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Commercial oven to residential oven?

4 years ago


Help! My kitchen is gorgeous but I hate my oven. It is a 20 year old commercial oven - 36" wide. I'm having a hard time finding something to replace it with. I think I would like 2 burners and then 24" of griddle. I also don't need a huge oven. A small counter top oven would work fine for me. Does anyone know if it would be possible to somehow put 2 burners and a large griddle on top and fit a convection oven and a microwave in the current oven space? I'm open to any ideas. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Comments (9)

  • 4 years ago

    A 36" gas rangetop would fill the space. A 30" or 36" cooktop would require counter material or a new counter. For a cooktop you could go with a Bosch or Miele induction unit. That would blend with the modern design of your kitchen, imo. I think only one oven would fit below. I'd consider a CombiSteam oven like a Miele below an induction cooktop. Any oven below will need a cabinet to match the existing units. A skilled cabinetmaker for that. You could fit a CSO below a rangetop also. You'll still need a cabinet. Possibly the original cabinet manufacturer may have something.

    JQ Hanson thanked dan1888
  • PRO
    4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Clarify please:

    You can get rid of anything: As a above, , yes you can get a range top with a griddle, or a range top with six burner, and simply use a Calphalon griddle pan or two.Add drawers below.

    You can replace it with a residential any range that is 36 inches......and so what? Don't use the oven unless you need it! .

    I'm not clear what you are lacking, that you hope to get. A microwave? Put that on your counter instead of an oven!. Lose a drawer base along side! and get an Advantium for speed cooking, micro and convection options all in one.

    A Monogram range will give you six burners, or four with a griddle and a convection/ steam oven. Add a more microwave next door in a drawer model.

    Either way, your best option is a trip to a DEDICATED appliance store, shopping, and figuring out what you need. Be prepared to WAIT QUITE A WHILE, FOR ANYTHING YOU SELECT.

    JQ Hanson thanked JAN MOYER
  • 4 years ago
    • Jenn-Air Deals JGRP536WP 36" Pro-Style Gas Range with Dual Fan Multimode True Convection System, Electric Griddle, 20000 BTU Burner, Sealed Burner, and Auto Convection Conversion
    • Panasonic NN-SN686SR 1.2 cu. ft. 1200-watt Genius Sensor microwave oven (countertop)
    JQ Hanson thanked wdccruise
  • 4 years ago

    Thanks for your suggestions. I hadn't ever heard of either an Advantium or CSO oven. That is great! Do you just use the Advantium like a normal microwave? You can cook instant oatmeal in it? Then it magically turns into a oven when you need it to? I wish there was an appliance store nearby I could go look. I did go to the big hardware stores but they didn't have anything like I was looking for. But I'm okay waiting if I can find what I want.


    @JAN MOYER To clear up what I am lacking, I just want a 24" griddle that is built in and I can scrape all the grease into the grease holder place plus 2 burners on either the right or left. Then I want to get my microwave off the counter. It currently sits over by the fridge (not pictured). My oven doesn't work really well, I use it but it is too big with a lot of hot spots. So I was hoping to get a smaller one and get my microwave off the counter.


    @dan1888 That is a great idea to just separate them out. To verify, the difference between a cooktop and a rangetop is just where the knobs are? I'd never heard of an induction cooktop either. It seems I'm behind the times. And one last question, do you think putting a microwave above the stove as part of the vent ruin the aesthetic?


  • PRO
    4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Advantium..............

    Learn More >Speedcook oven (120V)
    Multiple cooking functions
    Halogen heat

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    The new Advantium oven, by comparison, can roast a whole chicken in 25 minutes, and it closely simulates in taste and texture a chicken roasted in a conventional oven. Crescent rolls baked in the Advantium for less than five minutes (no preheating necessary) using refrigerated dough come out brown and crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy inside. Shrimp cooks in 2 minutes and is tender and moist inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. Overall, foods cook four times faster than in a conventional oven, according to General Electric. And in my taste tests of the above dishes, they honestly tasted to me like foods prepared in a conventional home oven.

    So how does this new oven work? It cooks with light. It can brown, crisp, bake and broil using three specially designed, high-intensity halogen bulbs. The light cooks the top and bottom of the food simultaneously, quickly searing in the natural juices and flavors. The Advantium also is equipped with microwave technology and sometimes injects a microwave "boost" to help finish out cooking cycles. To save space in a kitchen, the Advantium can function dually as a simple microwave to accomplish tasks like defrosting and warming.

    The people at GE say they've been working on the Advantium technology for about five years, seeking a way to keep up with consumers' fast-paced lives. This oven definitely can help people to cook dinner at home much more quickly. However, there are some pitfalls.

    Dimensions: 19 1/8 H x 29 3/4 W x 21 1/2 D

    The main drawback is that Texans will have to spend time learning to use the oven and adjusting recipes. The oven comes programmed with settings to cook more than 80 dishes. So if you want to bake crescent rolls, you just turn the dial to "crescent rolls" and the oven sets itself. However, if your favorite recipe or frozen dinner is not programmed into the oven, you have to do some experimenting to figure out the proper settings. For cooks with a large collection of favorite recipes, conversion to Advantium cooking could be a time-consuming and tedious process. But for people who don't currently do much cooking, the Advantium could be a great incentive for exploring the kitchen. The oven comes with a cookbook containing more than 150 recipes designed just for the Advantium, so novices could learn to cook at the "speed of light." GE representatives also are lobbying to get food manufacturers and distributors to add "Speedcook" times and directions to products like frozen pizzas and other pre-packaged foods, just as microwave cooking times and directions have been added to products over the years.

    JQ Hanson thanked JAN MOYER
  • PRO
    4 years ago

    If you want a griddle, do yourself a favor and buy an electric one on Amazon. We did that, it cost $50 and works like a charm.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FYF3OY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    Also the GE Advantium oven is awesome. It's a microwave, convection oven and speed oven all in one.

    JQ Hanson thanked Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
  • 4 years ago

    @dan1888 Thank you so much!


  • 4 years ago

    Please, no matter what you do, do not defeat your present, perhaps even fully adequate, hood system with a microwave oven obstruction that has no hope of moving enough air for kitchen ventilation.

    As a matter of interest, given the relatively commercial configuration, where does make-up air for the hood get to the kitchen and by what means? If it is supplied under the range then some modifications will be needed if that space becomes a cabinet with no legs.

    JQ Hanson thanked kaseki