are not as good for larger skillets (boiling water doesn't matter so much - so depends on what you are doing). Love the separate burner timers too - we use them a lot more than we thought we would for our pressure cooker, rice, pasta, drying cast iron, etc. Definitely thrilled with our choice all the way around! You probably can't make a wrong choice here though.

Thank you all for great info! Wolf's cold spots in the middle is a little bummer. I wouldn't expect this kind of design on 5 way bridge cooktop. The elements suppose to be made by French company Jaeger Hiflux. Their Crescendo model is quite different from what I have ever seen in induction cooktops. Check this out.. http://www.jaeger-sas.com/#!induction-en/cl7w Anyway since Wolf has no flex in bridge mode then we might take another look into 36" GE Cafe model which was #3 on our list. It has only one no flex bridge mode, but it's much cheaper than Wolf or Miele. That model has many positive reviews including #1 on CR rating (99 out of 100). On both GE & Wolf we like simple, clean interface. GE is better with 17 vs 10 levels on Wolf. On GE minus side is power sharing (not quite sure how much problem is that in real use) and only 1 year warranty vs 3 year on Wolf. However much bigger problem on GE Cafe is SS color. My DH says that specific color is clashing with our choice of Silestone Kensho countertop (light gray). I don't see it as bad but we might loose it on that argument. No question the decision between Miele vs Wolf vs GE Cafe is giving us more headaches than any other appliance.