cooking in the truck

Just took 1/2 pound of stew beef, half a left over baked potato, some diced onion, and put it all in a small disposable loaf pan. Added one boullion cube, beef of course, sprinkled with olive oil, worchestershire sauce, salt, pepper. Put all of this in a lunchbox cooker. Half way through cook add a teasppon of flour sprinkled over the meat and taters..

Cooked till meat was done.. stir and enjoy. I will do this one again

 

Nothing beats a can of baked beans and a slice of toast and vegemite mm mmmm mmmm .

 

Celtic you really like your salt!

 

Admittedly it was a bit salty, but yeah I like salt.

 

I have found that those dollar stores sell alot of easy stuff to eat in the truck and those stores are very cheap I already have a crock pot, microwave oven and a toaster oven just collecting dust at home. Still working on trying to get a 12 volt fridge I can put up in there. Im still in training, but will done and getting my own truck soon. I heard mixed things with microwaves like it takes alot of watts and could fry the trucks wiring, but I heard people have used them as long as they have nothing else plugged in. So any ideas out there on micowave usage? Im not sure about toaster ovens so I thought I throw a big ? out on that. But croc pots are slow cookers and I know people who use them alot in there trucks. Im also planning on packing my fishing gear so when im waiting on a load I can try and fish for food somewhere. Maibe pack a small charcole bbq and foil to cook the fish in at a rest area when im on line 1. Im all ears and up for any ideas, suggestions, not to do's or whatever. P.S. Pandara ROCKS

 

Personally I would stick with a a/c inverter that you can plug your crock pot into and a 12v fridge. We travelled with a propane grill in Canada and it was stowed more than used. A crockpot you can heat up bob evans mashed potatoes and kielbasa for a meal. Even frozen meals fit in the crockpot and you can cook going down the road and just stop to eat. Crock pot liners are a must in the truck for clean up.
Really I found that we would stop literally for about 20 minutes to eat and then start rolling again so need something that is ready when you are.

 

Just get as low a wattage microwave as you can - below 1000W. Mine is a 700 and works fine. I've heard the microwaves with an analog dial rather than a digital display and touch pad draw less current.

 

Thanks for that info. After giving it some more thought with the small bbq grill and toaster oven I think it can get real hot and take a while to cool. Don't want to catch anything on fire especially the truck. Besides I think some picnic areas I seen on the road have small bbq's constructed in place. I just may be better off with a george forman grill my buddy who drives for werner has one in his truck he says it works great. As far as the micowave I have it is digital and says 1.2 Kw. "1200 watts" if I did my math right that may be too much not sure.

 

Your math is right. Most microwaves today at 1-1.2kw. Just means you'll need a 1.5 or 2kw inverter. I just bought a 2kw inverter, because I am a coffee snub and my coffee maker (with built-in burr grinder) is also 1kw. I have a little 300w inverter keeping my little 1.7cu f. refrigerator happy and a 100w one to keep the crock pot cookin'

I use a 12v lunchbox cooker to cook most things. Like tonight I mixed some hamburger with diced onions and green pepper, mixed in some evoo and worchestershire sauce. Sliced a few really small taters and tossed in some mushrooms salt and pepper to taste. Just waiting for the taters to get tender.

That Waffle House across the street is calling my name tho...

 

Very nice see it can be done. Heck you just made me hungry reading your post lol