Hi spinmom - I just stuck my foot onto my black toe kick and it's really no more than the thickness of my big toe between the bottom of the panel and the top of the pedal. Here's the best pic I currently have (I'm too tired to take another one tonight...) - Look to the Left of my sink and you'll see the KA compactor with the paneled front:

spinmom, I'm going to go to bed but if you want a closer up pic, let me know and I'll take one in the morning. - Kristin

I don't have any space either. The stainless toekick goes all the way up. I still need to cut a piece of toekick to fit in that space. Those little things always take me the longest.

{{!gwi}}

I think my problem is that the black toe kick protudes only 1/2 inch. I ran over to an appliance store and saw a stainless model and the toekick projected out 1 inch. Why did I lose 1/2 inch?