Kitchen Renovation - Appliances, cooktop above built in oven
Damian K
6 years ago
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoIt will not work. Do the math.
Buy a range if you want the cooktop over an oven.
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Comments (11)I use my Kitchen Aid 30 inch wall oven at least once or twice a day, and it's great. It's four years old, and is the best oven I've ever owned. I bought it because someone on this forum raved about a Whirlpool oven, and I found it half-price at Sears. Whirlpool makes KA, so I'd buy a Whirlpool if I were in the market for the same oven with fewer electronic controls. My oven is below the counter on the opposite side of the kitchen from my cooktop. It never gets spilled on, so the electronics have not shorted out, which I understand can be a problem if your oven is below your cooktop. I had a KA dishwasher in my old house that was great. It was the top of the line at the time (7 years ago) Superba, I think. In my other house, I had a Bosch, which was so quiet you couldn't tell it was on, but it was not the best at cleaning dishes. It wasn't the top of the line, so others may be better. I hate dishwasher noise, and the Bosch was the quietest dishwasher I've ever (not) heard....See MoreCan induction cooktop be installed above two side by side ovens?
Comments (2)repac, yes it can be done, and we did it, eleven years ago, and it continues to work today. But our preplanning involved reseach into the vertical dimensions and the required clearances of the units that we installed. If you commit to the brands and models first, you may find that you lack sufficient vertical clearance. The depth (under counter) of currently available induction cooktops ranges from about 2 inches in a few models to as much as 18 inches in one model. Also, it happens that the thinnest, most pancake-like, induction cooktop (the LG LCE30845) vents above the counter (at the rear) instead of (as is more common) into the space under the cooktop, and so requires minimal clearance above the top of the oven. The LG is only 30" wide, however, so you would need two of them to fill your 60" wide space. Not surprisingly, there are also large dimensional differences among models of wall oven. We chose a Bosch HBL645A UC (since replaced in the Bosch line-up) specifically because it had a compact vertical dimension, and even allowed us to install a shallow storage drawer (for unused oven racks, etc.) under the oven....See MoreMix and match brands...? Cooktop over Built-In-Oven
Comments (6)So, one advantage you have with the separate ovens is that you don't actually have to have them under the cooktops at all unless your kitchen is very tight. Standing in front of an oven to cook isn't nice, especially a wall oven that blows hot air on you (it will if there are any electronics--it uses a fan to keep them from getting fried). For most people, the ovens need to be accessible to the cooktop, but not right in the main traffic pattern. Often 2-4 steps away works fine for the cooking and a lot better for the rest of the flow of the kitchen. Since more time is spent on prep than stirring, if the only other area is your prep station, forget it, but do give some consideration to if there's a somewhat out of the way location for each oven that might work even better than under a cooktop. Another advantage, since you're doing a split kitchen, I'm guessing there are people in your house (employees, for instance) who aren't so tuned in to keeping kosher. If you have drawers under the cooktops for cooking utensils and pots, it becomes really obvious which ones go where. You'd think that just the correct side of the kitchen would work, but I've heard stories.... If you really want optimal placement for the ovens, and have the space, you could install them as proper wall ovens at waist height, which is ergonomically much better, but I'd guess you'd have done that already if you had the space. I disagree with M about the speed oven. Think Shavu'ot. :) I'd guess you'll want a full sized, full function, dairy oven, in general....See MoreImproved countertop appliances reducing the usage of built in ovens?
Comments (10)We're empty nesters, and we've tried a few small cooking appliances. We have a crockpot—used it half a dozen times after we got it. Haven't used it in years. I'd rather braise food in the oven. We had a toaster oven/rotisserie—used it four or five times after we got it. it was a pain to clean after we used the rotisserie. We got rid of it. For toast, I'd rather use an oven broiler or a cast iron pan on the cooktop. For roasting, It's either the oven or the wood smoker outside. We have a deep fryer that I use a couple of times a year. It's a pain to drain and clean. I'd rather use my very deep cast iron chicken frying pan on the cooktop. We have a panini press. It gets used about every other day, but then I don't have an equivalent in either the oven or cooktop. Our cooktop is a big four footer with six burners. I love the space, and often use a lot of the burners at the same time. Our oven is a double wall oven. They often both get used at the same time, although the bottom one is mostly dedicated to bread and pizza....See Morefriedajune
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