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Old 01-08-2016, 10:47 PM   #41
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I don't know about these particular ovens, but I know the folding Coleman oven gets way to hot to want to use it inside.
We have it and I realize that it can't be used inside. We would have it on the floor burning up the place in no time.

We never use it except to have bread rise in it at home. Will have to actually use it when camping and see how it does with bread or anything.
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Old 01-08-2016, 11:02 PM   #42
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Didn't know the oven option from Escape was a manual light- but the stovetops are as well. The Camp Chef does have piezo ignition.
Atwood, right? Their ovens are generally match-lit and have a pilot and thermocouple, so the thermostat can turn the heat on and off, and so that if the flame goes out the gas is shut off. Usually only the stovetop burners - ironically the ones which would be trivial to reach with a lighter - have a piezo ignition in the ranges, but I understand that the stoves used by Escape don't have igniters.
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We have the oven in our 19. It is black with a black metal cover over the burners. We have the stainless range hood. We purchased it because we have recipes we enjoy with an oven and is a cozy way to cook when bad weather outside. Downside is you loose some drawer space and counter space if you went with a 2 burner cook top.
One reason I ended up getting the oven is the way it's installed: as far to the dinette bulkhead as possible, whereas the cooktops are installed with what looks like 4 or 5 inches of counter space between the stove and that bulkhead. I've been very happy with how it looks (the stove is also black, like the oven, as are the cover and range hood).
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Old 01-09-2016, 12:46 AM   #44
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Counter top burners on our oven are piezo ignited; oven is a manual light
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Old 01-09-2016, 11:06 AM   #45
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Counter top burners on our oven are piezo ignited; oven is a manual light
That is how our oven works and burners work too . Nice surprise do not need to use match or lighter to light burners like we did on previous burners . Also burners you really can control flame . The oven is the same as it always was , you do need to light .We do not find it a problem and once pilot is lit ,you can just leave it until you won't have any use for it . All worth it to have the oven for us . Pat
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Some folks who are handy with tools have actually added an igniter to their oven. You can find quite a few threads on the subject in other RV forums. The other choice is to have a box of the very long matches. Makes lighting it easier.
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Maybe this clarifies the choices a bit:
  • The Atwood range (with oven and stovetop burners) has a piezo igniter for the stovetop burners (so I assume it's the Wedgewood rather than the base model). The oven burner is match-light with a pilot burner.
  • Atwood makes a corresponding cooktop that installs similarly and has the same features, but that's not what Escape uses; instead, the stove-only appliance is a completely different design which drops into the countertop - that means it can be rotated a quarter-turn if that fits your style of countertop use better.
Does this seem right?
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Old 01-09-2016, 01:28 PM   #48
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The other choice is to have a box of the very long matches. Makes lighting it easier.
I find a barbecue/grill lighter much more convenient than matches, but I agree that length is good.
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I find a barbecue/grill lighter much more convenient than matches, but I agree that length is good.
Brian that is what we always use too . Pat
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I find a barbecue/grill lighter much more convenient than matches, but I agree that length is good.
True, but ours seem to always be out of gas when we need them.....
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True, but ours seem to always be out of gas when we need them.....
Yeah, those darn things seem to cause more grief than good. I just never have had good luck with them. I mostly rely on wooden matches myself. Besides wooden matches are much better at lighting wood fires the most cheap lighters.
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Just came in from running the dog and filling the bird feeders. It's 7 below F with a 25 mph wind out of the west. Put me in the mind to read Robert Service The Heart of The Sourdough, and maybe Jack London To Build a Fire. Then warm up the oven and make some brownies. Cold afternoon on the cornfield.
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I remember attending college in Iowa and walking around with a Pendleton shirt as a jacket. It was a dry cold as compared to the bone chilling dampness in the East and Great Lakes region. But I was not there at 7 below, that is cold, damp or not. Stay warm. I suspect the Spam froze and split the can... shame to waste such tasty food.
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True, but ours seem to always be out of gas when we need them.....
I found a no-fuel solution for that problem: and earlier version of Camco's Olympian GM12X Continuous Ignition Multi-Sparker
It works with any appliance that allows room to get the tip into the gas at the burner - I bought it for the furnace in my old trailer. The poor operation of butane lighters at low temperatures is also a non-issue with the electronic design. Unfortunately, mine was left with old batteries in it which leaked and ruined the contacts, so I'm back to butane until I get around to fixing or replacing the electronic one.
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Love the stove!

I love to bake. Originally had problems with cookies, cakes and muffins burning in the middle of the pan immediately above the flame line. Perfect remedy is to purchase 4 unfinished clay 6x6 inch tiles from Home Depot or Lowe's. Then place together on the stove bottom above the flame line. No more problems! Would get the stove again in a heartbeat! I agree with the others that there is nothing better than hot, yummy things coming out of the oven on a chilly morning!
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Originally had problems with cookies, cakes and muffins burning in the middle of the pan immediately above the flame line. Perfect remedy is to purchase 4 unfinished clay 6x6 inch tiles from Home Depot or Lowe's. Then place together on the stove bottom above the flame line. No more problems!
That make sense to me. A pizza stone would do the same thing (if the right size and proportions could be found), and could serve dual purposes. Of course, carrying stone (or similarly hefty materials) in a lightweight travel trailer is not an obvious choice...

some possibilities:
Bialetti® Pizza Stone (15"x14")
Emile Henry® Grilling/Baking Stone [ceramic] (13.5"x12")
Sparq Flatbread Pizza Stone [soapstone] (16"x12")
Bialetti Ceramic Pizza Baking Tiles (7.5"x7.5" each; use two of the set of four)
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I love to bake. Originally had problems with cookies, cakes and muffins burning in the middle of the pan immediately above the flame line. Perfect remedy is to purchase 4 unfinished clay 6x6 inch tiles from Home Depot or Lowe's. Then place together on the stove bottom above the flame line. No more problems! Would get the stove again in a heartbeat! I agree with the others that there is nothing better than hot, yummy things coming out of the oven on a chilly morning!
This is what I do to bake in my BBQ, works great. Keeps the excess heat outside too.
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Having the oven in 3 of my trailers, I never used any of them.
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Having the oven in 3 of my trailers, I never used any of them.
But you haven't used the propane tanks either, right .......
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