Cooking question

[LANShark42]

Back when we bought our TT a couple of weeks ago, I made the assumption we would cook on the stove/oven/MW and add a portable grill for outside grilling. I've now come to the realization that we won't want to do a lot of cooking inside, because of the potentially overpowering odors (bacon comes to mind - and I plan on having it for breakfast A LOT).

Sooooo... Do we need to add a camp stove to our ever-growing list of camping accessories to buy, or can I find a portable grill that would perform double-duty? Your thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated by these noobie campers! Thanks!!

[bikendan]

rvten wrote:
Cook inside all the time. Just turn on roof vents and open one window a little. To draw in fresh air.

Ditto! We've been cooking in ours for over 8 years and have no lingering odors.

[TexasShadow]

if you have a microwave, get a bacon cooker made for zapping bacon. they work right well.
if you want to cook outside, get a nuwave electric hot plate. I got one so I could cook up some fried fish once in awhile....OUTSIDE lol.

[dave54]

We cook dinner outside. Lunch is usually cold and breakfast is usually oatmeal or other hot cereal. Sometimes we microwave up some omelettes.

...Or if DW always got her way dinner would be credit card and a restaurant every night...

It's just the two of us. The grill is pretty small, smaller than a piece of airline carry on luggage. We don't need a huge party size grill.

[rjf7g]

I use a griddle outside for breakfast...I can have it ready without waking anyone else up too early!

[bukhrn]

janstey58 wrote:
I consider these good smells, and the same thing happens when we cook bacon, etc at our stick home, so whats the big deal?

X-2, where do you cook your bacon at home? Turn the range hood fan on & open the roof vent.

[stickdog]

I use an electric griddle.

[DrewE]

There's no reason you can't put a griddle of the right size and shape on a portable gas BBQ grill. It works out reasonably well. Getting things level is, of course, most helpful. The Coleman camp stove add-on griddles fit some small grills fairly well. One disadvantage, of course, is that it's hard to grill and griddle simultaneously.

You do need at least a little looseness in the fit for proper airflow for the burner.

[fla-gypsy]

IMO it is not an issue to cook inside as long as you have a decent stove vent that vents to the outside.

[twins89]

korbe wrote:
I use one of these.

And with my cast iron pan we cook everything outside.

Made a wind shield and bring my propane tank out to the picnic table and we're ready to go.

x 2

[ronanshea]

We do most all cookin outside with cast iron skillets or dutch ovens unless its on the bbq grill

[mgirardo]

Most of the cooking we do when camping is on the grill. We use the oven mostly for pizza, biscuits/rolls and reheating leftovers. We don't really use the microwave much.

Outside we have a portable grill and a two burner Coleman stove. Since most of what we do is grilled, we needed separate grill and stove. Bacon is made on a griddle as are pancakes. For our summer trip this year, I'll probably be bringing the smoker as well.

Coleman makes a 2 Burner Grill Stove. It's a little pricey, but fits the bill. There are probably others out there as well.

-Michael

[LANShark42]

LarryJM wrote:

LANShark42 wrote:
Do I like the smell of bacon? Yes. Do I want our camper to smell like it forever and ever? Not so much. Maybe I'm anticipating a problem that won't happen. I'm just trying to be ready for when we start camping.

Thanks for everyone's help.

Do you cook all your potatoes, bacon and other foods that smell outside when home ... why change when cooking in your trailer.

Of course not. But my home is over 3000 square feet. My TT is 224 square feet. The difference is even greater when you take into account cubic feet, rather than square feet. If I should happen to (god forbid) burn something - like popcorn - the entire house smells bad. To concentrate something like that in a tiny space like a tt would seem to be undesirable.

I asked a simple question. If it is not an issue for you, all you need to do is say so.

[MFinCA]

LarryJM wrote:
Do you cook all your potatoes, bacon and other foods that smell outside when home ... why change when cooking in your trailer.
Larry

I agree. I do a whole lot of grilling when I am RVing for fun. I stayed in my TT for over a year and used the stove and oven all the time--especially in cold and rainy weather. Just hit the fan button and got rid of any cooking smells.

[Beltzy]

I cook as much as I can outside because I love to be outside! It is nice knowing I can cook inside if the weather is being nice. Outside I love using my double burner camp chef stove. It came with a griddle and I bought the grill box for it, tons of accessories to adapt to what you want to cook, it even has a pizza oven attachment. I also love to Dutch oven cook when I can. I did learn the hard way my first time cooking inside to open a window and run the ceiling vent fan...

[Bill___Kate]

Our previous trailer came with one of those RVQ propane grills that mounted onto the side of the trailer. We used it extensively and had a Two Burner Griddle something like one of these that fit perfectly on top for bacon, eggs, or whatever .....
Our newer Outback has one of the small outdoor "galleys" that includes a two burner propane stove where we can use a conventional frying pan .....