Do you cook in your driveaway awning?

[Sailsy]

Hi all,

We are thinking of buying a driveaway awning possibly the Kampa Travel Pod Maxi AIR as extra outside space. I wanted to ask if anyone cooks in their awning if it chucking it down outside. I would be using a pair of small Campingaz Camp Bistro Stoves on a Vango Bistro Kitchen Stand. I would have the side doors open for ventilation and wouldnt be grilling steaks or anything which spits fat out of the pan. Obviously i would have aan extinguisher and fire balnket to hand but would value other peoples thoughts.

Andy

[shaky]

We did at first, but now we don't anymore, except use a small stove to boil a kettle if both rings on the inside cooker are in use. We tend to use it as a dumping ground. Chuck our stuff into it as there isn't much room in the camper. (Useful if you go out for the day).

Lately when we go on weekend trips we don't even take the awning. A hassle to put up just for a night and it blocks the view from the sliding door. A wind break does the job. In hindsight we should have gone for something bigger as although it is tall the floor space ins't much.

[Ralf85]

[quote="shaky"]We did at first, but now we don't anymore, except use a small stove to boil a kettle if both rings on the inside cooker are in use. We tend to use it as a dumping ground. Chuck our stuff into it as there isn't much room in the camper. (Useful if you go out for the day).

Lately when we go on weekend trips we don't even take the awning. A hassle to put up just for a night and it blocks the view from the sliding door. A wind break does the job. In hindsight we should have gone for something bigger as although it is tall the floor space ins't much.

Agreed. We have a large tent/awning but we only use it for the Summer hols, when it sits in one place for two weeks. We also dump everything in ours and my grown up daughters sleep in it too. We use a Barbie for most cooking. If it rains we cook on the van stove.
Some people like to bring lots of extra stuff with them. The choice is yours.

[Mr Bean]

We are touring orientated and apart from events rarely stay anywhere for more than a couple of nights. On this basis we just use the Fiama roll out and if we can be bothered, and an all round wind break. The three burner + grill in the van does us for up to four people and being built for the job, copes better with veggies etc. I in particular, am put off barby's by the mess and poor hygiene involved and having been served with barely cooked or burned to a cinder food contaminated with a range of bizarre marinates and sauces.

Needless to say a barbecue in any enclosable space, even if treated with due respect only comes into it's dangerous mode when festering away having not been extinguished properly.

I guess though that barbecues are part of the True Brit need to be looking out to sea while sitting round a fire cooking and clutching a drink. I go along with that full on but just skip the barbecue if I can without upsetting people.

CS

[Jeff J]

We cook in ours but, only using a small electric oven when we are on a hook up pitch. Tend to use a portable gas cooker outside weather permitting, or the camper hob & grill if not.