Of ever cooking cakes and biscuits successfully ever again.
It is not easy cooking on the boat, oh I can cook ok on the hob but the oven, that's a whole other ball game.
It has two temperature settings, very hot and off.
Anything on the middle shelf just sits there, raw and glaring at me.
Sometimes I wonder if it would be best to replace it but that would cost in excess of £600 and I may find the new one no better.
I could buy a second hand one for less but then that also may be no more efficient,
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Have you tried an electric frying pan, which functions like a mini oven? I have just bought from a charity shop, but not tried yet, a thing called - I think- a stove top convection oven. It is basically like the electric frying pan, a unit with contains heat and heats food on a rack or tray in the hot atmosphere, rather than by applying direct heat to the food. The CS thing had never been unpacked from its box, and the postal date was 1992! Good Luck! Sine Robertson
I have a mini oven which I use a lot for baking and everything else, It has only one shelf but temperature is good. It plugs into ordinary socket,and isn't much bigger than a microwave. Might not suit your power supply
Yes, a plug in oven or convection oven. Brill. Read a few reviews first. You can get ones that have several different functions.
You could look for a domestic cooker, converted to run on Calor gas. Of course, you'd need to check the cooker size v the available space on your boat and do make sure it has flame failure devices.
IMO the best ever boat cooker was the Valor Vanette, now sadly discontinued, but you might possibly find one secondhand.
Good luck
Marty
Holiday boater
What about a combination Microwave/cooker, which can be used on the microwave function, or the conventional oven for roasting or baking, or a combination of both. It would only take up the space of one of your current cooking machines.
I cannot use a microwave or electric frying pan as we are reliant on solar power for our electricity.
I did consider buying a domestic cooker but it wouldn't fit there isn't a model small enough unless we ripped out the kitchen which we cannot afford to do
After all those suggestions It looks like it's shop bought cakes for you then!
Maybe solar cooking would be helpful? The blog sunshineonmyshoulder shows a model that flatpacks (Copenhagen) and has a recipe for chocolate cake.
Siebrie
I wonder how long it would take to bake a cake using a solar cooker in this country?
Perhaps if you start your Xmas cake in January, you'd be in with a chance!
The lady that writes the sunshineonmyshoulder blog just started experimenting with solar cooking some years ago and wrote her experiences in a blog; she now has a thriving business. Maybe Harduphester can do the same for English/European readers.
Siebrie
Would a caravan type gas cooker not fit into kitchen cupboard unit?
That's what I have Rural, but it doesn't work properly.
Aww!
Have you thought of buying a Remoska, I make all kinds of things in mine. They simply plug in a normal socket and use about the same power as a table lamp while they are on.
https://www.lakeland.co.uk/31945/Standard-Remoska-Electric-Cooker-with-Glass-Lid-2L
I sold my Remoska when I moved on to the boat as there was no where for me to keep it.
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