OTR Cooking

I carry a Crockpot (with a latching lid) and a 300 Watt power inverter for meals like roast beef, spareribs, pork roast, chili, chicken, corned beef and cabbage.....

I carry some charcoal and lighter fluid for stops at the rest stop for my steak, pork chop, hamburger, and other over-the-coal makings.

I carry a Coleman stove for boiling water, making eggs, cooking hashbrowns, etc.... (I cook OUTSIDE the truck),

I've tried cooking on the manifold three times.... all of which I wasn't impressed. I tried a baked potato and it wasn't cooked all the way through. I tried to make a cheese quesadilla and it took so freaking long that it just wasn't worth the time. I tried to warm up some meat that I had cooked earlier and again, the time it took to reheat / heat it just wasn't worth the time.

I don't have a microwave. If I were to use a microwave, I would just use the truck stop microwave rather than buying my own.

 

I keep Hungry Man dinners in my cooler to eat at truck stops. In the event I can't make it to one, I'll have sandwich meat, bread, and other types of food. I also have the Burton digital cooker so I won't burn my food while driving.

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Burton also has a single burner butane stove, they sell them at most TA and Petro, basically the same as cooking on a gas stove at home. Cheap aluminum pans make cleanup a snap.

 

The company policy forbids those. SCNN

Rolling the Smashed Pumpkin

 

I've been using one for 3 yrs now.What I do is when at home cook some food and put it in some Rubbermaid containers[the ones with the really tight fitting lids are best when ice melts in cooler they can be submerged and won't let water enter].Then when on road I line the cooker with "heavy duty" reynolds wrap[very important harder to rip a whole in].I like to buy canned sliced white potatoes and cook them with homemade Salisbury steaks with gravy.Takes about 10 minutes to heat up[cooker gets up to 350deg].Then when I run out of home cooking stop at a walmart[or purchase when at home]and get some of those 90 second meals and a pack of pita bread.All this saves a lot of money wish I had started doing this long ago.P.S.I've been using the same cooker for that length of time it just keeps on working!

 

Marcie bought me a RoadPro 12 volt slow cooker that I never used. If anyone is interested in one.

I did use the toaster oven type thing a lot when I was OTR. I still do to heat up some soup every now and then.

Mikeeee

 

I used an electric skillet. Worked great for eggs and sausage, burgers, etc...

 

I was kinda skeptical of that due to its size.

Rolling the Smashed Pumpkin

 

I have a 1500w inverter in the truck so I have a microwave, a small Foreman Grill and a 12v lunch box cooker. Not much I can't fix. Years ago I had a small electric skillet. Wish I could find another, but they are all family sized now it seems.

Steak tonight on the Foreman.

 

Hey KMac,

Is this small enough?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/21105634?...1=g&wl2=&wl3=17431526590&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem