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!!

[rolling_rhoda]

We make bacon on the grill, cooking it on a "pan" made of two thicknesses of aluminum foil. When done cooking, just let the fat solidify on the grill, then either save it or toss it. I usually make onions outdoors, too, either sliced on the grill or plug in the electric skillet at the shore and put it on the picnic table.

[IND_navyvet]

cdevidal wrote:
You guys are talking about the smells of fried potatoes and bacon as if they stink. If I could get that in an air freshener I would..............

I would buy 2 cases of that one.

[rmasonschneider]

The only time we cook inside is if it's raining outside.
Most other times, we use a bayou classic high pressure burner with cast iron cookware.

[atreis]

We cook outside on a Coleman propane stove and/or the fire.

[kellertx5er]

If it don't smell good, we don't cook it (inside or out)!

[2012Coleman]

We caught a mess of blue crab on a trip to Ft McAllister and boiled them boys inside. No lingering oders. We don't do much frying - cook turkey bacon in the microwave. I can see not wanting to fry foods inside.

[kvangil]

rvten wrote:
Those who do not cool inside. Could save money on next RV. Tell dealer no Galley.

Honestly, if that was an option, I would... 😉

We generally take short camping trips (2-4 nights), so for us, it's good just to be outside around the campfire, and that's where we do basically all of our cooking. We have nothing against cooking inside, it's just we prefer the smell and taste of wood-fire-grilled food. We use a grill that you stake into the ground over the fire.

[pitch]

We mostly cook outside. I use an old Coleman liquid fuel, a charcoal Hibachi, or a small one pounder propane grill. That being said the stove top and oven inside get used a good bit. I probably wouldn't fry fish inside, but most anything else goes.

[jalichty]

We have cooked mostly inside since we bought our first FW in 1993 and haven't really noticed a big odor problem. If there was, I think DW would have pointed it out as she seems to have a very keen sense of smell and isn't afraid to let me know about it. We do cook outside once in a while, but abut 95% of the time is inside. Just so much more convenient not having to drag stuff outside to cook it and then drag it back inside to clean it.

[doxiemom11]

Geez - I've been cooking mostly inside our RV for the past 4 years we have lived in it and it doesn't smell like any kind of food. Don't understand the problem. It's one thing if you enjoy cooking outside, which we also do sometimes, but the camper won't pick up smells any fast than the 3000 ft house. I guess difference is people on vacations and short trips vs living in the rv. It's home, so we treat it like our home.

[kohai]

path1 wrote:
Last couple of years I've cook a lot of bacon at home, put in plastic bag and freeze. Little can I tell the difference when pulled out of freezer warmed it up. Last batch I cooked up was 8 pounds and lasted a long time. Other side benefits is that I discovered that the more cooking I do at home the less mess of packaging, hence less trash and quicker I could get on road in morning because of less clean up. We have found pre-cooking real handy.

My wife started pre-cooking as well. Then meal time is more just reheating. It worked out well last trip!

[Veebyes]

The DW is a certifiable foodie. One of the main choice points of the 5er we have is the functioning galley with lots of counter space & a stove with an oven. The microwave she can do without but it makes for a great place for bread storage.

We have a full breakfast everyday.

All kinds of things get cooked on the Magma grill outside, even pizza.

[Kit_Carson]

We do most of the cooking outside. We use a lot of electrics.....skillet, griddle, slow cooker, etc. Use the oven in MH for storing loaves of bread, etc. Works for us and food always, especially bacon, smells so good outside.

[2112]

I carry the typical Coleman two burner camp stove and a few bottles thinking I would cook outside more but the reality is I rarely use it. I may decommission it to storage to free up some basement space.

The FW is our vacation home so we do as we would while at our primary home, cook inside.

I have a daily routine of removing the battery from the smoke detector and reinstalling it in the evening.

We do have one of those plug-in liquid air freshener things plugged in. The type that has the glass bowl under it with a wick going up into a heating element. It's activated while on shore power. I guess it helps, I don't know. The FW still smells fresh and new.

[Campinghoss]

We do not treat the fiver or any of the other campers we have owned any different than our home. We use our fiver just like a second home. The only difference is we do run a electric dehumidifier most of the time.