Alternative stove

[ajriding]

I am outfitting another rig, but looking for more simple stove. I would like to use something like a 2-burner Coleman camping/portable stove, but the last one I had from 30 yrs ago ran on 14WC and the 11WC out of the camper regulator was not enough to let stove do more than a simmer.

Are there any portable units like that which run on 11WC?

I would like to semi permanent mount it and have option to attach hose outside or inside so I can move the stove.

The little green bottles they come with will not do, so that is out, it must be plumbed into the camper's propane source.

[JaxDad]

Just buy a 2 burner unit designed for a lightweight / pop-up. They’re cheap, there’s lots of them in the RV surplus places and designed to run on an 11WC RV regulator.

I put one in an office trailer, works perfectly.

[Gdetrailer]

doxiemom11 wrote:
cooking with propane does not take much propane at all. I cook on a 3 burner cooktop and I cook a lot, usually meat, potatoes, veg meals using all 3 burners at a time. ( We are fullp--time) In an entire summer using no heat, I didn't even go thru 1 bottle of propane.

^^^THIS^^^

For $2.50 for a single "green bottle" you could cook pretty much most of a summer every meal on one of those Coleman propane stoves.

Your "alternatives" are going to cost you much more than what a single green bottle would cost over many years.

Not to mention, you will now be "tethered" to your RV, will have some sort of bulky gas hose, will need quick disconnects, will need to modify and add to your RV propane lines.

IF the disposable little green bottles bothers you then perhaps look into a small reusable and refillable 5 lb propane cylinder..

HERE for $35.

You then would just need to buy a short propane extension hose HERE for $10

You can also buy specifically made to be refilled "small green 1 lb bottles"

HERE for $11, you would need to buy a refill pigtail and then you can refill from your 20lb or 30 lb cylinders.

[time2roll]

Dometic has several "more simple stoves". Messing with adapting a coleman does not sound simple.

https://www.dometic.com/en-us/us/products/food-and-beverage/mobile-cooking/rv-and-boat-cooktops

Amazon should have a few to look at also.

[doxiemom11]

cooking with propane does not take much propane at all. I cook on a 3 burner cooktop and I cook a lot, usually meat, potatoes, veg meals using all 3 burners at a time. ( We are fullp--time) In an entire summer using no heat, I didn't even go thru 1 bottle of propane.

[ajriding]

The dropin to portable might work.
Coleman has that red folding two burner that is tempting since it collapses more compact than their long awkward green two-burner, but still stuck with 14wc.

I have a $400 rv heater (had it since the wreck) I am installing and that is the only other propane thing I will use. If I can do 14wc off the tank and step it down for the heater would be the easiest…

[DrewE]

Another decent option might be to get a little two-burner drop-in RV stovetop and instead of installing it in your counter, build a little box to install it in and connect with a suitable hose and quick-connect.

I've seen (and indeed camped in) pop-ups with a system similar to this, which had a sort of extruded metal track on the outside to which the stove unit could be hung. It could also just be put in/on the counter inside.

[ajriding]

That's the only solution I see too.
I may just need to eat cereal and milk for every meal and not cook.

[Son_of_Norway]

Insert a t for your 14WC behind the camper's 11WC.