We have had an Electrolux "Speed Oven", since June of 2006. It does everything and is easy to use. A "Far out" cooktop that I had purchased gave out--leaving us without a stovetop. The Speed oven took over those chores--boiling Spaghetti, doing sauces, etc etc. I even do toast in it. Even before that "Fancy cooktop" busted for good, the Speed oven was our most used appliance. Used it for baking potatoes, making coffee, even making my toast. One advantage of the Electrolux is that it is always in the microwave mode, unless you choose something else--ie bake, grill, roast etc etc. One reason that this feature is handy(in microwave mode unless otherwise told) is one user had talked about a competive brand , where you had to go to some kind of "Menu" or whatever to select "Microwave" I cant function in the morning till I have coffee, I use the speed oven to heat the cup of coffee, so (kinda by instinct "pre coffee") I just poke in "120" (2 mins) ((Huge cup)) LOL and the thing even turns the start button green so I know whats to poke next. It has been completely trouble free. It does however require a 220 volt circuit so be forwarned. Good Luck Gary

Nidnay - I remember reading this post at the start of building our new home over 2 years ago. Although I thought your microwave looked fine the way it was, I did like the inspiration photo that you showed. So I filed in my brain to be sure and have my microwave set back into the cabinetry because we also were getting inset cabinets. Guess what...I never gave it another thought!!! Now in our house for over a year and I saw this thread had popped up again. I had to go into my kitchen and see how my microwave drawer was placed. Well, apparently the position has never bothered me. 😁 PS - My dishwasher is on the opposite side, but within the bump-out area of my cabinets, It is inset into the cabinetry. When the dishwasher (Bosche) was first installed, it was sticking out like the microwave (I still cannot believe that I have never noticed 😀.) I had my builder set the dishwasher into the cabinetry.

I think 24" is fine for a dish hutch, and you will also be able to store flatware, linens, and extra dishes in the drawers. Just make sure there is no center stile in the upper cabinet. Also, you can put an inexpensive MW on a shelf, incorporated into the pantry, as long as you include the correct clearances. I have my $80 Walmart MW in a cabinet with a door. You need at least 36" to pass between the end of the peninsula and the fridge, or the pantry cabinet. A dining table needs to be about 3' from a wall. The way the seating is drawn on your table, I can see that you might not need that much space, but the people accessing the seating on the back side will still need space to get to those seats. If you have an available table, and some large boxes, you might want to mock up the layout to make sure that both table and peninsula will fit. Your plan shows filler between the fridge and wall, so I'm assuming that's part of the final cabinet plan--having custom options is great!

I just finished a new home build and also installed a Sharp drawer convection microwave SMD2499FS. I noticed that anything I heated in there never became very hot. Fast forward to trying to make my grandkids hamburgers. Didn’t want to wait for the charcoal grill to heat up so I tried the convection grill function on my Sharp. Followed the directions in the book exactly. Preheat the ceramic cook/drip tray, cook etc. while the burgers came out pretty good, upon cleaning the cook tray I noticed two diagonal cracks in the ceramic. I thought perhaps it was crazing but when I turned it over the cracks went straight through to the other side. The pan did not come apart, but it was concerning to me that this cracked during cooking. I called the customer service number and was told that although my microwave is under warranty for parts and labor,this tray is not considered a part. No one seems to know where I can order a new one, including the high-end appliance store, where I purchased my appliances for my new home. There’s no information on Sharps website for replacement pieces or accessories. I asked to speak with a supervisor when I was on the phone with CS and of course the supervisor was busy, I really wish I read the reviews before I ordered this. I really feel like I made a very expensive mistake. That being said, for those of you who use the convection portion of this microwave, can you use metal pans? I’m trying to think of what else I can use for convection cooking. Stoneware? Pyrex? I saw metal pans on a video. I also read that there’s a lot of sparking and potential fires in this, so I am concerned about using any metal in the microwave other than those racks that come with it. I’m feeling taken advantage of here. This company has the worst customer service.