Additional Cooking Appliances

So starting to gear up for our first big trip abroad in the summer. Will obviously use the van a good few other times over the summer. We are a family of 2 adults and three kids under 10.

In addition to the internal gas hob, what other cooking appliances do you use?

A friend of mine swears by his halogen cooker. Says it's brilliant for roasting chicken, cooking burgers, chicken nuggets, fish fingers etc. So I'm considering one of these or a Philips air fryer.

Also I'm thinking of getting a BBQ which I can use with the vans gas canisters. As I don't have any external connection I'll have to take out a canister to fit the BBQ. Which BBQ's are recommended to use with the vans canister? Safari Chef 2 (LP or HP? I think LP), Weber Q1000 or Q1200. Whichever I get, I'd like some sort of stand so it's at least waist height.

For the gas pipe coming into the hob, should I put a Y piece in that and fit an external gas connection?

Do you need some sort of certificate to prove it's done correctly?

We have an electric pressure cooker/ slow cooker at home and used every day, and we take it in Mh if we know we will have EHU.
It is quiet, no steam and when finished cooking it keeps warm. Good sized pot for family. It is 1000 watt so ok on EHU just don’t have too many electrics running at same time. Bought in Aldi or Lidl.
We also have a halogen cooker used less often handy for quick meal, frozen chips etc, not had much success with baking.
Also when ready to serve, where to put hot lid while cooling when worktop space is limited.

We have an inbuilt oven/grill, but used only once or twice.
Has anyone ever taken out Mh oven and replaced with a microwave?

large enough for your family ?

Well I have nothing to prove it, but I can see no reason why 2 meters of hose would be any more restrictive than 2 or even 4 meters of piping from your regulator to your hob

To echo some earlier comments, you don't want to be cooking inside the wagon in warm weather. Even in cold weather, I like to cook outside, not have cooking fumes permeating everything indoors.
Our gas locker takes 2 11(ish)kg propane bottles. I keep the furthest in bottle connected to the regulator feeding the van and the one closest the door gets pulled out for Al fresco cooking, most recently just before nightfall tonight. Once you don't need to undo a regulator, it's very quick, open door, loosen strap, bottle out.
The Cadac grills come highly recommended but I picked up one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Domet…B00LSGBXUG about 18 months ago for GBP£30 (don't know if it was a promotion or a misprice but it was delivered) off Amazon and it's been the business. I'm also partial to cooking on a charcoal BBQ, so this grill is complementary rather than duplication of effort.

You can do that but the regular MUST be at the cylinder end otherwise the hose will be subject to the full pressure from the cylinder, for which it's not designed or intended to handle

You can buy 5 metre hose direct from Calor. I know, I have done it. I screw the regulator direct to the cylinder then the hose to the bbq. Happy cooking

I find that strange Malcolm, as I find the gas bbq one of the fastest ways to cook. Once it’s set up, it’s hot in a few minutes and you can bang out a meal very quickly,,, or as slow as you want. Once it’s hot you can cook a steak in about 5 minutes

I take the missus, comes in handy

I set mine up under the awning and with one side of the awning covered it makes a very nice cool space, if grilling with the bbq grill I move it out further but the hot plate doesn’t smoke like the grill does so I mainly use that.
Also I’m an early riser even on holiday and can go out and boil water for coffee or tea without disturbing the rest of the crew.