Top of oven too hot?

[baroloman]

We've recently had a new Thetford oven installed in the area below the cutlery drawer. The cutlery drawer seems to get extremely hot. Should there be some insulation between the top of the oven and the drawer? There isn't any......

 

[alcam]

We've recently had a new Thetford oven installed in the area below the cutlery drawer. The cutlery drawer seems to get extremely hot. Should there be some insulation between the top of the oven and the drawer? There isn't any......

There , of course , should be . Van converters just don't seem to bother .
Previous , new , van had an oven . After a few uses the edging started coming off the worktop

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Absolutely there should be, go back to the fitter and tell them it is not fit for purpose and if you have damage get them to pay for it fixing.

 

[DTF]

Here’s an example of some fitting instructions. You may find the exact ones on their web site. It specifies minimum distances, ventilations slots, materials able to with stand 65deg above ambient etc. it may be helpful for when you go back to the fitter: https://www.thetford-europe.com/api...d0896c26681521f2e859e94463bd91b9b268f9cf692f7

 

[1 Cup]

Where will 200 degrees go but in van. That will make your food go off. I'm fitting air fryer and never thought of how to keep cool let alone the gr grease ?....
Thanks

 

[Pudsey Bear]

The grease will pretty much stay in the fryer, if it's like ours, not much used anyway.

 

[Nabsim]

It doesn’t necessarily need insulation fitting for an oven but it does need to be fitted as per manufacturers instructions. The air gap on some models can be quite big. You need to check fitting instructions against what you have

 

[guerdeval]

My previous Rapido V55 had a cooker fitted with no insulation above, not even a decorative perforated strip and boy did it get hot, I sold it before it ruined the wood above but it inevitably would have scorched it.

 

[Mick H]

Our motorhome has an oven, just below the cutlery draw, and gets quite hot. It doesn't have any insulation, just an air gap.
It was installed, like this, for the UK market, by Knaus. Although we had some concerns, originally, there have been no problems, in 18 years.

 

[Tim120]

I have a Dometic oven in mine, first thing I noticed when first used is how hot the cutlerey drawer above gets, makes for a wonderful plate warmer.

Below is a thread I came across when trying to understand the heat OUTSIDE the oven/grill.

Here.

 

[st3v3]

If you have an oven at home, it's designed to keep the heat inside...

I don't know why we put up with camper crap