I agree with the idea of a gimbled stove, but i for one have partial
fears of them after several pots of Kraft macaronni and cheese have
been lost to a bilge over the years on a tack in high seas. It seems
to only happen with Kraft Mac and Cheese though...

Note to self: Stop trying to cook the Blue Box during storms....

-Craig

On 7/18/12, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
> Jim, you'll have to point us to it.  The link just brings up a catalog, and
> nothing is obvious.  But the oven shown looks interesting.  mcneely
>
> ---- Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
>> On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>
>> > Thread drift. I'm not asking for ways to level the van, I got that.
>> > What I'm looking for is an easy way to level the stove grill.
>> > Leveling it by leveling the van would require plenty of trips in and
>> > out to take a look at the grill's levelosity (bubble level, for
>> > example) then out to tweak the setup, then back in to look. Wash,
>> > rinse, repeat. Easier and quicker would be to just stand at the
>> > stove and level it through some means yet to be finalized.
>>
>> Actually not. Park with rear end high. Place level on battery box
>> cover behind passenger seat. Open slider. Jack to level fore and aft
>> at passenger front. Side to side, move level to door sill at driver's
>> door. Fine adjust port-starboard trim there. Total time? Five minutes
>> max. The grill is level (within reason) to the bus. You want perfect
>> level stove? Coleman stove and a box of shim shingles. Leveling the
>> grill alone won't work because then your cooking utensil is not level
>> to the flame. That will cause uneven heating. Though I suppose you
>> could devise a flame spreader to minimize that effect.
>>
>> What you need is this: http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|406|
>> 694|330373&id=1038045
>>
>> THAT will do what you need. (And installing it will raise the cooktop
>> surface a few inches which will definitely improve things.)
>>
>> Jim
>
> --
> David McNeely
>