Microwave/oven combination

[klutchdust]

Haven't tried using it yet. Why didn't they just put in a gas oven? How efficient is the oven part and your experiences, Thanks.

[Dakzuki]

Butch50 wrote:
For folks that don't have a propane stove and want to still bake small items in the middle of nowhere without having to use the generator this Coleman oven might do the job for you. You can use it either on the stove top inside the coach or use it on an outside grill. I would imagine a person could use it on a gas BBQ also.

A little smaller than a propane oven but you don't use up the space below the cooktop either. You still end up with the drawers and have a small oven.

I have one of those but have never attempted to bake with it. It's barely good enough for warming. Camp Chef makes a portable oven that works pretty well. Not sure about cooking a pizza in it but we've done other things in it.

[dahkota]

Pizza is pretty easy with cast iron on a stove or campfire. No oven needed unless you buy frozen...

[Butch50]

For folks that don't have a propane stove and want to still bake small items in the middle of nowhere without having to use the generator this Coleman oven might do the job for you. You can use it either on the stove top inside the coach or use it on an outside grill. I would imagine a person could use it on a gas BBQ also.

A little smaller than a propane oven but you don't use up the space below the cooktop either. You still end up with the drawers and have a small oven.

[pnichols]

SCVJeff wrote:
1-800-PIZZA-MAN

Not here you don't ... probably your cell phone has no bars and the PIZZA-MAN's iPhone/GPS would get lost, too.

Then's when we keep the generator off so as to not scare the coyotes, pull out the frozen pizza, fire up the genuine propane oven, and munch the cheeze along with a great view - camping (or any other) life doesn't get any better than that 😉 :

[magnusfide]

GoalstoDreams wrote:
My MH has a convection/microwave combo and while it bakes nicely, I would prefer a gas oven. I can run the microwave for short periods but can't run both the convection and either the A/C or small electric space heater without tripping the breaker. So unless the outside temp is nice enough to not run either, I don't bake. It definitely limits the types of meals I cook when traveling in places/times requiring some artificial climate control.

We too, prefer the gas oven. Our cast iron skillet and griddle stow there and when camped, wife loves to do her baking of desserts in the oven. Me, I'm a dutch oven cast ironman and that means outside on the fire. To us, a gas oven is multi-tasker: it's storage and broiling/baking appliance as well. I wouldn't even consider putting my cast iron in the convection.

To each their own: for those who do little baking and cooking on the road, I can see where the convection microwave oven combo would be more practical. For those of us who do more traditional cooking and gatherings, the gas stove and oven works.

[GoalstoDreams]

My MH has a convection/microwave combo and while it bakes nicely, I would prefer a gas oven. I can run the microwave for short periods but can't run both the convection and either the A/C or small electric space heater without tripping the breaker. So unless the outside temp is nice enough to not run either, I don't bake. It definitely limits the types of meals I cook when traveling in places/times requiring some artificial climate control. That all said, it isn't a big enough deal to pay the extra money to have it replaced. The 1-800-PIZZA-MAN is my go-to choice.

[SCVJeff]

pnichols wrote:
The trouble is .... how do you camp in parks in drycamping spots and still bake a pizza outside generator hours .... unless you have a huge battery bank and inverter in your rig?

IMHO, a convection oven is great if you also along with it have a propane oven - for best RV'ing flexibility.

1-800-PIZZA-MAN

[pnichols]

The trouble is .... how do you camp in parks in drycamping spots and still bake a pizza outside generator hours .... unless you have a huge battery bank and inverter in your rig?

IMHO, a convection oven is great if you also along with it have a propane oven - for best RV'ing flexibility.

[wildtoad]

You will learn to like it. We have had several mh's wih oven and have never turned them on. Use them for bread boxes.

[Bobbo]

DW liked our mw/convection in the MH so much that when we needed a new mw in the S&B house, she got a mw/convection.

[WyoTraveler]

I wanted an oven and not a convection oven. I complained to the dealers. Of course they can add one for $$$$. Bought ours with just the convection. Kept grumbling to the DW about it until I had my first biscuits. That convection microwave cooked the best biscuits I ever had. We did a prime rib, then a roast chicken. Now the DW wants to throw her $5,000 Viking gas range in the S&B away and get a microwave convection oven. I almost struck out though. When I turned that first biscuit over and asked the DW, "Aren't these biscuits supposed to be dark brown on the bottom"? :B

[Markiemark32]

Bumpyroad wrote:
when I ordered my motorhome I deleted the gas oven, added the micro/convection oven, and got a nice storage drawer. in my first 2 MHs I had an oven which was handy for storing pots/pans/and bread. rarely used as an oven.
there is a short learning curve in baking in a C/MW so experiment a bit before whining how horrible it is.
bumpy

I don't think they were WHINING just yet.

Appears to asking for experience with the microwave/oven combinations.


Markiemark:C

[dahkota]

I really wanted an oven but there was a disconnect between us and the sales rep and our bounder didn't have one. And I am now very glad it didn't.

The convection oven is much better than the propane oven. Besides the two extra drawers I now have, I also have the ability to bake without burning the bottoms of anything. I had a pizza stone in the bottom of a propane oven but it still managed to burn nearly everything if I didn't want parts of it raw. With the convection oven, things cook faster, don't burn, and I can easily watch it cook. I now use the convection oven more often than the stove top burners - cookies, bread, pizza, lasagna, roasts, cupcakes, you name it. The only thing I know I can't cook in it is a full size turkey.

The only draw back I have found is it cannot be used while boondocking or dry camping without running the generator.

[j-d]

If it's similar to the over-the-counter microwave/vent hood with a convection oven upgrade, you'll like it.
Shameless plug for ABC Motorhome Rentals Anchorage AK: We like to bake in the regular gas oven we have on our own MoHo at home. When we were picking up a rental from ABC none had ovens. Actually I don't blame them, no oven probably reduces cleanup by a lot for a rental outfit! They went through every available unit till they found one with a residential micro/convection like I described above. It was an odd installation since it's wider than the stove top. It extended beyond to one side, reducing the size of that overhead cabinet.
But the darn thing actually BAKED, including golden brown biscuits. Beautiful machine!