domesticity, hardware edition

[cellio]

Our kitchen came with a wall oven, rather than a range (oven + cooktop together). And it's too small and some things don't work right, but every conversation that started with "we should replace that" ended with talk of remodeling the kitchen

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[browngirl]

Hooray for an updated kitchen!

[hudebnik]

Yay! We're considering something similar, replacing the alcove that currently holds a microwave oven with a taller alcove that'll hold a refrigerator. Once the holiday stress and confusion are past....

[cellio]

Nice! What are you putting where your fridge is now?

[hudebnik]

Probably a free-standing pantry/cupboard/thingie. We haven't actually acquired it yet.

[unique_name_123]

Sounds like awesome upgrades! My mom had that but had two wall ovens, one over the other. She never used the bottom one. Sounds like your plan works better.

[cellio]

Did she have two full-sized wall ovens, or was it one of those "double ovens" that's a single unit with two (smaller) sections? The manual for my oven actually covers several models, including one of those; it doesn't say what the dimensions of the double-oven unit are, but the ovens are definitely smaller. If you need to cook at different temperatures, or want to bake one thing while broil another, I can see the appeal of the double oven. Since I've never had more than one oven, I've instead learned to adapt my cooking and timing.

[unique_name_123]

They were full size but not huge. She could cook a turkey in either.