Replacing a cooktop range with a range/oven
I'm looking at a used class A to buy but it has only a cooktop. My wife wants an oven (not just a convection) combo. A complete new stove is about $4-500 and it doesn't look like much of a job to cut ...
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turbojimmy wrote:
It shouldn't be that bad. I replaced the non-functioning oven in my '84 Allegro with a new Atwood range (gas, of course). I got it from a scratch-n-dent seller on eBay. It had been removed from a new RV because it had a couple of scratches on it. I don't bake a lot, but I really don't see the difference between it and my residential gas oven in my house (other than size, of course). My primary use is frozen pizza, though, which doesn't seem to care too much where it gets cooked.
Anyway - there are a couple of things to consider. If the rig you're considering has an electric cooktop you're going to need to bring gas to the area. It's basically just a U-shaped cutout in the counter. They hang from the countertop and are secured to the cabinet framing on the front with wood screws. They don't go the whole way to the floor so you're going to want to fabricate some sort of drawer or cabinet underneath it. My furnace is under the range so there's a vented access door directly beneath the range.
Oh yeah, pizza don't care. I use 12 inch frozen pizza with sauce & cheese. I add pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, mushrooms, black olives, bell pepper, a little onion and some additional cheese and bake in a 14-inch Dutch oven on a piece of foil sitting on a round cooling rack inside the Dutch over to help keep from burning the bottom.
