Single or Double oven - pros & cons?

I would kill for a double oven.

Last night I made meatloaf & crash hot potatoes. They need to be baked at significantly different temperatures. I had to do the meatloaf first at the lower temperature and then crank the oven up to the higher temperature with the meatloaf sitting on top of the stove. It was barely lukewarm (even on top of the oven & covered in foil) when we ate but if I had cooked it at the same time, it would have burned.

 

We've never had a double over, but always wanted one. We don't really need two of them now. But I'd definitely go for double.

 

we have a double oven, but it's placement means the top one is too high for me to use. I'm sure our kitchen was designed by a tall person. One day we'll have the money to change it.

 

We upgraded our appliances not long ago and I went with a range with double oven and it’s the best decision. We use it all the time but I have 5 kids that all like different things so it comes in very handy for me.

 

When my range died I wanted a double oven AND a grill on the top. My luck was that that year you had to choose!!!! You couldn't get both features in one range. The next year this was all the RAGE..... I went with the grill on the top and even though I love it, sometimes I wish I had gotten the double oven.

 

I have a double oven and love it. I find the one we have comes in handy, not just when I'm cooking multiple things, but also because it has one big oven and one small oven, I can pick which one I need for the job instead of always heating up the big oven. Sometimes the small oven is all I need... heats up faster and is more efficient when cooking for one or two.

Here's the one we have.... dual oven range.

 

I love the idea of a dual oven range with one bigger and one smaller one. I assume the small one takes less time to preheat so that would be a plus for sure but having the choice of two temps going at the same time....that would be awesome. For days when I do bulk cooking this would be great, saving lots of time waiting. Or....baking lots of cookies...you could get 4 cookie sheets baking at the same time instead of just two. Oh man....now I want one!

 

I have always only had a single oven, intrigued to read and see what others have and how they use it.

 

We have a range with smaller double ovens. I rarely use both but it does come in handy during Thanksgiving and other holidays we have many guests. I also like that the doors are shorter and it is easier to take things in and out. I recently visited my DD and it was hard for me to reach into the top oven and my DD is 2" shorter than I am. If I were to do double wall ovens, I would get the kind with the double side opening doors!

 

I have been wanting a double oven range (no gas for me). There is nothing wrong with my range now so I guess I need to wait for a few years.

 

I've never had a double oven, but I could totally see where it would be awesome! I'm going to have to upgrade before too much longer, my range is like 25 years old, but I don't do nearly the cooking I used to so we'll see.

 

I have a normal oven at the farm. I can fit our home raised turkey in their with a side or 2. Move to the new house, one regular oven. Nope, it’s smaller than regular. I can fit 1 turkey but barely and I’ll have to tie down the legs. No sides.

MIL has a double oven. I fit 1 turkey in the bottom but it was tight. But I was able to cook a side in the top.

I can see the advantage of a double for different temp cooking. Or if you have a single small pan of something as the smaller oven would be more energy efficient.

 

When we built our house 20+ years ago, the stovetop was separate from the built-in oven. They offered the microwave/oven combo but I opted for a double oven instead. The microwave (poor thing still works but has no display) sits on the counter. The oven choices were small so I am very very glad we have 2 of them. I can only get a standard cookie sheet in there sideways. I love that we can cook twice as many things - great when dd bakes lots of cupcakes! I just wish they were bigger overall.

They look something like this but in white because that was all the rage back in 1999.
https://www.geappliances.com/ge/wall-oven/double-wall-oven.htm

 

Yes, to this. Love my cast iron grill on the center of my range all the time but when it falls in my fingers when I wash it and put it back. LOL!!!

 

How much space do you have to play around? Because where I live, the issue isn't "how many ovens?" but rather "how much counter/cabinet space?"