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A question from my OH who is the chef in this relationship. We are looking for a caravan and have seen several with spotless, unused ovens. Is this because ovens on bottled gas are unreliable or because people just dont use them when on holiday? OH loves to cook and would make good use of an oven in the colder months. At the moment we are dismissing vans without an oven but we dont want to pass up on the otherwise perfect van because it doesnt have one if they are not worth the space they take up. Thanks

Carol

OH flatly refused to have a van which did not have an oven until we tried to remember how many times we had used it last season.

dont forget weather permitting BBQ is the favoured method of cooking by most, our Oven is a stoves one and is brilliant cooked chickens, beef etc no problem. and ours is spotless too

I always use the cooker/oven when we go away.  Caravanning is the only way we can get so many holidays throughout the year, so eating out is a luxury for us.  I cook meals just like I do at home. I even cooked a roast over Easter! 

We use ours, too and have bought an extra oven shelf which helps - but some things do seam to take longer in the oven.

JJ

A lot of people won't cook in the van because they say it smells. They use the bbq instead.

We use ours oven all the time.

Hi,

I think it all depends on what time of year you are away..... we will cook outside in the summer months or when the weather premits.....when we are away at other colder times of year we use the oven.  I wouldn't be without the oven.....