I see the oven under cooktop almost everywhere yet I've found that neither my cabinet designer, nor the cabinetry company can accommodate the cutout.

This is Bosch, but I've found Thermador, Jenn-air and others are very similar.

Bosch says the oven should be sitting 4 3/4" off the floor to allow for clearance between countertop and also between cooktop.

The cabinetry toe kicks are 4 1/2" and the base of the cabinet is just under 6" off floor, so way too high and no amount of contractor modification is going to solve that. The cabinetry co. can lower the toe kick all around but that adds cost and not sure I want a 3 1/4" toe kick.

One idea is for no cabinet. Have the contractor build a platform at 4 3/4 H x 30 W. None of the platform will be visible since it would be covered by the toe kick. The oven will slide in and just need a few strips of cabinet filler on the left and right sides and top for the reveal. Oven is 29 3/4" W so only 1/8" reveal on each side. The oven is 29" H so will come to 33 3/4" high and there will be just 1 1/4" between top of oven and bottom of countertop, so a filler strip there too.

One downside is the oven will sit 1/4" higher than the adjacent toe kick but probably not very noticeable. Maybe the platform can be at toe kick height and then there is just 1 1/2" between oven and countertop, not bad

I'm wondering if anyone has had the same difficulty as I have in dealing with what seems like a fairly basic appliance configuration.

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