Do you really need an oven?

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on our previous Carthago we had a Dometic Tec Tower with oven/grill over the fridge/freezer...a bit high for OH (OK for me) but it actually cooked stuff pretty well...

on this van, the Tec Tower is not avalilable so we had the dealer install a Thetford Duplex in place of one of the kitchen drawers. this works even better than the Dometic...it vents outside via a fan assisted exhaust.

like some others, we spend the greater part of our touring time in warmerclimes and the oven doesnt get used...we have an outside BBQ and hotplate, but we also tour in the UK and make good use of the oven  then.

we didnt want a microwave, so didnt have one...

 

But it's not a long way to walk from the oven to outside even in the biggest caravans 😉

I use the oven in our motorhome most days away, I buy things specifically that I can just stick in the oven with no effort required.  Rarely use the hob unless no EHU so need it to boil kettle.  

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Yes. Its our home from home.

We don't have an oven and we don't have a microwave. After 14 years and 150,000 miles of motorhoming ( mainly on the Continent) we haven't missed either! Electric hotplate to save on gas, or use the gas hob; a gas bbq for the south of France is a must; if you want a pizza then find a pizza bar. As for a choice of motorhome, if you're going to be traveling a lot in France, why not buy a 'continental' 'van which won't have an oven but will have more storage space.

im guessing you still need a hob?

while ours is separate from the oven, the Stanton has a single unit so some retro fitting would be required.

however, it should be relatively straightforward to remove the installed oven, its a slot in job, and replace with shelved cupboard or decent depth drawers.

the worktop section housing the sink could be removed and replaced with a piece to span the width of the kitchen and accommodate a simple Dometic/Thetford in set hob.

the parts will be cheap but AS labour rates will grab your attention

or get someone else to do it after delivery and sell the unused cooker on ebay to cover costs.

Like others who holiday 'over there' we don't have a built-in oven. We have a mini-oven, which fits under one of the 'sofas' and we have a two ring electric hob.  The mini oven is 30L, and the wattage 1600.  The oven is big enough to cook a chicken (or similar) and another tray of vegetables and/or potatoes.  The hobs are different wattage - the larger one being bigger than the smaller.  Mostly we can use all three without problems, but on sites with limited electric ampage we switch and switch about, getting a ring fully hot, turning it off and then using the other ring or transferring a pan to the top of the oven where it continues to keep warm.  Because each hob plate is solid they keep hot and keep the food coooking long after being turned off.

The only time we use the gas hob inside the caravan is on cooler days when stopped during a trip, to boil a kettle or prepare some hot food for lunch.