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Hi @Corradobrit
That does look good but as said on top of the cooker we would need to change pots and pans which we don't really want to do. We aren't OCD on packing but everything does have it's place and the nesting set of dixies saves an awful lot of space; no pots and pans will stack/store like they do!!
Have induction hob in the house and much prefer it to gas.
with electricity costs soaring, campsite will either raise the flat daily fee for EHU or charge you a basic/connection fee and some money per kW of use.
That's one of the things I considered but have now bought the small ceramic one from B&Q for £29.99We have something like this:
£15.99 from B&Q
Oypla 1.5kW Electric Portable Kitchen Single Hot Plate Hob | DIY at B&Q
The 1.5kW electric hot plate is an easy to clean high powered double hot plate, ideal for cooking where space is limited. It's portable design means you can choose to cook anywhere you like as long as there is a plug socket around. Let dishes warm while keeping them out of your way or cook...www.diy.com
. Our existing camper has only one v large battery for engine start and habitation but it is really good and when parked up all that will use electricity are the lights and phone charging; the fridge is 3 way 12v driving/240 EHU or gas so we can actually last around a week off grid without starting engine to charge battery and obviously have enough gas - having said that the fridge uses very little
Even more a case in favor of a gas cooker, rather than electric. With an electric stove you will become dependent from EHU, no more off grid, unless you invest some serious cash in proper size batteries + inverter.
Yes I know this but the reason for small electric was in case we're unable to get a second cylinder refill before we get onto Outer Hebrides otherwise all would be fine. I single ring cooker means it could go anywhere in the van and might save some prep space
Gulp!!!!!Go diesel…
WEBASTO 12VOLT DIESEL COOKER X100 PART NO WA90000B
WEBASTO DIESEL COOKER X100 WA90000B 12VOLT DIESEL COOKER X 100 INCLUDES UNIVERSAL INSTALLATION KIT FEATURES EG-TYPE APPROVAL CODE GS FI CE 22159www.lucasaide.com
We have a 2 KWh Bluetti all-in-one battery and inverter unit, charged by a 200W foldable solar panel that takes in around 35 watts ph, even when cloudy. It can also be charged via a 12v cigarette lighter port when driving, giving around 72 watts per hour this way. We have used a plug-in induction hob on this along with kettle, toaster, the usual lights and laptops etc - all with no issues and more importantly no need for gas in the van, which was important to us.I recommend the move to electric clean energy and best of all it's FREE and we never need a hok up which we have found are often £5 extra per night!
We’ve also got the vango camping pans that work on the induction hob
That's another downside that I don't like about electric hobs. They keep remaining hot for quite a while after switching them off. If you want to to have a quick meal and head off, sometimes you need to wait for the thing to cool down first. More often though the biggest inconvenience, for my use at least, is that once my meal is cooked and I serve it on the dishes I have a hot pot/pan that I need to leave somewhere and can't place it back on the hot hob as it will keep cooking or burning what is inside the pot, food or rest of it. With a gas hob when it's off... it's off, I can place the pot right back on the hob, no issue.
Yep and us, I also now use it for smelly food at home
we have used this on a few trips you can do everything in it, pies, stir fry’s, sausages…. ‘Tefal easy fry and grill’
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