Upper cabinet

Am I reading this right; your fridge is 16 feet away from your sink and to the right of the range? If that is the case I'd say you should rework that wall and put a wall oven with micro above in the fridge location and move the fridge left of the range and near the sink for convenient offloading of foods to be prepped. You can have a range and wall oven (maybe a steam oven in the wall) or change the range to a range top with the wall oven and micro above. Here's the idea.

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I like # 1 or #2. Probably #2. It looks out of the way more.

I voted for install next to range as the best placement. I was going to vote for the recessed option, but would be concerned about back strain when leaning to remove items.

I also wanted to add that I REALLY dislike my microwave drawer for a variety of reasons (hard to clean, cannot see items cooking, too low down....at 5’2” you’d think this wouldn’t bother me but it does), so.....next to the range would be my choice.

Next to the range or above a wall oven.

Am I correct that the fridge and freezer are on the other side of the island? If so your island becomes a barrier.

I think there's a much better layout than what you have here.

But please let us know if you're actually open to opinions this time or are happy with it the way it is.