Bongo Fury

Hi,
Has anyone got a side conversion that incorporates an oven? I looked at JAL's spaceship 3 with the wide bed and wondered if anyone had managed to cram an oven somewhere into this conversion? Any other ideas if not possible?
Cheers.
RDCol

Hey RDCol, have been doing a fair amount of research into this myself...

I must've looked at every professional side conversion but have never seen an oven incorporated. 9 times out of 10, the hob is above the fridge and that area is behind the driver's seat. I believe that's for safety purposes. That kind of arrangement definitely doesn't leave room for an oven though, as you know. Bloody good idea though, having an oven. I'm definitely going to try and include it in my own DIY side conversion.

As far as camping ovens go, I've found these:

- Kampa Roast Master (this has smallest dimensions amongst this lot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Eqsk7FRVE
- Camp Chef Oven series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGoJu9puYQ
- Campingaz Camp Stove Oven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozdfgx4HKTM

There's also something called an Omnia oven which you stick on top of the stove, very good by all accounts. Have got one but haven't used it yet. Even if you couldn't fit one of the ovens in the worktop space, you could probably store the Camp Chef Portable Oven until needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gT108JF1So

I'll shut up now

I've got a Kampa Roastmaster and we love it. It sits on a little plinth above the O/S wheel arch which also protects my cabin heater.

The Roastmaster is not supposed to be used in a vehicle but we take great care with the ventilation and have had no problems. We do not have a conversion, just no rear seats and flexible layout according to what we are doing at the time. We aren't bothered about having a sink or running water so that means plenty of room for an oven. And Hot Croissants for breakfast, Pizzas if we can't be bothered cooking etc etc.

Thanks for the pointers, much appreciated.

Unless you are planning on doing a turkey with all the trimmings, I would stick to something much smaller and portable. We have a Remoska which is only 470 watts for the standard model (so no problems tripping out the campsite electrics) and you can make anything from pizzas, casseroles to jacket potatoes. Ours gets more use at home than in the Bongo.

http://www.remoska.co.uk/

I use a halogen cooker.. The one with the glass bowl and the light... I cook full roast dinners in it.. Iv done a crimbo dinner

Thanks to all, and what a great forum

RC, not sure if you are still looking for an oven but this is the answer to all of your problems Coleman Folding Oven, I bought one from the U.S, not terribly expensive.

Mildly off topic, we have just bought one of these http://www.doubleskillet.com/ so far so good.

I bought a Double Skillet too. So far it is unused as I did not buy the diffuser at the same time. Do you use a diffuser with yours?

We are not big on roast meat type meals so wanted it for doing pizza, pie type things but have not tried yet.

I love my Remoska for in the van but obviously only when we have EHU.

What I do find handy is a (non electric) Diablo sandwich maker for when we have no EHU. Using a few chopped up tinned potatoes, a bit of pre boiled onion and some grated cheese inside 2 slices of bread .... a very passable cheese, onion and potato 'pie'. Love the Diablo so much we have bought a second one so we can each cook using both hob burners. Cheese ham and chutney excellent too as is a tin of Aldi tuna with sweet chilli sauce. Believe you can also do sweet versions. Not got round to that yet .... but I will!

I got an old gas oven off eBay for a tenner. Great for baking French bread and keeping fried breakfast warm until the eggs are fried. A built in one would probably be better use of space than a sink and, properly designed and vented, could double as a cab heater.

I have one of these:- http://www.cobb-bbq.co.uk/



Not as large as a gas/leccy oven (which is a bonus ),but will cook a full roast dinner,and also BBQ`s,grills,frys,griddles smokes and bakes.I got a frypan with mine (retirement present) but you can also get a wok and pizza stone. They are superb
Added bonus...... No hook up reqd.

Brian

Re double skillet yes we use diffuser, used it for long weekend cooking for 4. I was going to try cakes but ran out of time. Plan to give them a go at home. Very impressed so far....
Wendy

Tried cakes yesterday, heated up the skillet top on another gas ring and used a packet cake mix (first time for that) it took much longer than expected but the cakes came out ok