cooking in the truck

Hi iron pony. Where do you have room for a microwave in a truck?...... and what do you plug it into; they're always three-prongers? Thanks

 

I'm not Iron Pony but we have an inverter - our microwave plugs into it... and we have the microwave strapped to the underside of the upper bunk over our feet

 

Mine sits on top of the cabinet my clothes are in and is plug into a fused power strip. Which is plugged into an invertor under my bunk.

 

In my last truck - a Century, I just put it on one of the cabinets, and bungied it down good. My Cascadia doesn't really have the best cabinet set-up for that, so I built a small shelf that fits into the end of the bunk - legs put up high enough to fit my feet under. I've also seen where guys do the same thing suspending it from the upper bunk. My 3-in-1 printer goes next to it, and have a plastic storage cabinet bungied to the top of the microwave... for most of my dry food items.

Three prong? No worries... most inverters have a three prong outlet system. Just hit Home Depot or Walmart and get a couple of power strips!

 

Make sure one of the power strips is a surge protector.
I didn't and had to replace the power supply for LadyK's laptop. We think a power surge burnt it out....

 

Well, I bought a lunchbox. Went with Road Pro. Pilot had a sale of 10% off. 28 dollars plus some change. Went to Dollar General. They had right sized pans 3/100. Bought their last 15. Now I have to get back on the road to check it out..oh and bought a discounted crock pot cookbook at Ollies here in OH

 

Get the plastic bags/liners for the crock pot.... makes clean up a lot easier.... We got ours from Wally World, right next to the plastic bags....

 

Hey Guys, First time poster and new to this site. You guys are correct with the coolers/crockpots. The one asking about the coleman stoves, as I haul Hazardous Waste (last 13 years), you must put the propane in your sidebox or on the catwalk while truck is in motion. DOT officer in VA told me that when he saw mine on the floor of the cab. I since have used the little black lunch box and a coleman cooler (plug-in) for years. My box is over 12 years old and still burns the food on the bottom of the foil tray if I let it. I also have a small dorm type fridge for just meats. It's the same type as the cooler thermoelectric (no compressor). I have 2 3k watt inverters in my truck for my crock pot, microwave, computer, printer and have never gone over 2 lights on the LED readouts (8 lights max). Now for the rookies looking to start their careers buying supplies for the road. NEVER EVER buy anything at a truck stop except fuel (if walmart sold diesel I'd buy it there) unless you absolutely need it. Walmart, Dollar General, Kmart will be happy to sell the same items to you for 50% less than t/s. Stock up on water, buy the flats of water 3 or 4 at a time, empty one into a cooler and put the rest under the bunk. Get you some flavor packets if you don't like water that much. Buy a couple sodas, as everyone needs a Pepsi now and then. Once a month treat yourself to a real meal at a restaurant. Again STAY AWAY FROM TRUCK STOPS. Most only have fast food, and it will put pounds on ya. But as with all advice from your fellow drivers, listen and take it in, most have very good advice.

 

Finally used the lunchbox today for a very simple meal. Heating 2 cans of soup. Did both at the same time. Ate one for midday and one at the end of the day. Worked fine. Looking forward to hitting the store for some groceries and more creative cuisine. Soup had been rolling around for long time...must go.

 

I did up a custard the other day in my lunchbox cooker... milk, splenda (we do sugarfree stuff) and 2 eggs, touch of vanilla coffee creamer - put it in the 'tin' and added a little water in the bottom of the cooker as the 'water bath' - let it cook for 1.5 - 2 hrs... very nice sweet treat!!