What and How do OTR cook in your truck?

The induction cooktop stove will likely require a pure sine wave inverter to heat up, so he may not be able to use that appliance. Pressure cookers I've always thought were useful for cooking quickly or high altitudes. If he's sitting in the truck all day, I'd think he could do just as well with a slow cooker.

We use a 4 in 1 Ninja crock pot. It acts as a stovetop, oven, steamer, or slow cooker. Maybe look into that as an option. We bought some of those giant rubber coated flexible ties from Home Depot to help hold the lid on top while moving.

 

@DoubleO7 - that outfit you drive for has Tripac APU, right?

 

There are great threads on here... just search "cooking in the truck" for recipes, equipment, inverter requirements and anything else you could want to know. We use:

12" electric skillet
4 quart crock pot
Coffee pot
Truck fridge
And sometimes a 750w microwave.

Our next purchase will be a Traeger portable smoker. I contacted the company and it doesn't draw much at all. But it's bulky. And you have to carry pellets. Great for reset days.

 

1.5qt (don't pay that much for it) slow cooker for any bean soup, chili, steamed fish/veggie packets etc.

Microwave-cook rice, oatmeal, steam veggies etc.

2 burner Coleman camper propane stove used outside at rest areas, certain customers sites and any of our yards.

Small toaster oven with 8"skillet and square Enamel pan is the work horse. It usually cooking while I'm driving.

Company fridge, small Dometic freezer, electric teapot and 1800watt inverter.

Freightliner top bunk is the pantry.

You didn't ask but I'll add that I do 10-15min yoga (no equipment needed), jump ropefor 6 rounds and "10 daily exercise" app that helps keep me limber.

 

Check out this guy's YouTube channel 12VCooking. 12 Volt Cooking

 

I've really gotten to love my little aroma rice cooker. Brown rice, black beans, and turkey sausage with steamed broccoli. I've been losing about 3 pounds a month since I started using it.

Really easy to keep the ingredients for me and every grocery store stocks them.

 

I've got a KitchedAid stand mixer in the truck, too. Just a cup of flour, an egg, and a dash of olive oil and I've got fresh pasta dough to run through the attachments. Just keep in mind that the more complex you typically make cooking, the more tedious it becomes to clean up.

 

Just get him a hotplate