Gas hob yes or no

[marchie]

Very true Steve if only I had more sence then lolol

'If sense were pence, I still couldn't buy a penny bun', as my Grandma used to remind me ...

Steve

 

[Campervanannie]

Be cheaper to get a new wife

No he’ll never punch that high again.

 

[wildebus]

David the hob being moved away would create more space

seriously, I am not being difficult, but maybe a bit slow here ... how does it create more space?
maybe it is that I am just picturing my own motorhome kitchen where the hob glass plate cover is square and flush to the worktop next to it - so if I were to replace the lid with a piece of worktop it would make literally zero difference to the space.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

More *apparent and usable* space might be a better description, David. The glass hob covers seem to be regarded as 'out of bounds', perhaps because of the cost of replacement (IIRC, a Member had the glass top shatter 2-3 years ago and the quote was some £300+, but a local glass cutting service made a non-heat resistant replacement for £20-£30). Just my thoughts ... The 'clean run' across the kitchen with a one piece worktop would feel roomier and more useful

Steve

A bit of 3mm ply would cure that.

 

[Norfolk NewBoy]

We have an electric(non-induction) hob which lives with the pans, above a wheel arch. It comes out when we're on EHU.
In your situation I would consider carrying the induction hob for a year and seeing if I could use it effectively. THEN I would consider removing the gas hob

 

[wildebus]

More *apparent and usable* space might be a better description, David. The glass hob covers seem to be regarded as 'out of bounds', perhaps because of the cost of replacement (IIRC, a Member had the glass top shatter 2-3 years ago and the quote was some £300+, but a local glass cutting service made a non-heat resistant replacement for £20-£30). Just my thoughts ... The 'clean run' across the kitchen with a one piece worktop would feel roomier and more useful

Steve

There do seem to be a couple of Youtubers that seem to regard the hob covers as consumables and go through them every couple of years
FWIW, with mine, I have left the AC electric off to the cooker so the hot plate can never be turned on/left on accidentaly and cause the lid to shatter from heat (there is only the slightest indent on the electric ring dial so super-easy to knock it )

I wish I had seperate Hob to the Oven rather than an actual full cooker. If so, that oven would have kicked the bucket years ago

 

[Pudsey Bear]

seriously, I am not being difficult, but maybe a bit slow here ... how does it create more space?
maybe it is that I am just picturing my own motorhome kitchen where the hob glass plate cover is square and flush to the worktop next to it - so if I were to replace the lid with a piece of worktop it would make literally zero difference to the space.

Yeah, i am missing something, not sure if a picture would help or not.

 

[wildebus]

A bit of 3mm ply would cure that.

I guess removing the glass hob cover, then a piece of worktop to match the existing top, with the underside routed out to match the profile of the burner supports could work quite nicely and look decent as well, and you then have the potential of using the gas hobs if you wanted to?

You see this kind of approach with covers with the bigger US RVs where the Sink and Cooker top is fully inset and there is a removable cover for both which when in place is totally flush and matching with the main countertop.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I was meaning as a cover to stop it getting smashed, my biggest fear is some thing dropping onto it rather than heat breaking it.

 

[Greengrass]

Tell if I am wrong is a motorhome/ campervan Not a recreational vehicle to get away and enjoy your self, All I see is people moving every thing from there home's in to them, What,s wrong with a bowl of cereals and a cup of tea then eat out later no cooking no washing up Job sorted and a happy wife

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Many things.
WC spot too far to walk to and back, the cost of doing it, finding somewhere worth eating in out in the sticks, leaving the van unattended.

 

[wildebus]

I would call it "options". If you want to eat out, no problem. if you want to prep a nice meal, no problem.

 

[marchie]

Many things.
WC spot too far to walk to and back, the cost of doing it, finding somewhere worth eating in out in the sticks, leaving the van unattended.

We lock the Van and take our chances. If it's a new area, we set the alarm. The Van is the 'Admin Centre' of the trip, not a prison!

Steve

 

[AlyJay]

My cooker and hob in my opinion is a complete waste of time, would prefer just 1 gas ring and 1 electric, and just a small gas oven to reheat stuff when off grid.
We have a toastie maker and a George foreman grille and a small air fryer for when we are hooked up.
I would like to put a set of drawers where cooker is but it wouldn't match the rest of kitchen and would look DIY so the original oven and hob will go bk in despite it will never be used to full potential.
The way our whole kitchenette is laid out is a waste of room and could of designed so much better, but I guess at the time it was trendy with the carrousel cupboard and round shaped overhead cupboard etc, very impractical.

 

[wildebus]

I posted a link to the video below before .... Motorhome with a budget makeover that I think is very effective, and included removal of original oven and covering of worktop. Something to consider?

 

[Trotter]

Tell if I am wrong is a motorhome/ campervan Not a recreational vehicle to get away and enjoy your self, All I see is people moving every thing from there home's in to them, What,s wrong with a bowl of cereals and a cup of tea then eat out later no cooking no washing up Job sorted and a happy wife

Eating out = putting on weight.
Oh! Sorry Dave. I can see what happened now.

 

[AlyJay]

I posted a link to the video below before .... Motorhome with a budget makeover that I think is very effective, and included removal of original oven and covering of worktop. Something to consider?

I'd have to replace the whole lot due to the silly shape of it. I think the plan is to use van as much as we can this year and if we really get into the moho scene we will buy something else that ticks all the boxes next year rather than chop and change interior.

 

[Greengrass]

Eating out = putting on weight.
Oh! Sorry Dave. I can see what happened now.

Walk it off going to the restaurant and back

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We lock the Van and take our chances. If it's a new area, we set the alarm. The Van is the 'Admin Centre' of the trip, not a prison!

Steve

Indeed Steve, Liz likes to cook but in the van, it's more awkward to be fair so I like to give the staff at least one night a week so we buy a pizza and I cook it

 

[nabsim]

Me too, though the cost did reinforce my belief in the saying that a bachelor is somewhere who never makes the same mistake once, Jeff

Steve

What about twice lol