Specification
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #756 in Automotive
- Brand: Camco
- Model: 57305
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x
14.00" w x
22.00" l,
Features
- Connects to low pressure propane supply on RV
- Versatile mounting bracket hangs on side of your RV or can be used as a stand
- Quick connect hose and quick connect valve included
- Quick and easy to assemble for 180 square inches of cooking surface
- 12,000 BTU/HR
Product Description
The Camco Olympian RV 5500 Stainless Steel RV Gas Grill is designed for RV and outdoor uses. This high quality lightweight stainless steel barbecue increases flavor without flare-ups. It has a large cooking area of 175 square" and the patented smoker plate is designed to offer the fullest flavor while minimizing grease fires. The stainless steel burners heat up faster, clean more easily, and resist rust. The grill is quick and easy to assemble. It includes a quick-connect hose and valve to use the propane supply on an RV or trailer that has a built-in low pressure quick-connect propane connection. The Camco Quick-Connect x ACME propane hose (57629) or Quick-Connect x throwaway propane hose (57628) must be purchased separately to use the grill with a 20 lb propane cylinder or 1 lb throwaway propane cylinder.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Terrific Grill
By James Fiedler
What a great grill! I used it 4 times now and it's the best small gas grill I have ever used (and I am a grill-a-holic). The quick connect hose that comes with the grill works great with my Jayco TT that came equiped with the quick connect fitting underneath. Sure is cost effective not having to use those small LP cylinders. So far I have not found any hot spots, but I do use a piece of aluminum foil on top of the cast iron drip plate which makes cleaning a snap! Priced at just over $200.00, shipping included, it was the best bargain I found anywhere.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Broken straight out of the box
By K. Dailey
We've got a camping trip this weekend with a crowd of 11 for dinner. This grill seemed perfect, that is until we mounted it to the camper. The tack welds for the cover and the burner broke upon installation. Even if the grill makes a great steak or burger, it's hard to justify $200 for something so poorly made.1 year later: From 1 star to 2 stars. We got our replacement with no hassle. The second grill was constructed much better. However, we bought this grill because we liked the stainless steel look. Upon first use, it turned brown on the outside because it runs so hot. The entire grill is brown and black now. It's very hard to regulate the temperature. Use your money to buy something else.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.Surprising quality and capabilities
By G3
I bought this after much experience with Blue Rhino, Weber, and others. They were all too big, too small, too heavy, too cold, difficult to clean, low quality, all kinds of faults.With the Camco, I've found a "sweet spot". It's big enough, light enough, hot enough, and just-barely okay-priced (for me).Pros: small/compact but enough cooking area, light weight, great heat, well-built; A unique and effective cast-iron cooking grate under the grill.Cons: needs a regulator for using a propane tank; quirky base/stand for free-standing operation, finicky spark-lighting adjustmentThe Weber Q200 was the best grill I've owned prior to this. Fairly even heat with a large cast-iron grill. But BIG, and HEAVY, it took up way too much space in my RV storage locker. The Camco fits CROSSWISE in the same cargo space and takes up 1/4 of the space for 3/4 of the cooking area. The Weber, despite its huge cast-iron grill, did have hot and cold spots. But the Camco has the cast iron just above the burner, where it effectively spreads the heat out evenly and uniformly, about 1.5" under the cooking grill.The Camco grill is easy to remove and replace. The cast-iron heat grate is a pain, you can't fit your fingers under it and still get it in or out. As a consequence, you end up using a screwdriver (or something) to lever it out, and then you tend to drop it in - - not a good idea on the spot-riveted mounting brackets, which will eventually break loose under the repeated banging. I think what I'm going to do is drill out two of the holes in the grate to finger-size so I can get the grate in and out without a "tool".Mounting: the vertical/horizontal mounting brackets simply engage a 1/2" rod-set; elegant and simple. You do have to hold the 25-pound BBQ for a few extra seconds to get the rods aligned and engaged. But this is better than setting that 40-pound Weber down into the feet-slots on its table, and easier on my back. Also, this mounting system just begs for innovation in a custom designed setup, and I'm dreaming of different ways to make a free-standing base that works a little better and is just a bit higher.Storing: well, it's strange all right. The bottom of the unit is V-shaped, which makes for fantastic draining and cleanup, but is a pain for just sitting down on a flat surface. So you can store it on its back edge (and listen to all the clanging and banging as the internal parts bash around) and have the remaining grease in the drip pan drool out the side. Or you can build up a little wooden cradle to rest it in (my current idea), or maybe a short-rod-rack to engage the mounting brackets. I'm still cogitating on this one. Bothersome issue, but once solved it'll be fine.All in all, I like what I've got, and look forward to a lot of outdoor cooking on it. I'll have to experiment, as with any new tool, to find the right settings and times -- that's part of the fun. I gave it 5 stars because, although it has a few idiosyncrasies to deal with, and is far from perfect, a 4-star rating was just too harsh.
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