Cooking in an RV Propane Oven -- 5 Tips!
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A reminder for some RV ovens is that you may have a separate 'light position' for your pilot light, requiring that you push in or turn the spring- loaded knob and hold it there for 20 seconds while you light the pilot and let the thermocouple come up to temp so that the gas flow will stay on and the flame stay lit.
Also if your propane tanks have been off for awhile while your RV was in storage or when both tanks were disconnected to have therm filled, you don't want the pilot light to be the first thing you try to light. Light a stove top burner first to purge the air from the gas line, then light your pilot lights.
Thank you for this advice
I use a cast iron lid with my cast iron skillet to make biscuits. Never had to flip mine.
The pizza stone idea rocks!
There is nothing like waking up to the smell of cinnamon rolls in the oven on a cool Colorado morning!
Thank you!! I'm really scared of my oven so now I will at least try to use it! I'm feeling brave thanks to you!
Air bake pans that you can get on Amazon provide more even cooking when you're baking and cooking in a propane oven
When we’re dry-camping, I put my pan of English muffins on the bottom and let the flame “broil” or toast them. Works great. Thanks for these tips. An oven in the RV is a must-have for me.
Good to know. I’ll try that next time I’m wanting English muffins.
Thank you
I bake in our oven all the time! Casseroles, biscuits, cornbread, rolls, brownies, cookies, whatever.
I use an AirBake insulated cookie sheet instead of the pizza stone, so I don’t have to worry about the stone (or tiles) breaking. No burnt bottoms here!
But I had not thought about placing the pan on the bottom shelf to brown the top! Brilliant!
Also, I keep the pilot light on till we are finished with the oven for that campground stay. If I need to put something back in, I just reset the temp.
I get a laugh at people complaining about RV ovens. Gas ovens have been around for a long time, they burn gas and get hot, they are small in an RV, but people bake things over campfires, use some patience, use some practice... a metal box that gets hot can heat up food.
Not a trick for RV oven - but you can put your cast iron BBQ grates into a self-cleaning oven at home. Set to self-clean - will clean the oven and those grates will look like new.
Our oven isn't deep enough for the pizza stone unmodified. I measured the depth of the oven. Instead of cutting off from just one side, I thought it best for air flow to measure out half the distance from the center of the stone to each side and make two cuts, just a bit short to have full circulation. I drew the lines and cut them with a Dremel tool fitted with a cutting wheel. Take your time and cut the whole thing. On my first stone I thought having a deep groove all the way to half the thickness was enough to give it a snap. It snapped the entire stone through the center.
I'm new to living in a RV with my fiance and I'm afraid to use the oven or stove. But watching this make me feel less afraid 😊
Kristy, if you don't already have it the lid from the Lodge dutch oven will also work on the skillet, preheat it and it will help even out your baking. The pour spouts allow stream to escape so as long as you're not trying to do a souffle it works better than a bare skillet. Just a tip from a scout dad who gets lots of practice with alternative cooking =)
Great Video Kristy! Great Safety tip on the oven mitt on the oven door. I also, like the tip on the pizza stone. Keep those videos rolling Great job. See ya next week guys.
Pilot lights used to be standard in kitchen stoves, in the oven always on, all winter and summer, some even under the stove top to light a burner without a match. So, Richard explained about the thermocouple, that prevents gas from escaping if the heat from a burning pilot goes out. The same principle was used on water heaters for many years. Gas refrigerator also uses a pilot. These used to be lit in an access door on the outside of the RV. Once you get familiar with how it works, then it's not scary.
When we first got our camper, our Dometic (but I think they're all about identical no matter the brand) oven burned EVERYTHING, even at the lowest temp setting.
What I did was get a cheap, (about $1.00) appropriately sized steel cookie sheet from Wally World, drilled a 1/2" hole at each corner in the "flat", and a 1/2" hole in the center of the sheet as well. I then laid it upside down on the shelf that covers the burner, and centered it so that the vent holes on the shelf were not covered. This acts as a heat shield to block and distribute the direct heat from the burner down below under the shelf.
This tamed it down substantially... almost too much... right now I'm in the process of getting it "dialed in" just perfect by adding a couple of vent holes to the heat shield to let just a little more heat get through. Easy fix for an angry oven!!
They make a ceramic plate to go over the burner and they cook great.
The ceramic plate is way more expensive though
Good tip friend, thanks
Was having trouble making the top of my dish crispy. I just put it on the very bottom. This is a life saver!! Thank you!!
Thanks. We’ve been full time Rving 3 yrs & been afraid to use the oven because of the way you have to light it. Thanks for all the info &encouragement. Will give it a shot🙏👍😎
Glad this video was helpful. The oven works fine but expect a learning curve (aka a few burned biscuits!) before getting the best results!
You can clean your pizza stone in your self-cleaning oven. It comes out nice! Thanks for the video! New Rv owner
I’m a newbie to camping and these tips are invaluable. I have been afraid to use my oven, but no more! Thanks for sharing.
I'm scared to use my oven too...how has it been going for you?
I've had my Airstream trailer for 20 years and have never once used the oven because I am too afraid to light it. You made it seem very simple so maybe I'll give it a try because I do miss having pizza when I'm out on the road! Thanks for showing how simple it is and giving me the confidence to try it.
I was the same way, now I'm baking cookies with confidence. An oven thermometer is a must!
One tip about lighting the pilot light,
if you RV has been sitting fo awhile, light one of your stove top burners first.
That will help get the propane up to the pilot light sooner.
That cornbread looked amazing!
We have, but not much. Most of our baked goods were frozen at home and packed tight in the freezer. A quick microwave and breakfast scones or muffins are ready for munching. The oven is good storage, but we wanted a working oven as one of the appliances in the coach. We had no trouble lighting the oven after the first try. Yes, a flashlight made a big difference. We think that the right pans are part of the solution, so preplanning is required to use the oven. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for posting. The oven in our Winnebago is a joke! Tips from youze twoze always appreciated
Since we have a electric microwave/convection oven we can't cook on it unless we use the generator when dry camping. So many times we use our Traeger Ranger as a pellet fed convection oven, which we run on our rig inverter. We also carry a Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer which I like to bake in it, many times using a porcelain cast iron dutch oven. The dutch ovens too distribute heat really well. Happy baking.
Bravo Kristy! Lots of good propane RV oven cooking tips here.
Aw, thanks! 😊🤙🏻
It’s very clear you know your way around a kitchen. I love how you use tongs to assist with pans in the oven. Your videos are fabulous and very helpful. They got us through our first few years of being newbie’s.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear we've been helpful to you! 💗🤙🏻
This video popped up in my feed yesterday and I wanted to thank you for it. We have been living in our RV full-time for the last 4mths. Its our 1st RV and its an older model...and we have been too afraid to light the oven. OMG you have changed our life! After watching your video WE DID IT, we lit the pilot light! We feel so brave and empowered! Thank you thank you thank you!
I'm going to check your videos now for instructions on how to light the hot water heater :/ ...not kidding, we havent used that either. But we haven't needed it really, but now its starting to get cooler in AZ.
New RV owner here. I heard about the pizza stone prior to buying my RV, so pre-purchased it. I have used the oven a few times now. First I made biscuits and since my cookie sheet would not fit in the oven, I placed the biscuits directly on the pizza stone. It worked fantastically. They came out great. The last time I used the oven, I made a pizza which I placed directly on the pizza stone and ended up setting the smoke alarm off (well, I know that works now). I did not check on the pizza as much as I should have and it was a little dark on the edge, but not burned. So, checking it more often would probably have prevented that issue. Thank you so much for your tips.
Finally! A video without the joker!
I like the re-lighting tip, using the oven mitts. Nice one!
I use a thick, rectangular pizza stone to keep the heat even. Takes longer to warm up, but I find that it distributes the heat more evenly. (although I've only used it a couple of times to re-heat frozen food from Schwan's. The cooking time is just a couple minutes longer than what is suggested on the container).
Where can you get a cooking stone at
Where did you get your square pizza stone? Tyia!
@@coolcutsgal2 Amazon, Pampered Chef
Preheat the oven. For my RV oven, preheating for 15-20 minutes helps eliminate some of the 'hot spots'.
New to RVing and new to LoLoHo. You guys are great...watched your UP video and been cramming ever since.
I've seen a few replies from folks like us who do not have an oven. We've had great success with an Omnia, corn bread, apple crisp, brownies, even individual Godiva lava cakes for my birthday :-)
My pizza stone cracked in half while traveling. Don't forget it's in there 🤣 I'm getting an oven thermostat and a cast iron pan! Thanks for all your tips. When I back my trailer into an rv spot I think of you guys and your backing up demonstration.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I wrecked 2 meals in the oven after we got our camper 6 years ago. Thanks to your practical use and tips, I'm ready to give it a try this weekend :-)
Thanks for your kind comments. Have fun cooking in your camper!
I purchased a rectangular pizza stone that fits better and works better than the round one
Yes! I need to get a rectangular one!
$0.97 un-glazed porcelain 12x12 floor tile fits perfectly and works just as well as an expensive pizza stone to distribute the heat evenly. Just make absolutely certain it's an un-glazed tile. It works so well we have one in our home oven.
I tried the unglazed tile years ago and didn't have great luck. My $15 pizza stone is stronger and has worked better for me, but go with whatever works for you! 👍🏻🤙🏻
We have the exact same thermometer. We also use a pizza stone to distribute heat.
I would love to see more cooking in the camper vids
We are totally newbs so more is better 😘
Great video. We are using our oven a lot more.
I have had 3 trailers with an oven and only used the oven once in about 6 years. Now I have a HiLo trailer with no oven and I could not be happier no wasted space. If I really want to cook oven style I will use a dutch oven. Thanks for the video they are all good.
I think it really depends on the individual. I personally would really miss my propane oven, but others never use them. It just goes to show that everyone has different priorities when shopping for an RV. 😁
Great video! I tested the oven in our new fifth wheel with an oven thermometer before I used it for the first time. That's one of the best tips. Please share more cooking/baking recipes and videos!.
Good job Kristy! That cornbread looked amazing! We don't have an oven in our hybrid but I have learned to do some serious stovetop cooking with cast iron. Even scones and biscuits. Nothing better with chili on a chilly day. Lol
@Shirley Vickery, we also don’t have an oven. Any suggestions?
@@movingforwardLDTH We do a fair bit of campfire cooking but mostly on the stovetop in cast iron. We make pizza and quesadillas, taco salad is a favourite , breakfast burritos, egg McMuffins, pie iron sandwiches, bannock on stick over the fire, sloppy Joe's, chili, burgers, hot dogs, tenderloin, brats etc on BBQ. Lunch is fairly light..salads, sandwiches, soup, snacky veg/crackers with dip, scones, various wraps, foil packs on fire, stuffed baked potatoes on fire. That's pretty much what I can think of off the top of my head. We walk lots or we'd likely gain weight camping. Lol
171 days to our May long weekend but who's counting?
A cast iron Dutch oven in the campfire works great for a lot of things as well
Try using the top rack for less burning the bottoms and better browning on top.
Yay for RV ovens! When we lived in ours, I used mine all the time. It was wonderful for heating up our leftovers in the cast iron skillet, I could put a whole meal in to heat up. Sometimes it was even better than the day before! Thank you for sharing Kristi!
Great tips...Sure would like your Corn Bread Recipe. bill in Florida
I make french bread loaves on occasion in the rv. learning curve but not difficult.
My wife hasn't taken the time to experiment with our RV's propane oven, but I'd like us to use it more. I'd gotten biscuits on top rack to come out nice, but tried a frozen pizza while using a 12" square ceramic floor tile (easier to find than a pizza stone) to distribute the heat, but it cracked half way through the process (I'm told because it was a "glazed" ceramic tile). The bottom crust of the pizza did get a bit charred once after removing the few pieces of broken tile from the oven bottom, but the pizza tasted like a brick oven pizza! Am eager to try again. Thanks for the inspiration & tips, Kristy!
I have an unglazed ceramic tile in my oven. Got it at Lowes or Home depot. Cost was like 1.00. It is square and fits perfectly. Going on 3rd year with it. It sits on the metal shelf directly above flame burner.
We have used our oven to bake a cobbler and a cake. Worked great.
I use a rectangular stone that is slightly smaller than the width of the oven. I place this directly on the heat source as you mentioned. My heat distribution is greatly improved. I do like your tip on placing the pan under the heat source and using like a broiler.
Your placement of the pizza stone is correct. Putting sheets to catch overflow on the flame shield can actually block the heat from rising in some ovens. And letting the pizza stone heat up with the oven can help too just on the rack preferably. I dont have an rv yet but I have had several gas ovens in mobilehomes I lived in.😅🤞🤞🤞
Thanks for sharing your tips!
All good tips! Nice job..
Great tips, thank you. We are renting a small class C rv for 10 days and will be using your cooking suggestions, including bringing cast iron. This will be our first rv trip.
Have fun!
Great video....as a fulltimer I use my RV oven all the time. Prefer propane/gas over electric any day.
We purchase 4 unglazed tiles and use ILO pizza stone. Just have to remember to reposition them after we have been driving. For less than $5 we have a great even heat conductor!
Air bake cookie sheets are a game changer too IMO. Really helps with over browning on the bottom so the tips and centers have time to cook. 9/10 I finish stuff on the very bottom too just to get a titch more golden on top.
Great stuff, Kristy. Thanks.
The pizza stone in the oven is a game changer! I'm not afraid to cook in mine anymore since putting one in there this year! And thank you for the tip on the thermometer...I never thought of that :)
I use a broiler pan from an oven I got rid of, it sits on solid metal rack that separates flame, now your heat will distribute evenly
Great vid! Much needed topic. Please show us girls more of what you cook in your oven on an item specific basis. Even if it makes for a really short video, we’d love to know your different tips and tricks for casseroles, breads, pizzas, desserts, etc. Or include a little cooking segment in each of your vids. Safe travels. -Brierfield, AL
Great video. I noticed on my RV oven that it's almost 50 degrees off from the dial settings. I baked two loaves of sourdough sandwich bread and had to set it to 425 to hit 375 oven temp. I also used a temp probe to check the bread internally until it hit 200 degrees. Keep up the great content. 👍
Thanks! Fresh sourdough bread sounds delicious! Maybe we will try that next time 😋
Great job babe👍🏻
comming over for biskets and gravy those biskets looked great
Thanks for the advice. I use my sticks and bricks oven a lot and was concerned about being able to use an rv oven. Haven't got the rv yet, but I research everything.
We have a new truck camper and I have yet to use the oven in it. This was quite helpful as I am a bit afraid of it. One thing I was told was to leave the pilot on until I am sure the item I am baking is officially done and then shut it off. This way one would not have to reach in to re-light the oven. I have a fear of reaching in there when it is hot, for sure, as it is so small and not awfully easy to see in there.
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Too funny. Exactly how we roll. Oven for storage, cook on top or outside on table
I like airbake cookie sheets. They are lighter than stones.
I heard about placing your pizza stone on the metal sheet directly above the heat to help with heat distribution. Tried it & the stone exploded. So I like your recommendation of placing your baking sheet directly on the stone which is on the rack. Sad I blew up my much loved & used pizza stone. I love the idea of using the very bottom as a type of broiler method. I realize you would need to watch this very closely but that solves my biggest issue with an rv stove. Thanks!
Thank you Kathy for sharing your experience! Yes, cooking in. The RV is definitely an ongoing learning process. ☺️
All great tips. We are baking bread right now - on the Outer Banks during a storm - and love our rv oven (after much experimentation). Thank you for the tips!
So glad I bought a trailer without an oven🔥
😂 hey, whatever works for you!
Like cigarette lighters in cars they are not so common anymore. What they do is up-sell people to buy a Stainless steel convection/microwave oven at an extra two or three hundred dollars. These units are usually garbage easily beaten by a $90 toast oven. One advantage of propane is they are so quiet vs listening to your generator for an hour to use your electric oven. Another advantage is usually propane ovens are free with the stovetop.
Hello! We cook in our oven. Works great. We do rotate our food 2 or 3 times while cooking and we have a 10x10 cast iron griddle we use instead of a pizza stone. We have the same thermometer in the same place you have.
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I've cooked with gas all my life. RV ovens are so small they seem to run hot. When it was new it smoked bad, but ok now. I've only made biscuits and cornbread in my RV oven. Happy Camping.
After the pilot is lit the thermocouple has to warm up before the gas begins to flow.
I was going to mention that as well. I'm glad I read through the comments and saw that someone had already mentioned that.
My suggestion is also get good cookie sheets. I recommend nordicware. Thick and even heating that doesnt flex at all. Not too expensive either and available on amazon.
Good tips Kristy! Thx. I have cooked in the oven and didn't enjoy it much due to the burning bottom...lol. Will have another go at it.
I have a tip for you try using a long arc lighter to light your propane stove so much easier to use you can find them in the camping section in walmart around ten dollars but they are worth it especially in a propane stove we live in our rv
Can't wait to have a rig with an oven! My friend made biscuits in cast iron with a lid on top of the stove in the Tetons this summer! She made a big square one and it flipped nicely. Be safe! Hugs!
I keep my pizza stone on the very bottom of the oven all the time. It seems to keep the heat even throughout and the temp. Seems to be consistent with the oven regulator.
Good video and tips. Even in a house some ovens don’t cook evenly and one needs to rotate pans. Ok now I need to go make a skillet of cornbread😁👍 Yawl have a great week!
I have to admit I never thought about moving the pain under the flame and makes it a whole Broiler situation thank you
Lighting the oven, I set it to pilot and use the long reach lighter to warm the thermocouple. After it's warmed up I turn the temp up and the burner will light easier than the pilot light.
Pizza stone goes on top of the broiler plate and does help regulate the temperature, plus if I want pizza, scrub the stone well before lighting the oven. Sometimes stuff drips onto the stone while baking.
I also leave the cast iron skillet in there when oven is off and while traveling.
Yes, I store my cast iron and baking pans inside my oven too! 😁👍🏻
Pizza stone on the bottom is the way to go your temp will be even in the oven. Using it for years
All of these tips are super helpful! Thank you!!
Great tips! 🤙
Great tips as always Thanks!
Thanks for this video. I do need to get my wife to watch since I'm not the cook.
We use our RV oven every once in a while. Mostly precook our meals as we are part time RVers. It took me a couple minutes to figure this out. Good reminder!
Thanks for your tips on using your RV oven! I love that you use a pizza stone for more even cooking. I have had a pizza stone in my kitchen and have never used it. I’m going to put it in our RV now! And I never thought about using the bottom of the oven to brown food! 👍🏻😊
I used a pizza stone once and bang... the pizza stone exploded into 7 pieces and it was only 300 degrees!! I now use a flat cast iron gridle just big/small enough to fit directly over the flame and that seems to distribute the heat pretty well.
Continuous monitoring of your RV oven is good advice. Propane burns at about 2,400 degrees F. That is considerably hotter than the natural gas flame that most big city residential ovens are fueled with. The food in a propane fueled oven will cook faster.
My wife kinda battles our RV oven and also flips things like biscuits all the time and also uses pizza stone
Great tips. We use ours all the time ,never have had any problems.
Thank you for the demonstration!
Great video!. I do put my pizza stone on the metal divider and have had good luck with that
Excellent tips and tricks for using an oven in an RV! P.S. That cornbread look yummy!
Great video, Kristy! And that cornbread...mmmmm...looks amazing! I think tomorrow, I will be having cornbread with butter and cane syrup! Thanks for sharing and enjoy your time on the road.
Appreciate this video. I debated whether it is safe to cook in the bottom of the oven. Sometimes I just need the space
I have tiles that come in 4 panels instead of one round stone. I do place it in the lower side. I have never burned any bread and have never flipped the biscuits, etc. Maybe it's just a different oven? Love love my oven. I would never get just a convection microwave. Thanks for the video. Well done!