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Range AND a Wall Oven?

15 years ago

Thanks to feedback on this forum, I have completely rethought our kitchen remodel to make it more user friendly. I have a one year old wonderful gas range with a convection oven that is fabulous. However, we bake a lot - enough that I'd like to have 2 ovens, but don't see a reason to get rid of my brand new range. Has anyone ever built a kitchen that had both a range and a wall oven? Or seen one? Is it so out of the ordinary that it would look weird?

Thanks for your thoughts!

Comments (14)

  • 15 years ago

    I almost did but my kitchen is too small. It would NOT look weird--nobody would even notice unless they were into baking, and then they'd think it was pretty darn awesome.

    Do it if you can!

  • 15 years ago

    It is not weird at all; I have that arrangement now, as do many of my friends. In my new home, I will be putting in a 48" gas range and electric wall oven.

  • 15 years ago

    Not strange at all! Some even use an under counter oven instead of wall. Depends on the space and how much countertop you want to give up. I've linked an example below. More can be found on the website.

    Here is a link that might be useful: range and oven

  • 15 years ago

    I am doing that in our new kitchen. Why not? It is the same effect of getting a double oven.

  • 15 years ago

    Yes, indeed!! I have a friend who's daughter built not too long ago. . .range and double wall oven. They have a really large family and frequently host large family dinners. She loves it!!

  • 15 years ago

    I did a partial remodel--kept my DCS gas range & added a Dacor electric wall oven--best of all possible worlds! And it looked great.

  • 15 years ago

    If my kitchen were large enough, I'd love to have a range and a wall oven. I think it would look wonderful, and being able to have an extra oven for those special cooking occasions would be a dream.

  • 15 years ago

    That's one of my main 'wish list' items...a separate range and wall oven with microwave above. The range is perfect for broiling and baking turkeys and other meats. The raised wall oven is much better for cookies, pies, biscuits, etc.

    Having the microwave over it would be handy...not to mention maybe a warming drawer below. Oops, I've been watching too much Canice Olson again! :)

  • 15 years ago

    Thanks so much for all of the feedback. I had never seen both a range and then separate wall oven, so it's nice to know others have done it and enjoyed it.

    Allison - thanks so much for the link - can you tell me what words you googled to find that link? When I try "range" and "wall oven" I just get a listing of appliance stores!

    Thanks again everyone! I think you've put the nail in the kitchen coffin, and I mean that in the nicest possible way :)

  • 15 years ago

    Glad you've been convinced. Do it!

  • 15 years ago

    My mom had a range and wall oven/micro combination in her kitchen. The wall ovens were on the opposite side of the island, so she had one for baking and one for cooking and it actually worked out well for those large family/holiday meals since two people could be using ovens or checking things at the same time. I never heard anyone question it or that there was one comment on it when they sold the house.

  • 15 years ago

    We will have a 30 inch gas range and a Miele Chef Speed oven-- that way I will have one gas oven and a smaller electric oven that is also a microwave and speed oven. I anticipate using the speed oven a great deal more than the gas oven.

  • 15 years ago

    lauren stl, you're welcome. I already knew about the website. It was started by a rococogurl as Kitchens We Love and evolved from there. There is a search box on the right side, down just a tad. For the link below I typed in

    range + wall oven

    That brings up articles that have those words in them.

    Here is a link that might be useful: range + wall oven

  • 15 years ago

    I saw an $800,000 house on realtor.com that had a range and a wall oven. The range was a Lacanche; the wall oven had a microwave over it. The kitchen was gorgeous, white with soapstone counters, recently redone. It looked fabulous.

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