Cooking with Gas in Truck ? Yay or Nay ?

Fair enough lol well its not a great idea to cook propane in confined space, hence the link above

 

That's why the hibachi gets left at home, and tire chains are added.

If you're hell bent on cooking something in there, get a crock pot.
After you forget about it once or twice, and it spills and makes a HUGE mess, you'll rethink that too.

 

Spend the money on an inverter and use an electric skillet and crock pot for cooking. If you have to use gas or charcoal do it outside only. Inside the cab is a disaster waiting to happen.

 

One of those crock pots with the clamps on each end to lock the lid on is a wise investment. You can also use bungee cords to hold the whole pot in place.

 

Until you forget about it. Then need to move the truck for some reason.

CRASH

Oh. Well this will only take about 2 hours to clean up.

Hey, to each his own, but an open flame inside a truck is just gonna land you in the "Truck blazes" section of Live Trucking someday.

 

I say go ahead the world could use one dummy

 

An ounce of common sense can remove all danger. Rvs have had propane stoves for decades. A truck isn't much different.

 

We have as a rule nothing like that in the cab. The cab's volume is so small its essentially a deathtrap.

You are gambling with your life with those things inside the truck.

I once attended a fire show in Maryland at our Racetrack decades ago and as part of that they punched and threw a flare into the 500 gallon propane tank inside the infield. Then rolled iron to fight the proper fire. The heat radiating from that inflicted close to 1st degree burns sunburn style to some of in the stands. It took about a hour, huge amounts of water and foam and many engines on hand to take care of it. The main thing was to burn the stuff off in a way that will not pressurize that tank container. But the drawback was a column of fire that was a few hundred feet.

Get a dutch oven, toss some food into it. Close it up and plug into the truck. Drive. Your dinner will be done about that time you are later.