replacing full sized cooker woth 3 burner hob and grill

[Brendan Stone]

Hi All, we have a 2001 reg Compass Avantgarde.

It has a full size 'traditional' cooker with 4 burner hob, grill and oven.

We never use the oven (part from storage!) and rarely use more than 2 hobs.

To make better use of space and to reduce weight I'm thinking of replacing it with either a 3 burner hob wth small oven/grill or a 3 burner hob with grill (see pics). The oven/grill option might be more attractive to buyers if/when we ever sell it? (no plans to).

The work would involve some new carcass/cupboard construction and a new worktop (to fit new hob dimensions).

Has anyone done similar? with any helpful comments?

Thanks

 

[Jev88]

Very doable. Most people go the other way and want an oven

 

[carolyn]

If it’s working well then it seems like an unecessary expense in an old van. It if doesn’t work then that’s entirely different. Unless you’re a master craftsman it will always look a bit of a bodge and less attractive should you decide to sell it. Worktops , doorfronts not matching.

 

[Nanniemate]

I agree with carolyn if it's not broke and all that
Seems a lot of work and cost for little gain and what you get will not be of the quality already there.

 

[Shrimp]

If it ain’t broke…….leave it alone!

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[MisterB]

Why not replace the whole lot with an induction hob, lithium battery and inverter and not bother with LPG for cooking ?

 

[Minxy]

It will cost a fair bit to do a good job even if you are doing it yourself. If you only use 2 rings to cook I bet you still use the others as trivets when moving pans around so not having that ability could be a problem/inconvenience.

If you are trying to have more usable worktop space when the rings are in use you could remove the existing hob cover and use 2 separate covers (assuming the ones in use aren't diagonal or the 2 front ones). We used to put s/s electric plate covers on ours so we could stand stuff on the unused rings.

The amount of storage you'll gain will be pretty minimal so it seems a lot of effort and expense for very little benefit. Any weight saving would be used up with anything you stored in the new space anyway, not that it would be a lot.

 

[scotzsue]

It will cost a fair bit to do a good job even if you are doing it yourself. If you only use 2 rings to cook I bet you still use the others as trivets when moving pans around so not having that ability could be a problem/inconvenience.

If you are trying to have more usable worktop space when the rings are in use you could remove the existing hob cover and use 2 separate covers (assuming the ones in use aren't diagonal or the 2 front ones). We used to put s/s electric plate covers on ours so we could stand stuff on the unused rings.

The amount of storage you'll gain will be pretty minimal so it seems a lot of effort and expense for very little benefit. Any weight saving would be used up with anything you stored in the new space anyway, not that it would be a lot.

Am with Minxy and others on this, do miss my oven, first van without, yes we have microwave and take remoska and airfryer but cooker took a lot less space.

 

[Lenny HB]

Sounds good to me providing you can do a decent job, being an elderly van it doesn't matter that much that it won't be original.

Our current van we speced without an oven, last 3 vans all had ovens, we have not missed it. Fitted lithium and use an air fryer.