cooking in the truck

I'm not waiting for charcoal to warm up. Sometimes I stop and get dinner cooking 2 hrs before I stop for the day,. If it's raining? Can't cook outside.

 

ya i just seen a video on you tube of the cobb grill where it said it takes 20 mins for the charcoal to be ready. doubt anyone is gonna wanna wait after driving all day

 

MAPP torch charcoal ready in 5 min. And the food taste better

 

while i don't cook in my trk...i am very careful on where and what i eat...
my main question to u might be,if u can't make enuf $ out here to eat, why would you do this in the first place? i have been driving for over 30 years and feel like my very small 'home' does NOT need to smell like stale cooking!

 

Cooking in a truck doesn't automatically make it smell of "stale cooking". Plus, there's a difference between affording to eat, and wanting to do things as frugal as possible. I can afford to eat out 3 times a day, however, I prefer to put my money to other endeavors. So, I bring as much food as I can, and prepare what I can in my truck. It's all a matter of choice.

 

I agree it's not just a matter of money.. I eat less when I cook in my truck.. the food is prepared the way I like it.. it is a matter of being frugile. The more money I save the faster I get behind the wheel of my own truck - food truck that is.

 

I had a 2 burner hotplate and the microwave...and a 1500 watt inverter, also one of those as seen on tv 101 cookers...I could cook anything I wanted to...took a toaster oven out on one trip but never used it. We save a lot of money on food, eat more healthy and eat better tasting food. I can't cook for 2 so always have an extra plate for a driver that may be stuck waiting on money or a load...have a little 4 cup coffee pot for the wee hour start time. It sounds like alot of stuff but really isn't, fits in a plastic tub with the paper plates and plastic ware...I did a small pork loin, baked beans and baked potatoes one night...spaghetti, homemade potato soup, meatloaf (slow cooker) lol

 

Shoot - and I forgot to pick ours up when we swung by the house - LOL!

 

Tonights dinner is a beef tenderloin (bacon wrapped) w/roasted brocolli all done in the lunchbox cooker - not sure how it will turn out - its cooking now - but it sure is smelling good!!

 

Watch it close tenderloin will over cook and dry out fast