Omnia stovetop oven review: yes you can bake without an RV oven
Today’s RV gadget is the Omnia stove top oven. The Omnia stove top oven might be a perfect accessory for all the RVers who don’t choose to use the ovens in their RV. In fact, in a survey on the StressLess Camping Podcast Facebook Group, a lot of respondents indicated that they don’t use their RV oven at all and wished there were an option to not have an oven whatsoever.
What is the Omnia stove top oven
What this thing looks like is a large Bundt pan. In fact, I couldn’t blame you for initially wondering how it does a Bundt cake. Actually, that’s one of the few things I didn’t see anybody making. Strange.
There are multiple pieces and several options as well for this device. At the bottom is the main “dish” which is a circular metal ring with a hole in the middle. On top of this sits the main Bundt cake looking pan. Into that pan you can place a circular grate that will dissipate some of the heat allowing you to bake on a stove top.
There is a thermometer in the lid that keeps you up to date on the temps inside the oven which makes it possible to maintain proper baking conditions.
Or over a campfire or even in a fireplace. The folks in the Facebook Group are pretty creative.
There’s a silicone liner to go into the bigger Bundt pan-looking pan and then a lid. There are also silicone pans that have shapes for muffins and cupcakes as well. It seems there are a few options available for this device.
How does it work
What you do to start is place the metal base on the stove top and get it good and hot. I’ve seen this used on portable single-burner stove tops as well including in several van lifer’s videos.
While the base is heating you prepare whatever is going in and put the larger Bundt-looking pan on the base and add the lid.
For baking the grate helps dissipate heat and, of course, the optional silicone insert helps with clean-up, including using as little water as possible to accomplish this task.
Some of the photos we’ve captured from the Omnia Facebook Group
The results?
I am absolutely surprised by what can come out of this device. Cakes, muffins, crescent rolls, meat, meat loaf, cinnamon rolls and cakes. Getting it to produce photo-ready results takes a bit of practice and fiddling but, overall, it’s a pretty good device.
The best thing is that it’s light and packs up into a nice bag so it really is a good choice for RVers. This could also be good for some of the smaller travel trailers and Class B RVs that don’t have any provision to bake whatsoever.
In Bob Wells’ video he prepared fish sticks which he states are some of his favorite things but he pondered preparing corn bread, another dish he says he enjoys and doesn’t really have provisions for baking in his RV. I’m sure he has since baked his share of corn bread in this Omnia but, if not, I can attest to the fact that it makes great corn bread even when using something as simple as the Jiffy corn bread mix in a box.
