Microwave replacement

Thanks to all who responded but there still seems to be a misunderstanding.

I do not want a MICROWAVE convection oven. I am thinking of putting in a full fledged countertop electric convection oven. This is not a toaster oven but a real oven.

Now venting the heat I can deal with. I was hoping for someone who has installed this type of oven and what mods they had to make (besides the heat dispersion) and how they liked it and used it.

I added a Dometic microwave/convection oven to my 5ver in place of a regular microwave. It ducts the heat out the front. It is mounted in the same place as the original microwave which was above the stove in a cabinet. It was on sale at CW for 199.00 and works fine. It has a fan inside that keeps blowing for up to 3 minutes after you use the microwave or convection oven to help it cool down. So far...works great.

I much prefer your idea of replacing the gas oven with convection, rockhill. Matter of fact, that might allow for a microwave/convection. Then you have the best of both worlds and can add a storage cabinet in the old microwave space.

Hmmmmm ...... I'm getting ideas now.

Jose

I was not talking about replacing the current Microwave with a Convection Microwave but a

straight electric convection counter-top oven

IMHO the heat vented out would be WAY too much for that small enclosed area made of nothing more than pressed board.

I just replaced my micro with a store bought micro that didn't vent up and just that difference caused all kinds of problems.

An electric stove will generate a ton of heat in that enclosed microwave cabinet. It would have to be vented up and out the roof for it to be safe. Just saying.

Change out your RV oven to a convection oven would be the wiser thing to do.

Our 2007 TrailCruiser hybrid didn't have an oven, just a stove, and when we discovered how costly it would be to add a gas oven after the fact I instead looked around for a large size toaster convection oven. Eventually I found one at Sears and although it turned out to work really well, pretty well the same as the electric oven in our stick house, it sure pumped out the heat, and even with the stove vent fan running it would really heat up the inside of the camper. We therefore set it up on a camp table, under the awning where it was protected from the weather and where excessive heat wouldn't matter. My wife does occasionally use the gas oven in our current trailer but it doesn't seem to pour out excessive heat as did that electric convection oven so based on this experience I personally would no longer consider using an electric oven of any type inside a camper.

I would not use a conventional toaster oven in place of the microwave without adding a good vent fan.

I have a large toaster oven at home and I can touch the top without my fingers sizzling, although it does still get good and hot. In an enclosed space there would be more heat, but a vent fan set to turn on at 125 degrees could be the answer.

Curious to hear if anyone has more feedback. There are great heat reflector solutions on the market nowadays that would make a toaster oven more feasible in an HM.

Jose

Thanks for all the responses but let me clarify my original a bit.

I was not talking about replacing the current Microwave with a Convection Microwave but a straight electric convection counter-top oven. (not a toaster oven)

I never use the microwave except as storage for potato chips and coffee cups. I'd like to replace it with an oven I will use.

Has anyone done that.

I upgraded to a micro/convection without issue. They do get hot when convection cooking. Since the oven is mounted in a cabinet right over the cooktop, it vents below nicely into the slightly modified cooktop vent system and out the side of the TT.

My 5er came with a microwave/convection oven. But it has an attached blower and ductwork to move the hot air out the front instead of trapping it behind the unit.

yep, I have seen B vans and small Cs that had the microwave mounted high overhead but if they had a convection MW it had to be down low because of the heat.
bumpy