Building Camp Kitchen for Production - Need Feedback!!

[aslostasyou]

I'm sure everyone has seen Stumptaco's thread which I hi-jacked...



My father and I are working on the designs for the portable camp kitchen and I will post the progress here. The plan is to produce something similar to a Drifta kitchen (or the like) that is easy to store inside your rig or on a hitch, can stand up to the rigors of travel and be sold in a CKD form for assembly by the end user to keep the costs down.

We will be using our CNC to crank out pieces so we should be able to keep the final product within budget for most of us!

I need feedback though....what do you guys want to see in a kitchen?

Some ideas we've come up with thus far are:

Small plastic oval sink (plumbed out the back with a hose)
Plastic sprayer nozzle (like on your sink) that connects to either a standard hose or a internal water tank. The water tank would be able to be pressurized with onboard air or c02 by way of a valve
Built in cutting board surface w/ slotted drains for racking wet dishes
Inlayed (removable) steel hot-rods for setting hot pans on the surface and not burning it
Spice rack slots for standard sized spice bottles
Optional fold out legs
Additional sides that can expand the work area to support several stoves, coffee maker, etc
Paper towel provisions

Hit me with your ideas!

, J

[Photog]

Looking at Campa's kitchen, I would say some type of cup, plate and silverware storage, in one of the open spaces.

[j_nigrelli]

well constructed carcass should be a priority as would some good coating (all surfaces) to insure water resistance despite the buyer's good intentions to keep it covered or otherwise protected.

kitted out is of little value if the box falls apart after the first season.

and use marine quality hardware; labor to buy & install is the same as cheap hardware.

and NO particle board of MDF!!!!

[overlander]

I am definitely in the market for a good functional expedition grade camp kitchen in a moveable/mountable box for the back of my 110. the ideal is the Campa kitchen unit style, with an integrated plastic sink as mentioned. Do that, and I'll buy it. You might want to start thinking about dimensions that would meet most needs to start with, and work from there. for me, it would have to fit in my fenderwell interior. I can provide dimensions when/if you are interested in polling.

[aslostasyou]

Hmmm... Two sizes rather than one size with two levels of functionality. That's a good idea. Shoot me the max dimensions for your 110. I envision a small box that'll fit on a fender well, under a bed cover or in an SUV'esk rig with one of the 60/40 seats down. Then a larger version that is hitch mounted.

Material life is a major concern - believe it or not I looked into powercoating wood today. Very cool process... Didn't even know it could be done.

Stay tuned and keep the ideas coming guys! Feel free to shoot out dimensions and your type of rig. This will help me get some averages.

, J

[ZR2nit]

If its anything really close to the other two kitchens you have mentioned (Drifta and STUMPTACO's) i'm definately going to want one: I like the idea of the buyer assemblying the kitchen for two reasons. 1)- keeps the cost down and 2)-I feel like I actually had some involvment with the kitchen

Something similar to anyone of these would be great.

http://www.drifta.com.au/CamperTrailerKitchens.php

I plan on putting one in my M416