RVQ - Portable Propane Grill

[pricerj]

I've seen a lot of talk about RVQ's buried in different threads. We just finished a 12 day trip through 4 National Parks & our RVQ worked great. We cooked almost exclusively on it. Yes, they are messy with all that accumulated grease, but we worked a system that kept us clean.

At every camp take down we placed the RVQ in a lnew large green trash bag. We put the grill brush in a grocery store plastic bag. We then placed the RVQ & grilling tools in the duffel bag.  When we got to our next site we set up the RVQ and used its storage trash bag as the first trash bag of the new campsite. (The pop-up trash/clothes containers from Wal-Mart work great).  The key was to always have a new trash bag for RVQ storage every time we put it away to keep the grease from spreading at every re-pack. So yes, there's a full box of trash bags in the RVQ duffel bag to ensure I keep to the system.

Oh yeah, after our 12 day trip, I did clean it at home.  Steaks, chicken, burgers & hot dogs never generated flame that came close to the canvas. And the few times the wind blew the smoke through the window screen only added that camp smell to the pop-up.  Consider me an RVQ fan.

[Hackker]

We used ours the first time a few weeks ago, seemed to work pretty decently.  Definately not equal to the Weber, but a lot more portable!  

Course I didn't even realize it had a bag that came with it still in the cardboard box until I was cleaning out the garage just recently.

[cojake]

I use my RVQ as well, but was disappointed in the design.  When the lid is opened it touches the side of the tent/vinyl material and has caused a few discolored and minor melted spots.  I had to fabricate a spacer to fit on the mount to prevent the lid from opening too far.  This seemed like a dangerous design flaw that could have been easily remedied at the factory.

[CajunCamper]

I use my RVQ as well, but was disappointed in the design.  When the lid is opened it touches the side of the tent/vinyl material and has caused a few discolored and minor melted spots.  I had to fabricate a spacer to fit on the mount to prevent the lid from opening too far.  This seemed like a dangerous design flaw that could have been easily remedied at the factory.

That to me is a big enough flaw that I would never use one of these disasters in a bag.

CajunCamper

[sacrawf]

I use my RVQ as well, but was disappointed in the design.  When the lid is opened it touches the side of the tent/vinyl material and has caused a few discolored and minor melted spots.  I had to fabricate a spacer to fit on the mount to prevent the lid from opening too far.  This seemed like a dangerous design flaw that could have been easily remedied at the factory.

I haven't had any problems like this.  The lid will not go back far enough to touch the tent material.  I doubt that it is a design flaw, but a manufacturing flaw in a specific RVQ.

I do wish that they had a deluxe model in stainless steel, a built-in thermometer in the top, and a solid griddle that would be interchangable with the cooking grid.  The manufacturer website shows that they make other stainless steel products; http://www.ascind.com/store/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=48&Category=37

I use the plastic bag as well as a liner when coming home or going from campsite to campsite on a longer trip.  At home, the cooking grid and heat plate go into the dishwasher, with the rest getting a good cleaning with a spray degreasing general cleaner product.

By turning down the heat I have been able to use the RVQ as an oven to cook acorn squash in a shallow disposable aluminum baking pan with a 1/2 inch of water; it worked great.  I am going to try using it to bake a small cake and/or corn bread with a disposable aluminum pan and lower heat setting.  Anybody done this?