using the oven while on the road

crock pot seems like a better idea

This would be actually heating up a frozen casserole already prepared in one of those disposable aluminum pans

I would never use any cooking appliance while NOT being present. This is exactly how a great deal of house fires get started.

I am very reluctant to try but thought I would ask if anyone already had. I think I will sit the casserole in the oven when we leave and lite the oven when we get there. This is dry camping so the microwave is not an option

Probably not a good idea with a lot motion going down the road. I have cooked dinner on the exhaust manifold while going down the road.

Where would you get your power from... Most Oven's I have seen would require 120VAC and that would be a pretty good load for a generator...

I guess this must be a propane oven???

Have you ever sit in a RV Trailer that is being towed down the road... It is not a very smooth ride... My sister did this with her dog one time when they first got a 5th wheel and to this day you can't drag that dog inside that trailer haha...

Roy Ken

RoyB wrote:
Where would you get your power from... Most Oven's I have seen would require 120VAC and that would be a pretty good load for a generator...

I guess this must be a propane oven???



Roy Ken

Most though not all hardsides come with a propane oven and yes it would work while rolling down the highway.

Having a casserole or anything else bouncing around while a flame is heating it though is probably a recipe for disaster ;)

Heat it in a skillet when you get there. much faster than waiting for the oven

I wouldn't in the oven because there is nothing to keep the contents from spilling out. With a crockpot, you can place it in the sink so it and the contents can't fall, flip, spill, etc.

With the oven and an aluminum pan, you have far more chance of the contents spilling out as it heats up.

I would set the casserole in the sink while you drive (to prevent accidental spilling) and let it defrost, then put it in the oven upon arrival.

Hi,

For dry camping there are 12 volt crock pots. Find a spot in the back seat of your tow vehicle and build a "frame" or "well" from 2x2 to keep the pot from shifting. Plug it into the vehicles cigarette lighter.

Alternately use a small inverter and a 120 volt crock pot.