Cooking in the TT

[tenhorsun]

Okay... forgive me if this has been addressed. I did a search and couldn't find anything.
Do you cook in your TT? Besides pooping, I want to be able to cook in our TT. (We haven't bought one yet. Still researching.) But when I mentioned this to friends, nearly all of them said I DON'T want to do that. If I cook, I'm told, my entire TT will smell like that food forever. !?! What?
They all say they use the microwave... or a grill outside. They MIGHT use the stovetop but never anything greasy or pungent. And NEVER the oven. Really? Is smell REALLY an issue??
My husband agrees with them, not wanting the TT to smell like pizza or whatever forever. He said we'll just bring pre-prepared meals and heat them up in the microwave or cook on the grill.
What do YOU guys do?

[BubbaChris]

I'll tell you it was a lot of fun testing our options last year (our rookie RV year). We won't do bacon inside again, but the oven tests with fresh cookies were a hit. And the crock-pot is a winner too.

I like grilling and we do a lot of foil-pouch creations for side dishes, so now we've moved away from much dinner "cooking" indoors. But breakfast almost always includes some indoor cooking for us.

I will warn you to do test runs of new toasters outside (or at home) so any fumes burn off and don't trigger your smoke detector. And if you have hook-ups, most TT's have outdoor outlets that make using an electric cooking appliance easy if you have a portable table.

This year we've had 2 "driveway camping" experiences at friends' properties. This meant we had an easy walk to the full amenities of the (unoccupied) homes. Out of 10 dinners, only 1 was prepared inside the home. The rest were out by our TT.

[Dog_Folks]

Kittykath wrote:
Just bacon gets cooked outside, and only because it's fun to watch people passing by, sniffing with their noses up in the air like dogs. Same goes for the smoker.

OHHH so you're' the one that makes me extremely hungry as I make my campground host morning rounds!! :B

[Kittykath]

Just bacon gets cooked outside, and only because it's fun to watch people passing by, sniffing with their noses up in the air like dogs. Same goes for the smoker.

[hawkeye-08]

One of the reasons we got the travel trailer was to be able to cook when we wanted indoors. When it is just the wife and I, we cook inside mostly, but when others are along, we tend to cook outside. We have the outdoor BBQ, stoves, etc. We even have a screen tent so we can enjoy cooking and eating outdoors without all the bugs (seems yellow jackets come out in full force mid July on)..

It really is a personal preference, but we (as many others have already said) bought our trailer to use.

[ams1130]

Mostly outside. Campstove, fire, or grill.

[Ron3rd]

We cook all the time in our trailer. That's what the kitchen is for.

[xteacher]

My tiny camper doesn't have a hood fan that vents to the outside. Neither do I have fans in my roof vents. Because of this, we cook everything outside, except what's cooked in the microwave (unless it's raining). We also brew our coffee inside, because we make it up the night before and we don't want ants getting into it overnight.

[2012Coleman]

Your friends are misinformed. I've boiled blue crab inside I've cooked bacon, I've fried fish, I've boiled pasta and cooked a pizza in the oven - no lingering smells. I do have a hood range vent that vents to the outside which I would not be without though. I'm glad your not concerned about "pooping" in it...

[fla-gypsy]

I don't cook everything in the trailer but the grill wouldn't fit through the door either~

[Naio]

Steve B. wrote:
If you don't kill anyone with your pooping, your cooking shouldn't be a concern!

:: rolling on the ground laughing ::

[Steve_B_]

I grill outside, seafood outside on the Coleman stove (lobster, mussels), and I often use the crockpot, but I don't hesitate to use the stove and oven. Fresh baked bread, Maine wild blueberry pie - the neighbors ask what I'm doing in there! Use your ventilation fans, take out the trash, if all else fails, bring out the Febreeze. If you don't kill anyone with your pooping, your cooking shouldn't be a concern!

[Bill___Kate]

As you look at trailers, and you want to be able to cook inside, one thing to check is whether or not the range hood fan is vented to the outside or not. There seems to be a growing trend to use one of the cheap recirculation fans instead of a properly vented one.

[thirtydaZe]

We cook in ours, but i do prefer to things like bacon sausage pancakes on the griddle outside.

Even at home those smells tend to bother me.

[Dog_Folks]

We cook the same as at home.

OH wait! The travel trailer IS our home!!!!

We cook 99 % of our meals inside. The only exceptions are using the grill outdoors, or frying chicken, as it is messy.

We have always used the available facilities in all of our travel trailers.

That's is what they are there for!