I don't usually like the idea of a wall oven under a counter, but if it's not going under a cooktop, then it can be placed higher in the cabinet & may not be so bad. It doesn't look like you have any other place to put it.

Good Luck

I think it is fine to split the cooktop and oven. We did it in our island. I didn't want a range. I wanted a 36'' gas cooktop and a 30'' electric convection oven.

I could not install my oven underneath the cooktop and I think the difference in size would have looked funny anyway. I did not have the wall space to do double-ovens, so the island installation was the best choice for us.

I like the functionality of it as well. My husband can be stir-frying and I can check the oven and we don't get in each other's way.

Good for you for getting a great deal on an oven! :)

Thanks guys! I see your point about the higher installation, that would be nice.

Wendy, do you have a separate vent for your oven; if not, do you wish you did (I have no idea if/how this would be done)? I worry about smells from, say, baking/broiling seafood.

Ovens have vents? Ha ha! I had no idea. Shows you what I know! :) Our architect didn't spec a vent and the installation instructions didn't mention venting, so we just installed it according to the manufacturer installation instructions.

Our downdraft vent for the cooktop isn't the greatest either...overhead is much better, but we didn't want to do that in our island.

We have a super open floor plan, so when we are cooking up a storm, the smells do waft throughout. I doesn't bother me too much. We have 2 sets of French doors near our kitchen and several windows, so I just open them up.

Maybe post a question about the oven venting...now I'm curious! :)

Oh, and BTW, the under-counter oven doesn't bother me and I have a bad back. We have nice gliding pull-out racks in our GE Monogram oven and it hasn't been a problem. I have read that a lot of other people don't like it that low though. Double wall ovens would have been my first choice, but with limited space, it is all about compromises and priorities.

Good luck!

I have two ovens, one under the perimeter counter and one in the island, neither are under the cooktop. The height of these doesn't bother me or my husband a bit. He's 6'2' and I am 5'1".

Sue

Ummm I don't know if ovens have vents, actually. I guess they don't, I never hard about people venting their wall ovens!

Thanks both for the back input.. BF and I are both tall, and from family histories will end up with bad backs. Good to know it isn't bothersome.

I'm thinking of opening up some counter space by moving the wall oven to under-counter. As I can tell, most/all ovens vent through a front grill above and/or below the control panel. My concern is: when placed under counter, and venting directly outward, isn't there a high chance that children will burn their fingers if touching the hot vents? I( think ranges avoid this by venting back and upward, where the burners are). Thoughts anyone?

I looked into installing a single wall oven under an induction cooktop (I ended up getting an induction slide-in range though). What was interesting was that most induction brands allowed it IF the wall oven was the same brand as the cooktop. This included Kitchenaid - don't know where you got your information, but the installation instructions do allow for it with certain ovens - it turns out it is the Kitchen Aid single ovens. Two brands did not allow for a single oven under the cooktop even with their own brands (well, it voided the warranty so the same thing): Bosch and Thermador. No problem with Jennair, Kitchenaid, GE, Electrolux, and Frigidaire. I think Whirlpool also didn't allow it, but I wasn't considering that brand.

Don't worry about the venting. There is some venting in all ovens - whether built in wall ovens or ranges. The vents aren't any more hot for a wall oven than a regular range.

The reason I chose a slide-in induction range had nothing to do with the height of the oven. The wall oven under the cooktop would have been about the same height as a range's oven. Rather, I really liked the Kitchenaid induction with its (albeit small) second baking drawer. I cook a lot and could see using this. Plus, the cost was much less for a slide-in than a separate cooktop and wall oven. Our house is being remodeled and we haven't even been able to move in yet - so I haven't used it. I hope I love it. It does look nice.

Keep in mind that a wall oven mounted under the counter will be lower than the oven in a range. Find one installed and check it first. We did that and when we saw how low to the ground it was - the oven's handle barely cleared the floor - we immediately nixed the idea.

Why have a wall oven lower than that in a range??? Wouldn't a range be better all around? Save you wall space, better access to the oven, and less expensive (the cost of a cooktop + wall oven is usually more than a range - quite a bit more in some cases.)

If you're entire family is very short, maybe it will be OK, but if you or any of your family are average height or taller, I think it would be an issue.