let's cook some chicken.

My company has APU's and 1800 watt inverters. I use a big crock pot, microwave, and just bought an electric all-in-one steamer, slow cooker, pressure cooker that seems to work pretty good. 12v stuff isn't worth the money. When I had my own truck, I used the portable butane burner they sell in T/A-Petro's, but you had to be real careful not to catch the truck on fire. I also used a propane camping stove bungied to the top of my chain rack outside from time to time. They sell bulk bundles of the butane at either Cabela's or Bass Pro Shops. I finally gave up all that gas stove cooking, it got to be too much of a hassle. With a crock pot and a pressure cooker, it's set it and forget it until dinner time.

 

I love the crock pot. I usually buy the Tyson roast kits and just throw it on low for 8 hours while I sleep. Then have great food for 2 days. It's a pre prepared kit with meat, potatoes, carrots, and onions + seasonings. Really easy and good. And a + if you buy the slow cooker bags to put in the crockpot, because no clean up. Just throw away.

 

I've done chicken, chili, meatloaf, pork chops (with veggies), and my wife gave me a recipe for crock pot potato soup...and what we call in the south, stomp steak (chopped steak covered with cream of mushroom soup). My crock pot's lid locks, and can be used with a standard 300 watt plug in inverter. It's made by Bella, I got it at Wally World, fairly cheap. It gets hot enough to cook anything you can fit in it. (It's a 6 qt). I have heard drivers say they've tried the 12v crocks, but they aren't as good. The steamer and microwave I have needs a big inverter, but the crock pot works fine on a small one. Oh, and for easy cleanup, I use plastic crock pot liners from Wally too..

 

I had a rice steamer that would not only do rice but steam veggies and for cook chicken breasts and other stuff.

I used a microwave most of the time... lots of options to heating up meals... or just hot water for making oatmeal or coffee.

I love the crockpot idea... just never got into it.

 

I made scrambled eggs successfully for the 1st time in my microwave the other day. I had tried many times before, but never timed it right...this time they came out perfect.

 

The steamer/pressure cooker impressed me...a small bag of red skin potatoes took like 15 min, carrots done in 10. I have broccoli in the fridge I will make tomorrow. I got tired of nuking frozen and decided to try steaming fresh.

 

I use a crackpot and a microwave. I like the crackpot best. Just be advised to look the bottom of it over. Mine is one with the removable crock pot in it. It has two little vent tubes that stick down on the bottom. They will get hot enough to melt ugly little holes in the floor of the truck. I have it strapped to a large white cutting board to prevent that from happening again. Also now it know it won't tip over. I've made beef roast, pork roast, pork blade steak, and several different chicken recipes. I need to find a few new recipes. Best two points about using my crockpot is its a lot cheaper, and I've lost almost 25 lbs.

 

TommyTrucker88 when in doubt go to your computers best friend... Google. Search for "cooking on the exhaust manifold". There are books on the subject and even free you tube videos. All you need is some foil wrap and don't forget to double wrap the food for cooking.