Rivian’s Gear Tunnel Kitchen Stays Vaporware, But Its Recent Travel Kitchen Is Cheaper And Still Nifty

Certainly one of the good features on early Rivian R1Ts was the camp kitchen, which was a large modular kitchen that slid out from the R1T’s gear tunnel between the pickup bed and passenger compartment and contained a cooktop, a sink, and a full set of pots and pans. Unfortunately the camp kitchen stays vaporware, but Rivian recently showed its latest travel kitchen which isn’t anywhere near as cool because the camp kitchen, but will probably be compatible with R1, R2, and R3 models.

YouTuber Brian Tong attended a Rivian event where the corporate debuted the brand new travel kitchen design, which is a large, flat surface, with half of it dedicated to being a two-burner induction cooktop, and the opposite half as counter space with a pull-out drawer for some storage of small items. Unlike the camp kitchen which had a sink and enormous item storage, the brand new travel kitchen is way more compact, but doesn’t offer a sink or any large item space for storing. The sliding drawer does have enough space for a set of utensils, a cutting board, and space for other shallow kitchen accoutrement.

One other advantage of the travel kitchen is its price. Where the camp kitchen was alleged to cost $5,000 and never went on sale, the travel kitchen will probably be available starting this week for a price of $1,400. Though the Rivian employees wouldn’t show Tong how the travel kitchen will fold, it looks like it might fold in half right down the center. The camp kitchen is powered by plugging it into one in every of the ability outlets positioned within the rear of Rivians, it rests on the tailgate, and has two deployable poles which have a string of dimmable LED lights across the highest to light up your cooking surfaces.

While the brand new travel kitchen is nowhere near as impressive because the camp kitchen concept was, it’s significantly cheaper, and most significantly it’s closer to being available for Rivian owners to buy. Could you simply buy a two-burner induction cooktop and a folding table? Absolutely, and it might be significantly cheaper than Rivian’s travel kitchen, however it wouldn’t be on-brand. Despite the disappointing lack of the gear tunnel camp kitchen, Rivian still deserves props for offering the travel kitchen as a nifty option for outdoorsy types.