Most speed ovens (including the 240v ge) have to be installed at counter height or higher. If that's your lower oven I think the upper will be awfully high. The Miele and Bosch are speced for lower Heights. Double check you can do the 120v lower, I'm not sure since I only looked at the 240v SOs

The lower oven in the picture is our current wall oven. Our built-in microwave was in the spot that is now empty. My plan was to put the Advantium in the spot where the microwave was. However, my wife would like me to move the oven up and put the Advantium below it. Why do speed ovens need to be counter height or higher?

I think it's a heat issue.

It seems the 120v GEs can be mounted under counter level, so I think you are okay there.

Does the current cut out fit the GE oven correctly? If so, I'd pop it in there now and see how it goes, when you get to refinishing the cabinets, that would be a good time to rearrange them if you aren't happy. Its not obvious to me what the cutouts are currently, it seems the top is narrower than the bottom but I'd expect them both to be 30". Making a hole bigger shouldn't be that hard. Making a hole smaller is more of an issue since you'll need to get something to fill the gap. Making that look right to match exsiting cabinetry, particularly in the width dimension, could be tricky. If you are refinishing everything anyway, probably less so. I don't think it will *look* bad, but with side swing doors (which a french door basically is), having them lower isn't great for getting stuff in and out of the oven.

Even assuming that this can be done.....would you (and your wife) be happy with the speed cook oven a foot off the ground? Do you think you would be using it much as a microwave? I am imagining the difficulty of getting so close to the ground with typical microwave items like a cup of coffee, a bowl of soup, etc.

YMM, I personally agree with you. My wife is the one pushing for swapping them. She cares more about looks than functionality. I would guess it is closer to two feet off the ground than one. We will definitely use it as a microwave but if the speedcook is as good as I hear, I could see it being used as an oven quite often, especially for smaller dishes. We had a smaller oven at our last house (not a speedcook though, just a regular oven) and we used it way more than our full size oven. At one point when she was convincing me to move the oven to the top I thought about ditching the idea of the speedcook for a drawer style microwave but I do think we could get a lot of use out of a speedcook.

Bit the bullet and ordered the Viking French door oven (VSOF730) and the Monogram Advantium (ZSC1202JSS). They should ship sometime next week so I should have them within the next two weeks. After discussing further with my wife, I think we are going to try and have the Viking on top and the speedcook below. So now I just need to figure out what all is entailed and how to make it happen. Does anyone know if that is something I would get the installer to do or someone who deals with cabinets? I'm thinking I need to have someone who works on cabinets come out and modify the our cabinets to fit the appliances in the configuration that we want and then have an appliance installer out to actually put them in.

Well, I just bit the bullet and ordered the Viking French door and Monogram Advantium speed clook. They are being shipped from out of state so it'll take a week to two weeks to get them. That gives me some more time to figure out what we are going to do.

I have the Bosch speed oven above the Bosch side swing oven. I thought of putting the speed oven under the regular oven. The reason I decided against it was that you have to reach into the speed oven, no pull out rack like the oven. Also, the heavier items, like a turkey, are easier to lift than take out from above waist height.

I just posted this question but I'm considering steam oven vs speed. I was thinking steam on top and unsure if French door, regular door or side door is better for bottom.

The installation specs should indicate if the openings are the right size. If you need trim, you might need a cabinet guy.

The other thing is the electrical. Sounds like you're going to have to swap the electricals between the two with the 220v going above and the 120v below. This might take a little more work...

weemeister: I can already say that the openings are not the right size. The lower opening size that currently has the oven is too large of an opening for the speed cook, which uses a typical built-in microwave size. The upper opening size is too small for the oven. So I'm thinking I need a cabinet guy. Would the outlets need to be moved? I just assumed the oven wiring could just be run down to the 220V electrical outlet (a few feet I would guess.) The speed oven uses your normal 120V plug.

keagle: What you say makes sense and is actually how I think we should go with ours. My wife is the one who wants the French door on top, purely for aesthetics.

I am about to purchase the Advantium speed (240V though) but with the Monogram french door oven rather than the Viking french door. I am curious if you looked at that one but chose the Viking for instead for some reason? Quite a difference in cost??

I currently have the Monogram Wall oven (since Oct 2015) with the single pull down door but my new build (ready Nov 2018) will have the French door style. The oven is awesome now and can only expect great things from the newer model. Pairing with the Monogram Advantium 240V and warming drawer as I have now. Considered moving the Advantium below the wall oven for ease of operation with the doors but all the literature advises that it cannot be done. The photo is off my current configuration. The only change in my new2 build will be the French door configuration on the oven. Counter level would have been better but the doors are easy to open ...even one -handed as opening one side only allows the other door to open itself. :) Third world problem....LOL

@Christine I read on a retailer's site an answer to your question. According to them, the GE French Door oven vents below and thus putting the microwave/additional unit under the oven would jeopardize the controls of that additional unit.