Convection Microwave vs. Gas Oven
We are about to pull the trigger on a larger RV. Up until now, every RV we have owned has had a gas oven as part of the cooktop assembly. The model we are considering does not offer a gas oven as a fa...
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Ductape wrote:
The convection cooks better and is much more capable than the gas oven. If you want quiet boondocking just make sure you have plenty of battery capacity and inverter capability. Lots of larger units will have that built in as standard these days. Baking for an hour on battery power is not a problem in our MH.
Wow for us ... running a 1400-1800 watt convection oven for an hour or more off RV batteries in a typical non-expedition-grade, but small, RV out in the middle of nowhere probably isn't going to happen. That seems similar to using one's RV batteries to power an electric heater when drycamping.
We've learned how to use our RV's propane oven, but we don't expect to live in our small RV like we live with our modern home kitchen either. We don't even use the convection oven in our home's kitchen - just our kitchen's microwave, electric oven, and electric warming drawer. :)
