Here's how ours looks...

ours sticks out too, it doesn't bother me at all, not like I thought it would.

usually the range sticks out an inch or two, but if i read correctly the poster is saying that his cabinets stick out past the range.

or was i misunderstanding?

if it's the cabinets that protrude past where the range is, that seems strange to me. but it's an easy fix, as you can just pull the range out a bit from the wall.

I'm thinking it's most normal to have the door stick out beyond the cabinets, and it sounds like only part of your door will? Can you try it and if you'd prefer the whole door exposed instead, pull it out and put a cleat on the floor behind it so that it stays put. We pulled our rangetop out from the wall and had stainless wrapped around a wood piece to fill the gap behind.

My slide in range like yours would have been in farther then our cabinets. We had it secured about 2 inches out from the wall and they cut a granite strip to go behind it...small seem on each side that you can hardly see and it looks really built in this way! Also I know my range is a Kitchen Aid and on their website they sell a black piece to go behind the range that is adjustable if you already had your granite done you could do something like this!

Thanks for the extremely quick replies.

If I leave things as they are, then when looking at the side, the range will stick out about 1" more than my cabinets. I don't mind this at all, in fact I prefer it. The only catch if I do it this way is me worrying about whether the cabinets extend out too far for safety purposes and for purposes of not destroying the wood cabinets. You see, when looking at the side of the range, the side panel ends and then there is a bit of a gap and the oven door still sticks out another 2". If I leave it as is, then the cabinets will cover some of this gap as well as some of the door, so in the end the range will only stick out 1" more than the cabinets. Is this safe?

What does the installation manual for your range say? The one for BlueStar ranges is very specific that the cabinets shouldn't stick in front of the range sides - the whole door should be in front of them. You should be consistent with what your installation manual says.

I have a rangeTOP and after much agony have been able to have it installed so the front, where the knobs are, and the top of the stainless, are both flush with the front of the cabinets and the countertops. It wasn't easy.

During the process, I learned that the oven doors, and their seal, of a RANGE are not supposed to be enclosed in cabinetry. This should be specified in your manual/specs. If you hired a Kitchen Designer, and you provided them the specs of your appliances, any oversight is on them and they need to make it right, imo.

Good luck!

Yes, all along I meant to refer to the oven door and seal, but I was in such a tizzy that I could not remember what to call the crack.

It does make sense to have the oven door and the crack protrude beyond the cabinets in order to avoid heat seeping into the sides of the cabinets.

Nonetheless, thank to everyone who answered. I see that I will have something to take up with my cabinet maker or else install a piece of granite behind the range in order to bump it out a bit further.

Thanks for the quick replies,
Anna