24" apartment gas range in 5th wheel?

I'm a gas stove fanatic, too, so will follow this thread with interest.

Question:
Besides being wider, aren't apartment-size ranges also deeper/taller than typical RV countertops?

Francesca Knowles wrote:
Question:
Besides being wider, aren't apartment-size ranges also deeper/taller than typical RV countertops?

Hmm. I certainly haven't noticed an RV kitchen being any "shorter" than a normal kitchen. In a stick home, normal kitchen height is precisely 36" to the top of the counter top. Base cabinet boxes are 24" deep before their doors are added and a standard counter top is 25 1/2" deep to the wall (If you have a back splash, that takes away from the usable surface depth of the counter top, but not the overall depth to the wall). (My family has been in the cabinet business for 40+ years).

I think I would have noticed if the cabinets were shorter, but maybe they weren't as deep.

Anyone with a tape measure want to tell us the depth and height of the kitchens in their RVs??? I'm specifically interested in the big four season 5ers. I suspect small weekend travel trailers may very well skimp on the kitchen cabinet sizes to save space and weight...

An interesting question! I guess just because RV stoves are typically less than twenty inches deep, that doesn't mean there isn't counterspace for the deeper twenty-four inch deep home-style ones.

Another advantage of switching out might be that home range top burners are usually more powerful than those on an RV stove.

Not a 5er but we have a residential range and oven in our motorhome.
Maytag 36" high x 29" wide x 25" deep.

harold1946 wrote:
Not a 5er but we have a residential range and oven in our motorhome.
Maytag 36" high x 29" wide x 25" deep.

How the heck did you get that in there? I assume you were able to squeeze it through the door by removing the oven door and drawer and pushing it in sideways, but just curious.

Small electric and GAS ranges........LINK

Biggest problem is getting it inside.......modifying cabinet/counter not so big a deal. Might have to remove rear window if you have a big window.

'Harold and Linda' MH came with the residential appliances

By the way.....we use our RV oven all the time.
Have to pre-heat the heck out of it....check oven temp with a good thermometer and use a 'pizza stone' on bottom cover (we use a 12" unglazed terracotta tile)

travelrider73 wrote:

harold1946 wrote:
Not a 5er but we have a residential range and oven in our motorhome.
Maytag 36" high x 29" wide x 25" deep.

How the heck did you get that in there? I assume you were able to squeeze it through the door by removing the oven door and drawer and pushing it in sideways, but just curious.

Old-Biscuit is correct. All CT Coachworks motorhomes come with residential appliances. :B

Here at the resort where we work, all the kitchen equipment had to have the gas jets replaced to work on propane. I believe most residential appliances are designed to run on Natural Gas. A gas company could change the jets to run on Propane. As far as size... Tape measures rule.

Please note, natural gas and bottle gas appliances are different in the size of the orifice used. You will either have to have a gas stove made for bottle gas, or convert it. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Dr Quick wrote:
Please note, natural gas and bottle gas appliances are different in the size of the orifice used. You will either have to have a gas stove made for bottle gas, or convert it. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Most new open-burner type gas ranges come with adjustable "orifices", making conversion to LP gas pretty simple link.

A more significant problem might be that most won't allow topburner lighting without electricity, and the electric components are usually house current, not 12v. I think that nonelectric models can still be found, though.