Non-marine stoves on a boat

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by GILow

Good caution, thank you. I figured I'd need to swap the jets if I buy a household stove, but I'll look further into the whole issue of gas compatibility a bit more.

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AFAIK, all gas cooktops (home/RV/boat) sold in Oz have thermocouples and all come with a bagful of the various jets for all gas types available in Oz. The licensed installer selects the jet necessary for your application.

[LeeV]

I bought an RV stove for our cat: Furrion FS21DB4A-SS

[Kd9truck]

To the RV cooking set ups I would say yes you can use them, but they may disappoint you for long term use or not that depends on how much and what you do to your food. I Crewed 2500 nm on a vessel with a custom built induction cook top and oven in 2021. I was a degree holding chef in a past carrier/life, this vessel also had a plug in single burner induction stowable that worked better than the cook top. I was tripping breakers (the cook top and oven on separate breakers) regularity and this vessel was a 3x power plant (wind, water, and diesel generator ). For me,…the power consumption off shore seemed unnecessarily excessive. (I do not feel the same about the water maker of washing machine).
When it comes to cooking we all use heat but in so many varying applications. Size of the vessel contributes to the options and limitations. My wish list set up would be an electric gimbaling hanging toaster oven with a 2 burner gimbaling cook top, a *microwave below, a stoweable bread maker, and I would add a cast iron Dutch oven to the pot arsenal to round things out. To power it mainly with renewables to lithium and have the motor and generator as back up.
*imho microwaves are only useful if you have a freezer and you prep meals and freeze for off shore passage with poor cooking conditions, they are versatile they are just not my go to. Cheers

[Kd9truck]

Originally Posted by LeeV

I bought an RV stove for our cat: Furrion FS21DB4A-SS

THIS IS A FAMILY SITE SIR!!!

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nice stove)

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by GILow

Yes, I noticed a fair bit of frustration around marine ovens. I've yet to find one with a proper temperature dial. I've got by ok with the Mariner on my Swanson by learning where to set the dial for various cooking jobs, but I have no real idea of what temperature I'm using.

An oven thermometer is cheap enough but a lab. therm. or one made to insert
into meat could have the probe inserted through a small hole in the oven. Just an idea, for your epicurean delights. On the epicurean delights.

[jackdale]

I have sailed one boat with an RV stove. It was unusable underway as the oven door handle hit the safety bar, preventing the unit from gimballing.

If you are cooking underway, make sure you install a galley harness.

BTW - microwaves on boats are really unnecessary and just take up valuable space and electrical power, unless you wish to use then for storage. The only item worse is a hair dryer.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by Kd9truck

THIS IS A FAMILY SITE SIR!!!

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nice stove)

Señorita, I said to put the gâteau in the oven - not the gato!!!!!

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by LeeV

I bought an RV stove for our cat: Furrion FS21DB4A-SS

Nice but still about 40mm to wide to fit in the hole on ours.

<Shaking fists at the sky> Why oh why on a boat our size did they build the hole for the stove so bloody small and in an area where it can't easily be expanded?

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by jackdale

I have sailed one boat with an RV stove. It was unusable underway as the oven door handle hit the safety bar, preventing the unit from gimballing.

If you are cooking underway, make sure you install a galley harness.

BTW - microwaves on boats are really unnecessary and just take up valuable space and electrical power, unless you wish to use then for storage. The only item worse is a hair dryer.

I solved that problem with my SMEV - having once had the impact of oven door handle against 'safety bar' - aka place to hang the tea towel - smash the oven door glass - by getting rid of the 'safety' bar and never leaving it free swinging. The SMEV gimbals are pretty rubbish so I use a pair of 'ViseGrips' to lock them in place.

The only way you will get most gimbaled stoves to stay steady is to ballast them with about 1 cwt of fire bricks in the bottom of the oven.

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by GILow

I’m toying with the separate cooktop idea.

I thought about how rarely i use the gimbal on the current stove and asked myself if I actually need the stove to gimbal. I think I’d be better off gimballing the microwave.

Ha! Depends on the boat and galley location, and typical usage.

In my case its on a galley up cat which results in the cooktop being very near the rotational center of the boat. Thus no gimball is needed. Ive cooked on it in up to 6' confused/cross seas with no pot holders and no problems.

This brings up one difference in marine vs residential stoves: pot holders & gimballs. You could of course fabricate either for a residencial cook top. Could be an important difference for some installations.

[Cadence]

Maybe people should understand the difference between a thermocouple that is needed to be hot till the knob is released for ignition and a Klixen valve which shuts off gas if the burner goes out?

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

Yeah, I had a 3 burner SS one that was $120 new, 3 burners.

Mine is a 4 burner with one nice big high BTU burner that many marine models lack. Its a nice unit, have had it for about 5 years and it still looks good.

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by Cadence

Maybe people should understand the difference between a thermocouple that is needed to be hot till the knob is released for ignition and a Klixen valve which shuts off gas if the burner goes out?

A thermocouple shuts off gas as well, so says google

[GILow]

Originally Posted by jackdale

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BTW - microwaves on boats are really unnecessary and just take up valuable space and electrical power, unless you wish to use then for storage. The only item worse is a hair dryer.

Horses for courses mate. My microwave gets an absolute flogging.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Cadence

Maybe people should understand the difference between a thermocouple that is needed to be hot till the knob is released for ignition and a Klixen valve which shuts off gas if the burner goes out?

WTF is a klixen valve? My google skills are failing me.