Help with kitchen design

Bundy

One thing we opted for in ours was a stainless steel top. A bit more expensive but very easy to clean and no probs with the dreaded rust.

Cheers

this is from a yahoo group
campertrailers

but some people are trialing some slides from a furniture making group

www.hettich.com.

What do you like? what dont you like? what sort of things to you want/dont you want..

bit more info would be handy...

What sort of tailgate do you have ?
Why a slide out ?

We have a swing gate on ours and a kitchen that is bolted to it. Add some removable shelves (like the Drifta ones) and things are sweet.

Bundy,

We have an Aussieswag. Kitchen design suits us fine. Its essentially divided into 4. From left it goes as follows:
Fold out bench top (Folds over s/s sink). Then the sink which includes a drainer to the left. 2 Burner Stove which includes grill/toaster. (would prefer 4 burner but we manage ok with 2). Then folder over bench (folds over stove). Under the stove is a cutlery draw. Under the sink is a storage compartment - this could be better designed but it fits most of our plates etc.. does not fit kettle or saucepan.

We like the electric water pump with rubber button in front of the sink.

The best feature is the slide out then swing around function. The kitchen slides out of the front rhs of the camper (looking from back) then swings round and attaches to the side of the camper. Much better for leaving room to walk around to fridge etc..

There are some photos on their website here. I guess you are committed to coming out of the back rather than side but it might provide some inspiration.

Regards Gaz

Bundy, I am currently building up my own kitchen in my new home built camper trailer. This is my second camper trailer and I’ll start with the shortfalls I had with the first camper.
- The gas cooker looked very pretty being all stainless steel but it was held together with self-tapping screws. It fell apart on the GRR and then the gas line cracked when there was nothing supporting the burner.
- It was difficult to clean around the cooker if anything boiled over.
- The ‘el-cheapo’ cooker I had for a spare was a high pressure job and prone to blockages when camping in sand.
- The sink was too small to be useful (apart from washing a cup – waste of space).
- Insufficient storage space to organise utensils & cutlery properly.
- Limited bench space.
- Trailer could not be used for anything else.
THINGS I’M DOING FOR NEW CAMPER.
- Removable camper top so trailer can still be used for the other 330 days of the year.
- Kitchen is mounted on the swing-out tailgate with liftout pins for fast removal and able to locate kitchen elsewhere (or if you want to use trailer for other purposes).
- Gas cooker is low pressure (I ended up using the cheap cast iron type twin burner bolted to kitchen frame (discarded legs – may look ‘agricultural’ but rugged & simple).
- Left clear space under burner to store large plastic sink while travelling. (It will be easy to clean under burners if I boil anything over).
- Fold out cover over burners extends length of bench space (and acts as wind break when vertical – if needed).
- Sturdy towel rail which acts as a guard to prevent loose items in trailer damaging burner knobs.
- Plastic sink supported in ‘pull-out’ frame at end of kitchen.
STILL TO WORK OUT
How to efficiently store cutlery & utensils (I’ll probably end up using plastic trays)