A Volkswagen California camper van with a built-in charcoal grill – what might presumably exemplify “summer time” and “nice outdoor” higher than that? Maybe a VW California with two charcoal grills. Belgian firm Calicamp has ready a formidable add-on kitchen system particularly for VW vans. Its modular equipment installs contained in the tailgate and folds out into an out of doors kitchen match for a mountain luxurious house. The metal-and-wood area packs a number of gasoline or charcoal cookers, a great deal of prep area and arranged storage, turning probably the most scenic spot yow will discover to tug over into an unforgettable five-star meal.
The versatile, modular design of Calicamp’s kitchen merchandise reminds us loads of Snow Peak’s Iron Grill Desk, albeit constructed to slip and fold out of the again of a camper van. Extra particularly, Calicamp builds its storage and cooking techniques across the Volkswagen T5, T6 and T6.1 Multivan and California traces. The total kitchen appears notably helpful for fashions that do not include their very own customary kitchens, such because the Multivan and California Seashore Tour, however may present extra cooking area and an built-in grilling choice for full-blown California camper vans with indoor kitchens.
Every Calicamp equipment begins out with a slide-out storage drawer sized to suit under the van’s mattress. Within the Multivan and California Seashore, the big field takes up many of the width of the van and affords 280 L of storage. In full California camper fashions, it slides between the passenger sidewall and rear wardrobe, storing 200 L.
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A hinged wooden lid turns the Calicamp drawer right into a storage field with giant worktop. Campers might at all times use their very own transportable range, chopping board and different cooking gear on high, with out shopping for into the complete expandable kitchen system.
The kitchen system does look nicely value contemplating, although. The principle body packs neatly atop the storage drawer, hinged on the facet. It folds out to the facet upon arrival, supported by a set of adjustable legs. The skeletal body contains an open heart that campers can fill out with mix-and-match modules, together with as much as three gasoline or charcoal cooking models. Consumers may fill out a few of that area with chopping board/worktops and storage bins and add in different choices like windscreens.
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One of many accessible worktops can match both contained in the body or connect to the tip of the fold-out. The kitchen design additionally leaves everything of the storage field cowl as a separate work space, making the kitchen way more multi-cook pleasant than the common slide-out tailgate galley. It additionally features a pair of rods for hanging utensils or towels.
The fold-out kitchen takes solely a minute or two to arrange upon arrival. Calicamp parts do not require any everlasting modifications to the car and may be eliminated inside a couple of minutes’ time.
One key characteristic not proven in Calicamp’s images or renderings is a sink. The corporate does point out that it affords the choice, although.
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Like so many RV merchandise and equipment, Calicamp was born from on-road expertise. On a household camper van journey via Italy, founder Sven Baumann, an engineer and woodworker, discovered himself loading up on world-class substances at native markets. Upon returning to their Volkswagen T6 California camper, the household then confronted a dilemma: find out how to deal with these recent Italian substances with all of the love and respect they deserved whereas getting ready them on a tiny kitchen block inside a cramped van. Baumann envisioned a greater method and set about creating it.
It is not arduous to see how cooking over gasoline or charcoal on an expandable, modular galley below the blue sky or rising stars guarantees an expertise that a lot better matches the grade of substances you would possibly seek out at a neighborhood market, forage within the wild or pull out of a lake or ocean whereas on a van journey. And even when they’re simply primary groceries stuffed away in an ice-packed cooler, they will virtually definitely scent and style higher when cooked on a Calicamp versus an in-van galley. Plus, there will be no stains or residual smells left behind contained in the van.
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Slightly than promoting all its parts a la carte on-line or in a store, Calicamp works with purchasers to develop customized setups round their wants. It encourages events to contact it to debate choices. Costs will range based mostly on the specifics of the construct, however Calicamp lists 2023 pricing beginning at €1,295 (approx. US$1,450) for the slide-out storage drawer alone and €2,880 ($3,200) for the storage drawer with kitchen system. The corporate hand-builds every unit for native set up at its workshop in Antwerp and plans to make roughly 20 per yr.
The video under exhibits how the Calicamp opens and units up in a variety of totally different configurations.
Methods to prepare dinner outdoors a VW California or Multivan
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