microwaves for campers

[48Rob]

...Bob, it does always smell pretty good around your camp...

Rob

[oklahomajewel]

Microwave NO. My 2nd teardrop, we put a small toaster oven! Now THAT got used almost every trip! Biscuits for breakfast, cornbread for potluck, toast with some garlic butter with dinner. Definitely consider a toaster oven!

[pmowers]

I built in a microwave in the front of my 6x10 CTC. We do use it, but then we are normally in a campground with AC available. A friend has a Sharp microwave oven in his trailer that is also a convection oven. It is sweet- fresh baked biscuits in 10 minutes. While we do the majority of cooking over coals or propane, the vagaries of weather tend to get in the way with campfires. I remember having the perfect bed of coals ready, turned to get the steaks and the sky opened up, dumping a couple of inches of rain in under 30 minutes. I didn't even make in under shelter without getting soaked to the skin.

[dales133]

There are stainless steel slide out kitchen units avaliable in Australia (I'm not sure about there) built for camper trailers with sinks and gas cooker built in you could slide out the side

[aggie79]

MntDon is correct. There is no right answer. For us, we wouldn't leave home without one. We only camp where there is electricity so power is a non-issue. Our camping trips are infrequent so we tend to maximize available time when we camp for hiking, biking and other activities or just relaxing. Cooking is not of high importance. We usually bring home-cooked meals, reheat them in the microwave and eat on paper plates with plastic utensils. From start to finish including clean-up we are done in 15 minutes. That said, there are times when we bring our Dutch oven, Kamado cooker, and or grill and spend a lot of time cooking. It depends upon what mood we're in when we are packing for the trip.

[len19070]

I will offer one suggestion that could replace a Microwave.

First off warming water can be done with a Pot and a stove, that includes Coffee.

But what I do is make "Boil in Bag Meals", that is if I had meatloaf, corn and mashed potatoes on Tuesday before I left to go camping, I put some Meatloaf, corn and Mashed Potatoes in separate "Zippy" bags, refrigerate them and when I get to camp Boil a pot of water and put them in the boiling water for a bit, pour them on a plate and Wa-La, same as a microwave.

No muss, no fuss, no dirty Pots & Pans and if you use paper & plastic silverware theres no clean up either.

Happy Trails

Len

[bobhenry]

Boil in the bag dinners

[lrrowe]

Now that does look good.

[CAJUN LADY]

Gene, if you like using a microwave then bring one. I bring a tiny one and keep it under my canopy outside and I use it. I love microwave popcorn and always pop some when camping. I use it to reheat things for me or if my grand daughter is camping, for her. Mine gets used both at home and camping so I like having one. It stays in my camper when I'm not camping and it stays outside under the canopy when camping. Works for me.

[Verna]

I've been camping for the past three weeks and will continue for about 3 more months. What I do is to spend time making some meals about once a week so that I can reheat the food later. I put individual servings in vacuum-sealed bags in the ARB, snd I reheat them in the microwave when I have shore power. If I don't have shore power, then I'll use either the propane stove/grill or the butane stove to cook or reheat. I love my microwave, I use it a lot at home, and the space it takes in my galley is is fine with me. I store my microwave cookware inside the microwave when on the road. If you use a microwave at home, go ahead and use one camping, if you have shore power. Be sure to have an alternative if there isn't shore power, just like at home.