Convection oven use

Without the gas oven, I would think the convection is a necessity.

Wed did not have an oven but a convection microwave. We got along just fine. Without the convection, would have been only inconvenient

We use our convection oven frequentely, so in our case we would consider having oven essential.

JohnnyT

resqguy wrote:
My microwave combo oven died and I need to replace it. We never really used the convection all that much. We also don't have a gas oven.

I was thinking of replacing it with a non-convection unit to save money. Is this a bad idea? It's fine for us but if we sell the unit would it hurt the resell? Would you by a MH without a gas or convection oven?

no. in fact we're wrestling with the decision of gas oven OR convection oven. we've had two MHs since 1986 and we're currently negotiating for a new 2016 Suncruiser. standard equip is a combo microwave/convection oven. we've always had a LP gas oven but only use it to bake the occasional frozen pizza and buttermilk biscuits on sunday morning. the lp gas oven would be a $200 option but we'd lose a lot of storage area in the galley so we're considering forgoing the gas oven and seeing how we make out with the convection. if it doesn't work out we can always add the gas oven later albeit at a higher cost.

we've been told that while a frozen pizza won't fit our biscuits should bake and brown just fine. the only issue is that our off-the-grid ability will be further eroded as we will need to either be hooked up or run the genny to use the convection oven. but then we don't do much off-the-grid camping anymore. other than the rare overnight in a parking lot we almost always have an electrical hookup.

so, no, I wouldn't do without either a MW/CONV or traditional gas oven.

Gotta have my GE Advantium. If you're like me, and enjoy having a kitchen wherever you go, the micro/convection oven is a great piece of equipment.
I even have one at S/B home.

We didn't use our convection at first (years ago) because I really didn't know how to use it. Then I started experimenting with it. I really just used it like a standard oven. I bought one of those BBQ mats everyone is selling, cut it to fit the round rack in our oven and I cook all of our meat on it now. It holds in the juices on steak, chicken and pork chops and does a better job than the BBQ. I think if you replace it with a nice one, start using it, you'll find out that they work well for camping.

I would not buy one with a gas oven.

My Moho does not have a gas oven. Thought I was really going to miss it. But the convection oven is great, and when boondocking we just plan our gen time around dinner time. You might check to see if your stove fan is in your convection oven, you would loose it if you pulled the convection oven unless you could get a fan that fits.

You'll need some kind of oven to sell it. We didn't have a LP oven but we had the convection and it worked great for everything, including roasts and turkey breast.

We never use our gas oven as we have a convection oven which serves us well.

Convection oven..less heat less problems...once you figure out how to use it...experiment a lot and get comfortable with it. We would not have another gas oven and certainly would pass on a unit with NO oven....Dennis