if your looking a MW drawers, buy the SHARP Model, as it was the cheapest & all others use the Sharp with different face plate/names on them. Also has the feature where you can close with the push of the button or close with yr hand, other models dont have this feature.

yea i have that in my current house/kitchen. we love the drawer microwave, i know now they have the pull down ones too, etc. not sure yet which route we would going withall these appliances.

it depends- if you cook a lot and host a lot its worth to get a double wall oven. you can always use the extra cooking space.

we have double oven , rangetop and microwave now in our kitchen, doing new kitchen in new house and i think we can do the same arrangement, but i just wanted to know if people were going to single wall ovens and a quick cook oven to replace the 2nd wall oven and microwave neeed.

or if pull down microwaves were the new wave now.

For us, we just did a single wall oven with a 5 burner cook top & the MWDrawer..

As others have posted, what is "best" is the configuration that most suits your needs and your kitchen. If you have a large kitchen, the choices would be different than for those with a smaller kitchen. Your cooking needs would also factor in.

What exactly are your concerns?

In terms of my kitchen (which is a very small galley in a high rise) I opted for the following

Bosch Induction Cooktop - gas is not an option in my building but frankly after reading the pros and cons (and having cooked with both gas and a crummy old electric coil) I might well have opted for induction anyway - especially in terms of ease of cleaning as well as safety.

Bosch Side Opening Wall Oven - If I was going to sacrifice space and pay additional money for a wall oven versus a plain stove, I wanted to achieve the optimum ergonomic advantage. With a side opening oven, I can access the oven by standing directly in front of it. With a standard oven door opening at the bottom, I can only access by reaching from the side - what's the point of that?

Sharp Microwave Oven with Tilt Up Controls - I didn't want a crappy over the hood microwave/vent and there was no room for a microwave any place other than the counter or as a drawer. My drawer is under the Bosch wall oven and is a perfect height. As others have posted, all microwave drawers are manufactured by Sharp and there is no reason to pay more to have a more expensive "name" on the front. The other reason I didn't want an over the stove microwave is because of the height as I didn't want to have to remove hot items above my head. Although I don't "cook" per se in my microwave, I do use it to reheat leftovers and heat soup as well as other stuff like steaming vegetables.

If I had more space, my configuration would be different as I would probably have gotten a steam oven under the Bosch side opening oven but I simply had no room for a second wall oven and my cooking needs aren't such that I need two wall ovens. Or I might have opted for one of the fantastic Breville countertop ovens to use when I needed two ovens - which really has been almost never in my life as I have always managed to figure out how to work around only one oven.

Or if I had more space, I might have opted to create a cubby for a standard microwave at a good height with a pull out shelf underneath it to act as a landing spot.

Really as others have posted, there isn't any right way to do things other than keeping in mind that over the range microwave/hoods are a pretty terrible way to go if you have any other choice.

Choose what suits you. Both ways work. I prefer the cooktop and wall oven set up, but you need more space for that.

As everyone has pointed out, it is what works best for you, your space, and your needs. If you cook a lot and entertain a lot, extra ovens or ovens with different features may appeal. there are speed ovens, steam convection ovens, countertoo ovens and airfryers which may be better as a second oven rather than a double wall oven or 2 similar ovens. Another thing to consider is ergonomics. I absolutely love the look of a range but know that I prefer not to bend down.

Appliance choices should not be based on "what's in", unless you are flipping a house or planning to sell in just a couple of years.

Chose type and brand based on how you cook.

just trying to get an idea of whats new in the appliance world, been a while since shopped for appliances.

we if we go with single wall oven and microwave stacked, can we do the drawer micorwave under the wall oven? or doe sit have to be the traditional microwave over the wall oven..

i guess we would do drop down microwave door above the wall oven, but the drawer is convenient for the kids now, so was hoping could do that on the bottom.

As posted, my microwave drawer is under my Bosch wall oven as that is the optimum height. Drawers can't be placed above a counter because you need to access the drawer from above

how does it look with the wall oven on top of microwave?

It depends on how much room you have in the kitchen. A larger kitchen can accommodate more appliances. You also have to analyze how you cook.

It's never a question of what's in or popular. Function over form. What do you need? What can you afford? How will you use it?

My personal choice, if space is not a question, is a 36" range top with a stack of 30" double convection electric ovens. I'm old school in that I like a countertop microwave. It's easier to use. But, you can only do this if you have enough counterspace. I really don't like built-in microwaves. This is my personal preference only.