The Café definitely has 2 ovens and comes in either duel fuel or all gas. There is an optional "back guard" which I thought was silly  but "to each his own" I guess. It also has a long middle burner and comes with a griddle made just for that burner  not that you canÂt use it for other things. If you could use a second oven but only have room for a 30" unit  this is definitely something to considerÂ

Many people have hoods over free standing ranges. Have you looked in the Finished Kitchens Blog?

I went from a freestanding to a slide in before I replaced my countertops. With the old counters I bought the rear filler strip which covered the ~2" gap at the back. New counters were templated so I could eliminate that filler strip.The rear filler for my stove was made for a 25" deep counter which worked perfectly with the original formica tops. If you have 25.5" deep counters (or something that puts the front edge more than 23 1/8" from the rear of the opening) then you might have to do something different with the filler. I'll have to check but I do think the manual listed a second option for those situations. The slide in ranges don't have sides. For my GE profile I could purchase sides extra if needed - in the case of it sitting at the end of a cabinet or if it were to stick out from the cabinet face more than 1.5" so you didn't see the bare frame. Nothing special needed to be done for the cabinets or countertops other than the countertops need to be level as you will lower the cook top onto them so it just touches since it overhangs the counter. If the counter tops aren't level you will either have a gap on one side or your eggs will roll to one side of the pan. My GE could fit an opening as small as 29 15/16" and ideal was 30 1/16." My exisiting cabs were 30 3/16 and I had new counters templated to match. You can't see any gaps since everything is covered with the cook top. The front edge of the stove sits pretty tight to the cabinets as well as the trim strips on the front edges are flexible for lack of a better term. I can post a photo of my range if you like.

It's "horizontal vent" and there aren't a lot of choices for some reason. Any top vent can have a 90 degree put on so it can go out the wall, but that doesn't help if you don't want a cabinet to cover the vent pipe. Also, the 90 degree coming directly from the top will reduce efficiency some and increase noise. Most (maybe all) of the wall mount called "pro" style have the horizontal vent, but it is a pretty large design and I am looking for something less intrusive. Kobe had an under cabinet design that had the horizontal venting as an installation option (so no cabinet was required) but it was discontinued. Some of the wall mounts with the chimneys do have a horizontal option, but you have to read the installation spec sheets to find out. What I haven't been able to tell from the spec sheets is if the horizontal option is chosen, what does the top of the hood look like? does something need to cover the place where the vent would have come out the top? Same for under cabinet with horizontal option - what does the top where it would have been screwed to the cabinet look like with no cabinet?