24" apartment gas range in 5th wheel?

[travelrider73]

I have heard that people struggle to get good results from the standard RV ovens. Is that true? Can you get good results from a gas RV oven?

Has anyone retrofitted a 24" apartment gas range into their RV? If so, I'd like to hear about it - pics would be even better.

My wife uses the oven in our stick house all the time, not for baking, but for cooking things like prime rib, leg of lamb, roasting veggies, etc. With regard to convection, I can't imagine a convection microwave can make a beautiful rare prime rib... Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm struggling to believe it.


Our retrofit would be into a 5er, and not a park model with big sliding glass doors, so - not entirely sure we can get one through the door. Measuring tape time...

[Tom_M1]

I installed the cooktop over a year ago and so far have had no issues. The wall doesn't seem to get too hot. The smart thing to do would be to shield the wall, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

[travelrider73]

Tom_M wrote:
I replaced my stock Suburban cooktop with a 24" Smeg residential cooktop. The Smeg was configured for natural gas but it came with replacement jets for LP. The spark ignition does require 120 volt which is handled easily with my inverter. The unit is installed too close to the side wall so I have to be careful when using the main burner. So far I have had no issues. My coach has a combination convection/microwave which works great for me. One Christmas I roasted a 13 pound turkey in it.

Here's a photo:

That Smeg cooktop looks very nice. Could you not put a heat shield of some sort on the wall to the left to mitigate your concerns about the proximity of the burner to the wall?

[Clay_L]

JiminDenver wrote:
I have found with our rv oven that it's best to over preheat it and then turn it down when I put the food in. That way the oven doesn't cool below the cooking temp and the burner doesn't have to come up to full burn to reheat it. That full burn will turn the bottom of anything into a fry pan. Shorter smaller burns are used to maintain temperature and I get less burning and I don't have a pizza stone yet.

We use ours for cookies and pizza at times but our favorite is slow roasting a pork roast or rack of baby back ribs on a cool day. Good heat and good eating. 🙂

That sounds like a good idea. I will try it next we use the oven.

[Tom_M1]

I replaced my stock Suburban cooktop with a 24" Smeg residential cooktop. The Smeg was configured for natural gas but it came with replacement jets for LP. The spark ignition does require 120 volt which is handled easily with my inverter. The unit is installed too close to the side wall so I have to be careful when using the main burner. So far I have had no issues. My coach has a combination convection/microwave which works great for me. One Christmas I roasted a 13 pound turkey in it.

Here's a photo:

[doxiemom11]

I have not tried a prime rib in the convection oven, but have made many other things. It's hard to believe, but things brown beautifully, get crisp (the things that are supposed to) and I love it. I had to use the manual for a week or so until I got used to the setting I would use, but I do not miss my regular gas oven at all. Now when I did do a prime rib with the regular oven I had a recipe where you preheated the oven to a real high temp, put the meat in about 15 minutes, turned the oven off and left it in the oven for an hour or so while oven cooled. It turned out wonderful, and I'm sure I could do that with the convection also. Personal choice though.

[JiminDenver]

I have found with our rv oven that it's best to over preheat it and then turn it down when I put the food in. That way the oven doesn't cool below the cooking temp and the burner doesn't have to come up to full burn to reheat it. That full burn will turn the bottom of anything into a fry pan. Shorter smaller burns are used to maintain temperature and I get less burning and I don't have a pizza stone yet.

We use ours for cookies and pizza at times but our favorite is slow roasting a pork roast or rack of baby back ribs on a cool day. Good heat and good eating. 🙂

[Clay_L]

One thing to note. There are rules (code/requirements?) about how close the larger burners can be to a wall. That is why many RV stoves have a large front burner on the center front and two smaller ones on the rear.
The idea is to keep the heat from scorching the walls.

[Francesca_Knowl]

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.

[Dr_Quick]

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.

[RVnRobin]

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.

[harold1946]

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

[Old-Biscuit]

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]

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.

[harold1946]

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