Outside Kitchen alternative
Having an outside kitchen has been one thing I have been looking for in an RV. However, today the wife and I found a floorplan that we really liked in our price range. However, it does not have an o...
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tim1970 wrote:
I don't really care about having the sink,storage or TV hookups that come with the outside kitchen, but I am afraid I would really miss the outside dual burner cooktop, and especially miss the outside mini-fridge for my adult beverages.
Our current Coachmen Freedom Express, as does many models in this series, came with a built in Coleman grill that pulls out from the curb side of the trailer ...
Great idea BUT really dumb execution as a grill will introduce greasy cooking smells into the camper so before even using it once I replaced the grill with a 2-burner Coleman stove ...
We use the the stove all the time along with a Weber Q grill, only use the inside stove when the weather is really inclement.
As far as a fridge is concerned ours is located right beside the entry door so I can grab anything from it anyway without having to go inside the trailer.
Frankly, if having more fridge storage for drinks was an issue we'd just use a cooler but in 4 seasons of camping I've only done this once as there just hasn't been a need for it.
Our 192RBS is about as small a trailer as we'd ever want and had it been available at the time we might instead have selected the somewhat longer Coachmen Freedom Express 231RBDS.
However, it's one of those models that does have an outside kitchen so I'd again replace the grill with a 2-burner stove, probably ditch the sink and fridge, and instead use that space for cargo storage. JMO, but it seems to me that unless a second kitchen is as fully equipped as the inside kitchen you're going to be running in and out of the camper anyway, in which case there's little advantage to a second kitchen. Personally I'd rather see that space used by the manufacturer to create a larger bathroom. YMMV.
