I have been looking for a portable LP cooktop which could be used outside the RV. I've heard bad things about several of the brands on the market. I came across the Atwood 56494 Drop-In 2-Burner and have read the reviews which, I think, have been favorable and has a fairly modest price. I would like to make some sort of a base which it could be mounted and placed on a picnic table or some other table. The question I have, has anyone done something like this? And, if so, what were your results? DW does not want me cooking many things in the RV...like boiled cabbage, sir fries, etc. And she probably has a point!Thanks in advance....

Is there any particular reason not to use a standard propane camp stove? You can get a decent one for a lot less than the (nice) Atwood you list, especially once you add in a base and a propane connection, and the camp stove is likely to be more portable. Even the $20 ones at Wal-Mart or wherever work acceptably well, though they may not be the most robust for hard use. If you get a two-burner model, you should be able to ditch the regulator and connect it to your RV's propane system and regulator should you so desire using the usual grill quick-connects (and appropriate hoses, connectors, etc.). This doesn't work so well with stoves or grills that have the control knob built into the regulator as a single unit, typical of single burner ones.Once very real problem you'll almost certainly encounter with the cooktop you mention is wind and breezes affecting the flame. There's a lot less wind inside the RV kitchen. Camp stoves often have side and back flaps to help combat this.

We have the Coleman Road Trip and we can use the two burner propane grill that run from the 1lb canisters just about anywhere... Got it sitting inside my house in front of the fireplace as we speak just in case our upcoming storms takes out the power grid for a couple of days...Roy Ken

I have one of these:I've owned it for over 15 years and use it all the time when camping. Have even used it at home during power outages (have electric stove at home).I have a propane tree with a 5 foot hose that allows me to hook it up to a 20lb propane tank.-Michael

Just open some windows/vents and freshen the air in the RV. That's a lot simpler than buying/hauling around a cooktop, and dragging all your cooking supplies outside. For the life of me I do not understand why people don't just use their RVs like a house.But if you must cook outside, the Coleman 2-burner is a simple solution. The temperature control is not the best--it goes from OFF to LARGE FLAME with nothing in between. So you won't be able to simmer anything on it. It works OK for things like you mentioned.

coolmom42 wrote:Just open some windows/vents and freshen the air in the RV. That's a lot simpler than buying/hauling around a cooktop, and dragging all your cooking supplies outside. For the life of me I do not understand why people don't just use their RVs like a house.We much prefer doing all the cooking outside. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. A Coleman 2 burner propane, a Regal electric skillet, and a Weber Q120. Food tastes better when cooked outside!

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Ropdoc
Explorer
Jan 21, 2016
We use the portable Induction cooktop. We have 2. They work great indoors or out. We do it to save propane for heating. But we also have a gas bbq outside. Nothing like burgers or steak charbroiled.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Jan 21, 2016
mgirardo wrote:
I have one of these:

We have similar, no need to reinvent the wheel when there are plenty of camp stoves available.
rockhillmanor
Explorer
Jan 21, 2016
beemerphile1 wrote:
mgirardo wrote:
I have one of these:

We have similar, no need to reinvent the wheel when there are plenty of camp stoves available.

X10! :B

I've bought all the different types of BBQ's over the past few years and threw them all out.

I know only use the cook stoves. They work AND they fold flat for storage in the RV.

They are so compact I can carry 2 different ones. One for quick BBQ and the other for when I cook up big pot dinners.

Add one folding aluminum table from Walmart which folds up flat also and you are good to go RV'ing with plenty of extra room left over in the storage bays!
F1bNorm
Explorer
Jan 21, 2016
This past year we bought a single burner butane stove and really like it. It's convenient and compact. See: stove
Bzeitham
Explorer
Jan 21, 2016
The induction stove looks very interesting! I would assume you can use regular steel cookware on it...or do you have to buy special cookware for it? The price looks very attractive. Does it have a variety of temperature settings? How big a skillet can you use on it?

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