With most double oven ranges, one oven will be small. It is too small to be usefully. I have used a 60" Viking and the small oven cannot even fit dinner plates to warm.

Range ovens are low and you quickly get tired of bending down when cooking. You are less likely to forget things in wall ovens are they are closer to eye height.

Oh my gosh, not even a dinner plate? Wow I can't believe how extremely limiting that would be.

Have you ever used an old timey range with lots of small compartments? Or even a fairly big oven and a warming drawer? Once you get past the question of are the ovens big enough, which you can determine in a showroom, or just with dimensions and a measuring tape if you have to, the question is whether you'll like using a range that much. One or the other of the ovens is going to be *very* low, unless you're talking about a 48" (or larger) range, or a French range. Generally, with a 30" range, the smaller compartment is on top. I can think of various reasons why that makes more sense on the design side, but if you're using the bigger oven more and it's lower, that's a lot of bending, even with glide out racks.

Ideal is all ovens at waist level. I grew up with two waist level ovens of different design and purpose, one on either side of the kitchen. I wish I could have copied that. :)

Double ovens can be mounted low, middle or high. If they're low, you basically have one at a good height, and one at the same height as if it were in a range. At medium, one is too high and one is too low, but you get a drawer underneath for potholders or pans, and storage above. Mounted high, you don't get much useful storage above (i.e., need a ladder if there is any), and you're putting pans in and out at shoulder/head level. I've seen a lot of European kitchens where they mount small ovens at head level on purpose (i.e., not forced by limited space or anything). That makes looking in convenient, but puts limits on who can use your kitchen at all (i.e., no one short), and there are some dangers associated with opening and tending ovens at head height. If there's a drop down door, it must be shallow enough to let you get in, and most ovens nowadays have doors that cover the whole oven area, rather than just the cavity, making head height a no-go. Even at under shoulder height, it can be an issue.

Given that few of us can make Ideal work, that leaves what's possible. Figure out whether you want to stand in front of ovens to use your cooktop, vs. where you'd put wall ovens and how high. Once you get past the strictly positioning issues, a lot of the rest should come clear for you.

I have a 12 year old 48"' Viking range, and l can certainly fit all but my largest roasters in the small oven. A dinner plate definitely can fit. I use it all the time, because it heats up so quickly. I recently looked at the new Miele 48"' range and the small oven is plenty big enough for a dinner plate. There are pros and cons to going with a range vs double ovens. It ultimately comes down to personal preference.

I use my oven a lot. I have often made meals where I needed a double oven but don't have one. I am getting two ovens in my remodel. Two single ovens mounted at counter height. I don't want to be bending down to pull a 30 lb turkey out of the oven, and I would like to have my baked mac and cheese and dinner rolls done at the same time. I realize the increased cost of cabinets, but the extra oven space and the convenience is worth it to me. I also have figured in the fact that if one of the ovens is having an issue, I will still have an oven to use. I often use my oven for long baking sessions too, and I am hoping having two ovens will cut down on those as I will have 6 racks for cookies instead of 2 racks.

Traumanurse1 my DH and I said for years in our previous home we needed double ovens. We just host all the holidays and have company often. We've had to change the menu on multiple occasions to fit the oven or cooktop availability. And cooking for 17 people for every meal for a week? Phew! Doesn't happen but maybe once a year but whoa. We even considered sticking an extra oven in the garage. But my new home has a MUCH smaller space, which is a bummer. I know I need that extra oven, but want to maximize at least cabinet space, probably moreso than counter as I'm planning an island.

Another way you can handle the extra oven problem, if you have some storage space elsewhere in the house, is to get a portable oven. People are very satisfied with the Breville Smart Oven countertop oven. Sometimes, you can make it just with a Nesco roaster for rewarming casseroles (like sweet potato at Thanksgiving). You can even use two. Usually, when you have extra crowds there's a workaday place where you can set up the oven, whether it's on top of the dryer, or on the desk you've cleared off for company. You're (hopefully) not doing the laundry or paying the bills at that particular time.

I previously did have that and I did wish I had gone with wall ovens. We are currently under construction and I am going with wall ovens. We intend for this to be the home we retire into. I find it far more difficult to get things in and out reaching over the door and bending over. I am shy of 5'3" and have found it difficult to even reach over oven doors on the walls so I am going with the Bluestar electric wall ovens with french doors. So, not only do I prefer wall ovens but I even have a door preference.