Having an outside kitchen has been one thing I have been looking for in an RV. However, today the wife and I found a floorplan that we really liked in our price range. However, it does not have an outside kitchen. Can I get opinions on who have this option on how much it gets used, and also from people who do not have this and maybe wish they did? I don't really care about having the sink,storage or TV hookups that come with the outside kitchen, but I am afraid I would really miss the outside dual burner cooktop, and especially miss the outside mini-fridge for my adult beverages.

I faced the same problem. I solved it by purchasing a Camp Chef stove and the hardware to attach and use it with my propane quick connect. It works much better than my previous outside kitchen.

We don't have one - we see them on units in parks, but have never seen anyone use one other than to get a beer out of the frig.

Just get yourself one of these along with a 2 burner camp stove.Hook up the water to your outside shower and you'll have hot water for dishes as well.

We do almost all of our food preparation outside, except in the worst of weather. We use an electric griddle and an electric skillet for almost everything we fix. Our Outback has a flip down 2 burner stove and outside hot and cold faucet with a no drain sink. We use the flip down for water, especially washing dishes, but rarely use the 2 burner propane stove top. Almost everything we do is on a picnic table. About outside refrigerators? We have an electric cooler, on its back its a cooler, on its end, it's a refrigerator. When we need extra refrigerator space, we use this. But there again, most of our camping, we never need it.The flip down stove top is OK for boiling water (which the electric griddles can't do), but that's about all we've used them for. We've done a lot of camping, and we people watch. (when you get older, you just do this). And one thing we've noticed about outside kitchens, folks open them up and use the refrigerator for drinks, and that's about all. It's amazing how many folks will have the outside kitchens and then still do food preparation over a camp fire.

Don't have outside kitchen but if waste water goes to waste tank that would be a deal breaker for me. I have a fish filet table with the faucet hooked up to outside water hydrant. The fridge access from outside would be nice feature but not having an outside kitchen would not be a deal breaker. I suspect there is extra weight with it and pretty sure you are loosing storage space elsewhere.

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bid_time
Nomad II
Nov 28, 2016
You have to decide for yourself what are deal breakers and what aren't. No one else on this forum can decide that for you. It is "YOU" that matters, not what I think.
SoundGuy
Explorer
Nov 28, 2016
bid_time wrote:
You have to decide for yourself what are deal breakers and what aren't. No one else on this forum can decide that for you. It is "YOU" that matters, not what I think.

The reason we have 3 pages of responses is because in his opening post the OP specifically asked for opinions on the value of an outside kitchen - "Can I get opinions on who have this option on how much it gets used, and also from people who do not have this and maybe wish they did?" . It seems self evident to me the OP doesn't need to be told that ultimately the final decision is up to him. :R
garmp
Explorer II
Nov 28, 2016
Got a Volcano Grill, my dutch oven and a Yeti cooler. Outside cooking at it's best!!!
Lantley
Nomad
Nov 28, 2016
I prefer my own portable kitchen. I can set it up to be quite elaborate or verey basic depending on my needs.
Some trips we are just hoteling and don't use outside kitchen at all.
RV's are too small to have both an indoor and outdoor dedicated kitchens.
The dedicated outdoor kitchen space can be used more effectively.
The duplication is a waste of space without being a lot more convenient.
tim1970
Explorer
Nov 29, 2016
Thanks for all of your opinions. (And yes, I realize that it will ultimately be my family's decision, I didn't realize I was asking for anybody to make the decision for me)

We are still looking at floor plans, but have dropped the outside kitchen as a deciding factor. If the floorplan we like has one then great, if not, then we can bring our own outdoor stove.
BizmarksMom
Explorer
Nov 29, 2016
I primarily boondock, so everything has to run off of propane or 12 volt for it to be useful to me. (I think I've used the microwave 1 time since I bought the trailer)

I cook over the campfire, the grill, or the camp stove if the weather is half way decent. Drinks go into a cooler with old fashioned ice.

Here's the other thing... Given some of the questionable roads I roll down to get to the camp site, that outdoor kitchen is just another expensive thing that will break. If you stay on pavement, this probably isn't as much of an issue.
Ron_Schulz
Explorer
Nov 30, 2016
We bought our latest TT about a year ago. It is a used Cruiser Viewfinder and it came with an outside kitchen which included a two burner cooktop and a sink. I already had a well built LP stove that I used for years and worked perfectly. The sink was really cheap and drained into the compartment floor. The sink drain hose was never hooked up and made a mess in there. I really did not want any of it. Ten minutes of work pulling the stuff out left me with a much more useable storage space. I put in a small 110v refrigerator and store my Big Buddy heater in it. Very happy with the results...

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