Microwave/Convection Oven Use
Printed From: R-pod Owners Forum
Category: R-pod Discussion Forums
Forum Name: Miscellaneous / Off-topic
Forum Discription: Pull a chair up to the campfire and chat. No religious, political or weapons talk, please.
URL: http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6847
Printed Date: 19 May 2025 at 12:27am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 9.64 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Microwave/Convection Oven Use
Posted By: Pete Brayton
Subject: Microwave/Convection Oven Use
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 3:17pm
| Just bought a 2010 178 and was wondering how many of you use the oven and how often? I was thinking of just getting a smaller portable microwave and use the original space for storage. Has anyone else done this? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. |
Replies:
Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 4:59pm
|
I use the oven all the time. Usually for something simple like muffins / cookies / cinnamon buns. But, that little oven has also been put to good use for cooking in bad weather (including the occasional snowstorm) when I'd rather not unpack and fire up the BBQ. I've even cooked a Thanksgiving turkey in there. Personally, I wouldn't want to be without something which allows me to cook inside, even if its just a very http://www.amazon.ca/Maxi-Matic-ETO-113-Cuisine-2-Slice-Toaster/dp/B000B2WOME/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1440190638&sr=8-3&keywords=2+slice+toaster+oven - small toaster oven . ------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: SNO4ME
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 5:04pm
I have heard of several folks doing just that but Outbound has a point there. We haven't actually used ours but for microwaving.  ------------- Bruce & Donna in the Sno Pod (and Brewer too) 2011 RP 177 |
Posted By: sailor323
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2015 at 8:53pm
| Frankly, I think the convection oven is more useful than the microwave. |
Posted By: Pete Brayton
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 7:00pm
| Thanks for the replies! I've done most of my camping without hookups, so I'll get used to using the oven(s) over time. We're heading out to Mueller State Park just west of Pikes Peak this Monday and Tuesday nights for our shakedown cruise. |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 8:25pm
|
Use it all the time!! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: topher2u2
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2015 at 8:19am
|
We removed the microwave/convection oven to add some extra storage space in our 171. We spend most of our time camping in dry sites in the Colorado mountains and don't have a generator. For us, the space was more important. ------------- #3PsnRPod 2016 R-Pod RP 171 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2015 at 8:52am
|
We camp with hook ups a lot, and I really like bread, rolls, biscuits etc..
------------- |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2015 at 9:20am
I used the convection mode to roast pumpkin seeds during our Halloween campouts.  ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
|
Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2015 at 5:21pm
|
It's funny. I tested it in the driveway and like it a lot. All the functions work well and it seems like it would be really versatile to cook in. We just rarely use it, other than for heating baked beans or baked potatoes. The Weber Q does the heavy lifting when it comes to cooking (even under the Dome). The rest of the time, we use it to store bread and chips and stuff. I don't want to take it out cuz I never know when DW might wanna make me a fresh apple pie. It happens. fred ------------- 2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits 2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2015 at 9:51pm
|
Apple pie................................Hmmmm!!! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: Don Halas
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 9:41am
|
I searched and this seemed the most appropriate place to post this question. I'm really having some concern believing I can use the convection/rack in the convection oven. My concern is with the little red rubber feet on the two ends. Are they really tolerant to temperatures of 400F? We don't have a microwave at home so not having one in the trailer would be ok. Of course since we have it I'm sure we will have situations that we use it. But I'm more interested in the ability to bake or warm something in the convection oven. Baking isn't so easy using camp equipment and fresh biscuits or reheating some frozen calzones would be a great thing to have on the road. Anyway, I've bought my 10" pizza tray, but just can't get around the fact that those little rubber feet are good in that hot oven. |
Posted By: Grandpa Hiker
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 12:22pm
|
Don Halas, We have used the rack in our convection-microwave oven several times without any problems. Just be sure you are in convection mode & not microwave mode. I suspect the red rubber feet are silicone. I have a silicone cooking sheet that I place directly over the fire on my gas grill. ------------- Rob & Becky 2014 Ford Explorer 3.5 SOHC V6 2015 R-179 Pod aka Piddle Pod "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain!!" |