I love having hidden appliance too but your issue will be your city and what they allow. For my city, it's absolutely no. I checked with the city engineers and inspectors and it's a case of ... sure build it like you want but you won't get a pass and try to see if you can sell your house in the future with a unpermitted/unallowed remodel on your property record. Because the kitchen is considered to be required, your house would then be tagged as uninhabitable.

Your best bet is to check with the city and provide them with all the documentation first so you can decide what you want to do.

Yes it is not clear it would be allowable in my city. And I would not do this if it were not permitted. I may not do it even if permitted. I am just weighing options.

The vast majority of kitchen and bath remodels in my city are done without permits, but mine won't be one of them.

We already panel refrigerators and dishwashers, so this seems like a logical next step (albeit with additional considerations and constraints.) I wonder if the appliance manufacturers are working on panel-ready ovens? Also, I wonder if Yestertec can tell you if their stealth kitchens are permitted in your area or if they've done any in your area.

They are a company that is local to my area, but I am not sure that makes a lot of difference.

Municipalities and areas vary wildly and the stuff that inspectors may fixate on in certain areas also varies wildly.
I know someone who did not get a COO because a painter had broken a single light fixture in the entire house and it needed to be replaced.

I also know someone who had two inspectors arguing over a kitchen faucet as to whether the single handled kitchen faucet "reflected the ergonomics of the hot being on the left and the cold being on the right" and they would not agree and would not sign off on the kitchen.

And yet showers with drywall or green board or whatever with no membrane run rampant through my city.

Wow, interesting. I get your rationale and why you're turning the idea over in your head. It's a bit different than hide/don't hide appliances. Or TVs - there's a fight between tribes.

I was struck by the 'cannot close doors for 30 minutes' feature. I personally hate it when my washer door locks and I'm holding one more item in my hand.

interesting idea. i think ventilation might be an issue with hiding hot appliances. maybe if you use a barn door hanging from a track above that you can just slide open, it would be ok. easy to remove later when you want to sell.

The ventilation is why you can't operate the oven unless the door is fully open or for 30 minutes after. There is no power with the doors closed and a timed interlock on the switch

Pal my sister designed her kitchen with an old chambers stove in red, and then on a separate wall did a modern thermador oven. I don't think you need to hide the new oven. Just make the old Chambers the star.

BTW: This was taken before her red vent hood went in.

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My situation is a little different. I have a Chambers range top and separate wall oven and the wall oven has the controls on the bottom so they would be at floor level if you mounted it below the range top.

In my situation there are going to be two different wall ovens in the same stack, one modern one 30" wide and one vintage one 24" wide over it.

I will do this if necessary but I would not mind concealing the modern one if possible.

How small a room can one put a wall oven in? Maybe you can put a tiny walk-in "pantry" at the fridge end of your kitchen--sink the fridge into it so the fridge can form a unified front with the pantry door (cabinet style, of course).

I'd put the vintage one in plain view somewhere though. I'm just a little more nervous about older appliances in small places and like them in plain view of the smoke and CO detectors.

To be safe, go to the city, find the specific inspector and engineer assigned to your neighborhood and check with them.

I get the same inspector for 12 months then switch out to another automatically. The difference between the two was night and day. One demanded manufacturer documentation out the wazoo for even a 2” clamp on a pipe while the other one walked in and out in 30 seconds.

Unfortunately, whatever the current inspector decide is etched in stone.