Oven use

[Meadows11]

2013 X23B first time using the oven. It seems not wanting to work... any suggestions?

[oldmanAZ]

You do have propane and the stove is working, correct?

What isn't working? You can't get the pilot light to stay lit? The oven won't start once you have the pilot light lit? Is this the first time youv'e tried to use the oven this year or first time ever?

[Marcm157]

Oldman asked questions that need to be answered before we can offer any help...

[Meadows11]

Originally Posted by oldmanAZ

You do have propane and the stove is working, correct?

What isn't working? You can't get the pilot light to stay lit? The oven won't start once you have the pilot light lit? Is this the first time youv'e tried to use the oven this year or first time ever?

Yes, to all of the above! I HAVE never used it . Can't even get Pilot light lite. Stove works. Hold and turn Pilot light switch right?

[Rustysocket]

Originally Posted by Meadows11

Yes, to all of the above! I HAVE never used it . Can't even get Pilot light lite. Stove works. Hold and turn Pilot light switch right?

No. You hold the oven control in and light it manually with a flame. There is no sparker in the oven, it is an explosion hazard.

[oldmanAZ]

You hold the oven control in and light the pilot manually and CONTINUE to hold the control knob in. There is a thermocouple (temperature sensor) that must get hot enough from the pilot light to allow the pilot light to stay lit and gas to flow to the oven when you release the control knob.

Recently, after lighting the pilot, we have had to hold our control knob in as long as a full minute (60 seconds). It used to take ~30 seconds.

[SteveMM]

In addition to the above advice, I've found that I have to light the burner on the stove and let it burn for a little bit before the oven will light. It gets air pockets out of the lines.

[kayakterp]

Originally Posted by SteveMM

In addition to the above advice, I've found that I have to light the burner on the stove and let it burn for a little bit before the oven will light. It gets air pockets out of the lines.

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[Craycray4553]

Thanks for the hint. Every time we try to use it , it turns into a very long frustrating process. I wish they didn’t put in an oven that is hardly usable and instead made another storage drawer. Precept 2020 34g

[SmokerBill]

if it's an Atwood oven, it's probably par for the course. I quit using mine after trying to use it a few times.

[TaftCoach]

Ours has been perfect. My wife doesn't like reaching in to light it but it's a great trade for me. My hand reaches in to light it, her hands pull out something tasty.

On cold mornings it warms the interior. We've invested in quality baking gear for the size, a thermometer, and a stone to even out the heat. Before having an oven I was a decent Dutch oven baker. Now I'd rather light the oven.

[bankr63]

Originally Posted by Craycray4553

Thanks for the hint. Every time we try to use it , it turns into a very long frustrating process. I wish they didn’t put in an oven that is hardly usable and instead made another storage drawer. Precept 2020 34g

Agreed! We don't use ours at all. If I need to bake something (usually corn bread) I just use the BBQ outside with indirect heat. Thinking in our next TT that I would prefer just a cooktop and a convection microwave to cover the oven duties. Might even go with induction instead of gas top, replacing our current accessory induction burner with a single accessory gas burner (Coleman) for when we are actually boondocking.

Our oven only serves as storage now anyway - we keep our pans in there. An actual cabinet would be so much better!

[Jagiven]

My wife does not like lighting the oven, she always struggles with it, so I do it. The key is to ensure the stove will light first.

Setting the temp is always questionable. We have an extra cookie sheet that goes on the bottom, and it evens out the heat nicely.

I personally would skip the baking while camping, but the DW once in a while likes making some type of sweet roll in the mornings.

Normally the oven is where we store our sweet treats. The microwave is our bread box. We often camp without utilities.

[Craycray4553]

I make either a shallow tray or brownies or cinnamon cake . That’s all it’s good for. Total waste of space. I like the stove a lot but we mainly bbq or microwave.
It looks good but it’s 1.5” of cooking space or whatever it is total waste.