Cooking in Truck

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  1. hope not dumb twucker

    hope not dumb twucker Road Train Member

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  3. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    I’ve had a fridge and microwave in the truck forever, still not a fan of left overs, I only spend about 2 nights a week on the truck so I live with it,

    I really think I want to mount 2 tool boxes on my new trailer, 1 for all my #### and a second to set up an rv style out door kitchen, used to love carrying a propane grill with me but I haven’t had room in this truck, maybe a small water tank/pump for a sink too
     
  4. shatteredsquare

    shatteredsquare Road Train Member

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    rice and butter is great soul food but cooking takes too long, i just throw a handful of oatmeal and a handful of nuts and a handful of raisins and a handful of nacho doritos and a can of beans and 4 tuna packets and 5 spoons of olive oil and 6 spoons of balsamic vinegar and 8 shakes of tabasco into a doggie bowl and eat that slop like chinese surprise. I don't need a fridge. bag green apples bounce around on the floor for 4 months, as long as the skin doesn't break they age like wine inside. GMO for the win! o_O

    but i also spend more at GNC than i do on groceries
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    breakfast is pretzels and butter or bagels and butter

    for driving it's honey and a ever present bag of pretzels and a 52oz tea or OJ jug with custom trail mix, coconut oatmeal and raisins, calorie dense af carbs fat and fiber

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    how to not feel like garbage 101 :bounce:
     
  5. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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    I can prepare a pretty nice dinner with just a microwave, and typically did at the last place I lived as there was no stove/oven. Helps to have a mini fridge too though, although in the cooler half of the year some space in a toolbox outside of the heated cab will keep things plenty chilled for quite awhile. I would probably never do heavy cooking with grills and burner tops...too much cleanup mess and as others have mentioned will stink up the cab too much. I don't even like eating fast food in my truck because of smell.
     
  6. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Let us know how it works.

    We need to eat healthy.

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    This is not real healthy but…
    Cookies & cream :)
     
  7. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    That's not a toaster oven, it's a food history museum.
     
  8. flood

    flood Road Train Member

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    Same as the oven in your house if you don't clean it
     
  9. Ride along wife

    Ride along wife Bobtail Member

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    I use a crock pot. (Nomad) specifically for travel it looks like a cooler and also an electric skillet. And of course a microwave. I can cook just about anything with those.
     
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  10. DixonM

    DixonM Medium Load Member

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    I have an electric skillet, air fryer, microwave on the truck I also have an extension cord so I can cook out side of the truck and if I am cooking in side I open the windows and use a small fan to vent the smells out side. Fan is a great idea but if you have my luck the wind will blow from the opposite direction LOL.
     
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  11. scoobertdoo

    scoobertdoo Road Train Member

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    I use an induction cooktop, skillet.
    Works amazingly well.
    Just used it to cook today, as I couldn't find a steakhouse for my omad.
     
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