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SaabLover · 05-11-2008, 08:55 AM

Well I am getting into using my oven. This is only the second time I have tried to use it. One reason I am so excited about using it successfully is that many Airstream owners on this blog state that their ovens are practically useless. Yes they work but poorly at best. So here I am a newbi to this world of Airstream life and I have an oven that not only works but works amazingly well.
So I tryed my hand at baking chicken last night with one really big Valdada onion. I have never tried this before but, hey I like chicken and I like cooked onions so what the hell. Well I am proud to say that it was so good I couldn't believe I made it. So till next time Happy Mother's Day.

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deauxrite · 05-11-2008, 09:23 AM

We normally bake outside in a Coleman camp oven, but this season in Alaska has been cold and wet so we decided to try our oven inside. I have been baking bread inside every week for the last month and it works like a champ. Now I think that I can get rid of my toaster oven and free up a little more space.

Goin camping · 05-11-2008, 10:29 AM

These ovens are great!

I can make a better Pineapple upsidedown cake in the trailer than I can in the house.

Mmmmm desert...

n2916s · 05-11-2008, 10:51 AM

My oven has always worked like a champ -- the temperature regulation is better than my stick house oven. I am still going to replace it because the stovetop has four 5200 btu burners -- it can take weeks to boil water.

I'll miss that oven though...

mike

ScottW · 05-11-2008, 10:52 AM

We use our oven frequently. It works fine. Of course, we prefer to cook outside as much as possible, but the inside stove/oven and microwave are used as well.

davidz71 · 05-11-2008, 11:05 AM

I've had great luck with my oven when baking biscuits, rolls and italian dishes. I did add an oven thermometer to better judge the oven temperature. It works great.

SteSpot · 05-11-2008, 08:03 PM

The orginal oven in our 69 Overlander worked great. It had hardly ever been used and the temperature was correct. I just had to wipe out a little of the rust dust that was inside. We are renovating a 68 and I am insisting on getting a 3 burner stove with gas oven......it will work even if we are boondocking.

geirws · 05-11-2008, 09:09 PM

I have never used our oven in our 1977 argosy MH. And by the looks of it the pervious owners never did. Its still brand new inside

**azflycaster** · 05-11-2008, 09:11 PM

Nothing better then the smell of muffins in the oven on a chili morning.

Ahab · 05-12-2008, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by azflycaster

Nothing better then the smell of muffins in the oven on a chili morning.

For sure!

flitzwhopper · 05-12-2008, 07:56 AM

steaks, pork chops and lamb chops (not too thick) braised on the bottom of the oven - both sides with a little butter and spices then baked at 275 until the meat is done - mmmmm

donna cooks everything in twinkerbill that she would cook at home.

DKDarrow · 05-12-2008, 09:00 AM

In my 89 Excella we use the oven a lot for various things; but it did not come with a broiler pan........what do you use? Do you crack the oven door and disconnect the fire alarm when broiling? Do you crank it up as it goes for the heat setting? How do you prevent splatter? If I do not have a dedicated broiler pan will aluminum foil lining inside of a shallow cake pan work?

thanks........Dennis

centennialman · 05-12-2008, 09:01 AM

I like using the oven. A microwave reminds me of home and when I am out in the Airstream I like to "slow" down and cook the old fashioned way. The oven works just fine and I have made many good meals out of it.

**Janet H** · 05-12-2008, 09:04 AM

Love the oven! My favorite thing to do is make those frozen yeast dough cinnamon rolls. Let em rise in the counter all night and bake in the morning - no work. Yum.

The oven also makes great toast.

Aria · 05-12-2008, 10:12 AM

Great. On chilly mornings (we have had many lately) ...the oven heats and cooks.

flitzwhopper · 05-12-2008, 10:41 AM

Dennis & Susan
We have the original broiling pan. It is no more than an inch tall and completely enameled with the same matereal as the oven. The grease goes below the cooking surface so there isn't much splatter from that and because the pan covers the majority of the bottom of the oven it doesn't get messy.
We just set the oven to 300 degrees and by the time it actually gets up to temperature the broiling part is done (the flames from the burner are really close like a salamander in a restaurant). So we leave the door closed. Donna cooks biscuts, au gratin potatoes and a vegetable cassarole during the broiling time. We just transfer the chops to a smaller pan so that everything fits on the upper shelf.

we prefer home cooking to restaurant food so making stuff in the kitchen is just part of the trip. we used to tent camp so having a real kitchen is very cool

rollin home · 10-29-2008, 10:07 AM

i used to have a sour dough starter...friendship cake
and this grows so needs to be baked and shared
regularly...I hope to find another batch of this as
cold weather is upon us and a warm oven is great!

76sovereign · 10-29-2008, 10:14 AM

Looks delicious! I baked in our new oven last weekend for the 1st time. I like to call this picture "Kani and her big buns" They actually turned out fantastic!

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Originally Posted by SaabLover

Well I am getting into using my oven. This is only the second time I have tried to use it. One reason I am so excited about using it successfully is that many Airstream owners on this blog state that their ovens are practically useless. Yes they work but poorly at best. So here I am a newbi to this world of Airstream life and I have an oven that not only works but works amazingly well.
So I tryed my hand at baking chicken last night with one really big Valdada onion. I have never tried this before but, hey I like chicken and I like cooked onions so what the hell. Well I am proud to say that it was so good I couldn't believe I made it. So till next time Happy Mother's Day.

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crispyboy · 10-29-2008, 10:50 AM

During our trip out for a week in mid-October we only ate out 1 time for lunch. Other than that we got a lot of use out of the oven and stovetop. We did cheat and buy the smallest, lightest and cheapest microwave we could find to make the baked potatoes. The oven cooked very evenly! I would never get rid of it.