Photos of speed oven on the bottom of wall oven?

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We use our microwave all the time. We're going to remodel, and I'm looking at appliances. Our current design has a wall oven with microwave on top. I'm looking to replace the microwave with a speed oven. However, I am four feet eleven inches, and I'm concerned I won't be able to see/reach the buttons at the top of the speed oven. Our microwave has the buttons on the side so it's no problem. Has anyone put their speed oven on the bottom? It would also enable our kids to use the microwave feature. I would love to see photos of remodels by very short women who chose a speed oven wall oven combo. Thank you!!

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Kim G

last year

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I am 5’ so I totally understand your issue. I had a KA walloven/convection micro combo in my last house. I had the oven dropped to a comfortable height to access the upper micro as it had a drop down door. I would sugger dropping your wall oven as low as you need to stack the speed oven on top and allow you to access the interrior safely. You should be able to have a decent drawer below you main oven in that cabinet. Given you will be putting heavier items into you main oven - you want to make sure you can do that safely. Not sure which brands you are considering but iI would look at side opening ovens as an option. I have my speed oven stacked under my CSO (both are 24” wide) next to my 30” wall oven in my current set up.

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JAN MOYER
last year
You won't find a picture, as the standard 30 inch oven would be too high.

For the best advice in all related ? Post the existing condition in pictures,, a scaled drawing, a plan etc. Dimensions inches of every single thing

Much depends how you cook, how large an oven you require, your budget and a lot more.

Ge Advantium combines speed cook, micro wave, ......but for most would not replace a range/oven or wall oven and a cooktop

For kids? The best is a drawer microwave: )

What you really need is more info here, and a pro KD on your site to think through every need/want and your budget.
Dawn - thanked JAN MOYER
Verbo
last year
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Speed ovens are prohibited for under counter installation by most of their manufacturers. Sounds like you need side by side ovens, slighly lower than standard counter height, but with nothing on top . But what you’re asking about is not safe.
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I just linked to a picture I found online; however, my speed oven interior looks exactly like the picture. My cookies, not so sure..... Wall ovens, when they were introduced in the 1950s, were often really installed in a cutout in a wall. Nowadays they're almost always put in cabinets, but the term stuck. My Advantium 240 was installed in a new hole cut in the kitchen wall, reclaiming what previously was utterly unusable space above a staircase, which previously was open to its landing and 7 to 10 feet upwards, with sliding doors covering it. I reappropriated it for the kitchen in the adjacent room, as the bottom of that unreachable storage closet was only 50" above the kitchen floor. I would have preferred it a half foot lower, but free space in this tiny kitchen (which didn't have room for a dishwasher before renovation) was too good to pass up. As for how much I value the "regular" oven we're putting in, it too will have a drawer under it - and the oven itself is already under the counter. I got the smallest oven I could find - 24" wide, 24" tall - and it leaves room for a 6"h drawer underneath. I didn't want to waste space on an appliance that will rarely get used.
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We have a stack of a Miele CSO and a Miele SpeedOven in a tall cabinet. The SpeedOven is at about eye level. I love the combination and would absolutely recommend it, if you have the space and the budget. But I am sure I could easily adjust to having the SpeedOven under the counter. We have a traditional gas range, and it comes with an "undercounter" oven, of course. We use this oven quite frequently, because of its very powerful infrared broiler. And that requires close inspection of the food while it is in the oven. Only takes a couple of seconds to go from barely brown to catching on fire. If I can handle staring deep into my oven, I am sure I can handle a microwave at the same level. That placement is maybe not ideal, but every kitchen is an exercise in compromises; and this seems to be one of the less annoying ones.
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nycbluedevil_gw
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I have a Miele speed oven installed under counter in both of my homes. I think the 240v Advantium prohibits undercounter installation.
Dawn -
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last year
@Verbo Why is what I'm asking about not safe? (I am not asking about under counter installation.)
Kim G
last year
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Didnt say it wasnt safe. Just make sure you lower both your ovens to a safe level. Safe meaning it is at a level where you won’t constantly burn yourself getting items in/out of your oven on the racks. You don’t want your large oven too high in order to put a speed underneath. Mine in this house is hisher than I prefer and the bottom of the frame is 36 1/2” off the ground. My CSO is about 10” higher at the frame bottom than my large oven and I bet I burn my arm abut once a month getting items in/out of it. Do a mock up using painters tape or cardboard cut outs and see how it feels and looks. You can photo shop the look but that won’t give you the feel.
awm03
last year
I'm nervous about burns too, though my wall ovens & mw are at comfortable heights for me (I'm 5' 8"). I bought an oven rack push/pull stick to use. It's great -- keeps arms, fingers, knuckles far away from hot oven surfaces. The sticks are only about $10 on Amazon, though I bought a nicely hand carved walnut one on Etsy for $20. My DIL is short & has trouble bending & reaching over her range's oven door -- she says a push/pull stick is useful for her too.
Kim G
last year
@awm03 - just ordered a push pull rack! Can’t believe I have not seen one before. Thank you for the tip!!!
awm03
last year
You're welcome, Kim G.! Most modern ovens have nice roller racks too, so it's easy to hook the stick onto them & give a gentle tug or push so they glide out or in.
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
last year
I would place your ovens side by side for ease of access considering your height.

I have the GE Monogram Advantium Speed Oven over the Monogram convection oven, but I am 5'6" so it's not a problem for me. The disadvantage of having the ovens side by side is the loss of some counter space, but if you have a large enough kitchen that shouldn't pose a problem.
btydrvn
last year
I always think the microwave is more accessible to everyone…if it is a little away from the center of things…on its own ….with the oven at eye level and a little counter space under it..this allows kids…or anyone else… to use it without getting in anyone’s way..
Dawn -
Original Author
last year
These are two of our renderings done by the contractor's team. Note that their designer put the full wall oven on top of what looks like the speed oven.

Here are the renderings done by the private KD we had hired before we settled on a contractor.

And here are photos of me in our current set up. I'm reaching towards and inside our current microwave. I think if I were to have a speed oven with drop-down door at that same elevation, I would not be able to reach the food inside. I have put a large cutting board into the microwave to serve as a drop-down door, and I can barely reach the middle of the appliance.
Dawn -
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last year
JAN MOYER Ironically, I just came across a photo

@JAN MOYER
Dawn -
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last year
Fyi, I flagged Verbo's 5/30/22 response as "rude and abusive" and it appears to have been removed on my screen view.
Verbo
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You would be mistaken about a whole lot of things then if your tender ears cannot bear the truth that you are working with incompetents. No one competent would repeat the same mistake that is designed into your old kitchen. Or the multiple new mistakes being designed into the new one.

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