For those with outdoor kitchens....

I have a 2012 Passport with the same floor plan and the small outdoor kitchen.

Mine gets hot if I leave the door shut. If I am in or at the trailer I leave it open. If I go out I turn the fridge off. It stays cold for a long time.

Our outdoor kitchen has two vents behind the fridge going into the rear bath but no fan. I have noticed some heat but almost always have the door open. Not too concerned if it goes out I'll go get another at Wally World they are cheap enough.

I do not have an outdoor kitchen but I really like them. I am surprised not to see posts about this more often. I have not seen any of them from the factory with a means to addess this issue. I'm thinking on the back wall of the camper you need a 4" 12V DC fan pulling the hot air out. On the kitchen door as far from the back wall as possible, another opening allowing cooler fresh air in. Both of these openings could be covered by a residential dryer exhaust cover.

If you do not want holes in the exterior of the camper then the other option would be to go thru the back of the exterior kitchen behind the fridge into the bunk house. Put the fan up high dumping the hot air into the bunk house. Have another opening down low to pull conditioned air back into the outside kitchen area. Anything you can do to shroud the coils of the refrigerator to force the air thru them is going to help. Down side is that you are now increasing the heat load inside the camper.

I've never had a problem with my outdoor fridge keeping stuff cold, it gets warm in that area on hot days but I've never thought it was too hot or anything. Maybe we have different fridges but mine seems to not put out as much heat as I thought it would. It doesn't have the exposed coils on the back like most fridges have. I've camped in over 100 degree weather a lot.

I don't have an outdoor kitchen, but the fridge I have in my garage at home will do that when it gets hot in the garage during the summer..

It's not so bad if I keep the garage door closed and there are no 'hot' vehicles in there.. But, when I come home from work and park it in there, I have to ventilate the garage to keep it from getting too hot.. I have a large floor fan that I put in the window and have it set so it 'pulls' the air out of the garage. I open the back door to let air into the garage. The window is close to the fridge, so I think it helps with some air circulation, but it does run a lot and still keeps things cold (my BEER) and the freezer stays frozen..

I've been thinking of getting a small fan to run behind it, as it does have the cooling tubes on the back of the fridge, so maybe that will help??

I've always wanted an outdoor kitchen on a trailer, but now that you mention the 120v and hot weather deal, that does seem like there needs to be a better solution to the deal...

Good luck!

Mitch