So I got one of these for my truck!

[W5BRM]

Been getting so sick and tired of fast food and crappy truckstop fare. I broke down and bought some cooking utensils for the truck.

http://i.imgur.com/grORcYz.jpg

It runs on butane but only a small can. Works pretty damned good too

1.5 qt crockpot. I also have a 3 qt one as well. It runs on an inverter and takes 120vac at 90w. My 400w inverter handles it nicely
http://i.imgur.com/Rt1kfkO.jpg

Lunchbox cooker. Doubles as a small oven and a steamer. Heats food to 300 degrees and actually COOKS food, not just warm it up. Runs on 12vdc. Has a power port plug. 144w at 12v.
http://i.imgur.com/YsmgPxk.jpg

I've been cooking for a few weeks with the lunchbox and crockpot. Heres a few dishes I've concocted.

Boneless pork chops in cream of chicken soup. Doesnt look appetizing but it was awesome! Definitly on my repeat list
http://i.imgur.com/tGscdf1.jpg

Heres what i did with the remaining soup. Minute rice and a bit of the leftover onion. Made a tasty side
http://i.imgur.com/H14yaXZ.jpg

Some vegetable beef soup.http://i.imgur.com/YPkwlhn.jpg

In my lunchbox cooker i made bbq drumsticks And steamed veggies.
http://i.imgur.com/gCtigff.jpg

Tonight using the butane stove, I made spaghetti with stew beef, sauteed mushrooms and onions.http://i.imgur.com/SkYIMUB.jpg

I tellya! I ain't never eaten so well while on the road!

Grrr on the 8 image limit!!

[w0aew]

Those are really cool!

[W5BRM]

Thanks. Yeah they are. I have a 20oz water heater too but the site limits to 8 images.

I'm hoping to both save money AND get a better handle on my health this way.

My usual spending on truckstop and fast food was around $175 to $200 a week. This week i spent $68 on food and other small items and that'll carry me for a week!

I havent eaten fast food or truckstop food for almost 2 weeks now. Can't say i feel much better yet. I'm still getting a handle on cutting meals to healthy portions. Got nobody in the truck to smack my knuckles lol

[w0aew]

As a kid, I was fascinated by the sleepers on trucks. In the early 60s, Dad and I would visit the annual automotive show at the state fair in Dallas. There were usually a few big trucks to climb into. I bet they're even better now.

[W5BRM]

http://imgur.com/LQIMIj9,vx8kzKf,18arz5W,26bqsHh

Top passenger side
http://i.imgur.com/G0MXSg5.jpg

Top drivers side
http://i.imgur.com/18arz5W.jpg

Bottom drivers side
http://i.imgur.com/26bqsHh.jpg

Bottom passenger side. http://i.imgur.com/vx8kzKf.jpg

[NQ6U]

Do you have a refrigerator or a microwave in your truck? I kept a little 12V cooler but nothing to cook with.

[W5BRM]

Do you have a refrigerator or a microwave in your truck? I kept a little 12V cooler but nothing to cook with.
No microwave. I had one a while ago but the big inverter is busted and dont know when the company will replace it. Thats half the reason i got the stove. I have a 12v Igloo 40qt cooler which works ok. I keep frozen veggies in it and they stay froze for 2 or 3 days which is good

[KG4CGC]

Nice.

[K7SGJ]

Very nice. The gear grinding gourmet. Who Gnu?

[kb2vxa]

"No microwave. I had one a while ago but the big inverter is busted and dont know when the company will replace it."

Why wait for an inefficient power system when you can go 12V with a WaveBox? http://www.power-hunt.com/wavebox.php

[W5BRM]

"No microwave. I had one a while ago but the big inverter is busted and dont know when the company will replace it."

Why wait for an inefficient power system when you can go 12V with a WaveBox? http://www.power-hunt.com/wavebox.php

I've heard baaaad things about them. Burning the power port out most often. Burning the truck down less often. Basically it runs at 12v at less then 150w when run direct from battery. It says 660w but nope not true when using battery alone. It might start at 660w but unless you have a huge 8pack battery system OR you run the engine or genpack, in less then 3 minutes the power is dropped by 50% or more depending on batt condition.

My inverter broke cuz my 600w MW kept pulling the battery voltage down and that burned the inverter out. Also the low voltage damaged the MW itself. If my truck would idle, my alternator could keep the voltage and wattage up to properly support a powerhog like that. My company has the idle limited to 3 minutes and thats it. It takes forever to warm things up at 600w.

[kb2vxa]

It was a try anyway, oh well. Meanwhile I like those 12V appliances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JX7pd7xTE

[NQ6U]

You shoulda got some of these instead. Nothing classes up a truck like...:

http://www.provendesignproducts.com/images/hd_contour_TF/HD%20Contour%20.165%20Truck%20Flap_%20Trucker%20Gi rl_white.jpg


MUDFLAP GIRL!

[kb2vxa]

Please don't invite the lot lizards.

[koØm]

Please don't invite the lot lizards.

Lately, i've been late to the party; I was going to mention lot lizards last night but I got side tracked, you stole my thunder.

.

[W5BRM]

Truck Spaghetti with sauteed mushroom onions and hamburger stew beef mix.

Sauteed the mushrooms and onions til a golden brown. Set aside http://i.imgur.com/yUiew5v.jpg

Cook the hamburger and stew beef til medium well. http://i.imgur.com/1Hadl6f.jpg

Add the mushrooms and onions. Cook a bit more.
Add the spaghetti sauce. Simmer for 15 mins. http://i.imgur.com/V6Qker8.jpg

Boil pasta. Strain. http://i.imgur.com/8qUQAhi.jpg

Mix all together and let sit 5 mins.http://i.imgur.com/pMV2Hps.jpg

Serve! http://i.imgur.com/tFoXiME.jpg

[NA4BH]

I'm impressed !!

[NA4BH]

One of the things on my list is to ride along on a long trip in an 18 wheeler. I know it's old hat to you, but it would be new to me.

[NQ6U]

One of the things on my list is to ride along on a long trip in an 18 wheeler. I know it's old hat to you, but it would be new to me.

It's mostly boring (90%), except when it's a royal pain in the ass (9.5%) or utterly terrifying (.5%).

[w0aew]

One of the things on my list is to ride along on a long trip in an 18 wheeler. I know it's old hat to you, but it would be new to me.

I'm surprised that hasn't become a reality show with a cast of drivers, mechanics, truck stop life, weigh staton staff, etc. Same for railroads, passenger and cargo aircraft and maritime vessels, etc.

Something like Ice Road Truckers but emphasis on social and personal lives against a technically accurate background.

[KG4CGC]

One of the things on my list is to ride along on a long trip in an 18 wheeler. I know it's old hat to you, but it would be new to me.

Don't forget your lube. You'll need it and chaffing cream. LOTS of chaffing cream.

[NA4BH]

It's mostly boring (90%), except when it's a royal pain in the ass (9.5%) or utterly terrifying (.5%).

My ass is planted behind a windshield (windscreen for the Canadians) 8 hours a day. I know boring, I know Eddie.

[n0iu]

You're making this waaaaay too difficult!

Get the book "Manifold Destiny" (http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/dp/1416596232) and learn how to cook using the heat from your exhaust manifold. Just pull over and put the food on your exhaust manifold an hour or so before you plan to eat and it will be nicely cooked by dinner time!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFQCrDOq-oY

[K7SGJ]

My ass is planted behind a windshield (windscreen for the Canadians) 8 hours a day. I know boring, I know Eddie.

You don't know shit. Wait a minute.........................I need to think about this.

[NA4BH]

You don't know shit. Wait a minute.........................I need to think about this.

Your honor, the persecution rests.

[suddenseer]

Where do you keep the sink, and dishwasher in that truck?

[K7SGJ]

Where do you keep the sink, and dishwasher in that truck?


There is a silver crank on the driver and passenger doors, although it may just be a push button any more.

[W5BRM]

Where do you keep the sink, and dishwasher in that truck?

The dishwasher is kept in the drivers seat holding the steering wheel most of the day. When its not in the drivers seat, it's lying on the bunk watching tv on the laptop...lol

The sink? Well thats just a simple bowl I fill with hot water and dish soap. After I use each dish, pan bowl or whatever, I wipe it out with a paper towel, making sure I get everything out. I take a sponge or washcloth and wash the dishes with the hot water. I toss out the dirty water and replace with clean. I get a clean cloth and wipe own the soapy dishes then towel dry them and put them away. Then I wipe down the camp stove when it's cool enough and put that away.

It's a time consuming process and a PITA but its better then getting food poisoning or some other foodborne illness.


There is a silver crank on the driver and passenger doors, although it may just be a push button any more.

My truck is all push button except for the locks. Still got the manual post locks. My last truck had power locks on it which I miss, but still I like what I got

[W5BRM]

http://imgur.com/8FS4MSl.jpg

Got a new cooking utensil. Made a vegetable beef soup in 30m!!

[koØm]

http://imgur.com/8FS4MSl.jpg

Got a new cooking utensil. Made a vegetable beef soup in 30m!!

Okay, how do you cook spaghetti in a that device?

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[W5BRM]

Okay, how do you cook spaghetti in a that device?

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Funny you should mention that...
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=107511632919763&id=100009827790816&set=a.105595386444721.1073741830.100009827790816&source=48&ref=bookmark

Also i ended up replacing that cooker. The digital didn't like my inverter

[suddenseer]

My Dad is a retired OTR driver. I showed him the pics. He was an owner/operator back in the 70's and had a Peterbilt cab over. He said that he had a hot plate on inverter. Nothing fancy like you have going on. His last 25 years was driving for Big R. It was either truckstops/eateries near the motels, or room temp sealed lunches, and fresh fruit. Most folks do not realize what you professional drivers have to put up with.

[N2CHX]

That's pretty cool. I'm impressed!

[W5BRM]

Thanks. I've been doing this 24 years and its only been in 5he last 5 or so that driver cooking utensils have really taken root. For last 15 years theres been things available but of such shoddy quality they were pretty much worthless. Im getting into tjis because um tired of all the fast food and expensive restaurants. Tired of spending $200 for garbage per week

[koØm]

Funny you should mention that...
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=107511632919763&id=100009827790816&set=a.105595386444721.1073741830.100009827790816&source=48&ref=bookmark

Also i ended up replacing that cooker. The digital didn't like my inverter

....That's why I asked, I saw it on my FB feed yesterday, still dying to know how to cook pasta in a rice steamer.

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[W5BRM]

....That's why I asked, I saw it on my FB feed yesterday, still dying to know how to cook pasta in a rice steamer.

.

My rice cooker can bring a pot of water to a full rolling boil in 6 minutes. Basically its just a pot with a built in heating coil strong enough to boil things. It's also got a steamer container so i can steam veggies as well as cook things. I wish i had bought one years ago!

[kk4vwl]

Forget the microwave. That ain't food.
If you want to get healthy, cut out pasta and bread.
Just steamed veggies and meat. And eat the fat.
Don't listen to the lies.
Your cooking looks good, and you're saving a bunch of money while eating better food.

[WØTKX]

Well, microwaves are not as bad as the rhetoric. Heat is heat. However the issue with fats is right on. We need them.

If you have medical issues that cause inflammation in the arteries, that is how the fats get stuck, on the rough walls.

[kk4vwl]

wrong on both counts.

[NQ6U]

wrong on both counts.

Care to back up that dismissal with some, you know, facts?

[kk4vwl]

Fat doesn't stick your arteries. Cholesterol does. The reason it sticks is because of damage to the arterial/venal wall. What caused the damage? Sugar. Cholesterol is the body's "plumber's putty". It was needed where it is.

Microwave - google and see. I threw mine away and don't miss it. Just think about microwaving food for a minute. Does it even sound like it would be ok?

You might have trouble finding medical studies from the establishment that back up what I say. Take that anyway you want.

Just look at the food pyramid. Does that look right to you? Eat the most of a food that didn't exist a milennia ago?

Edit: if you trust the medical/pharmaceutical industry and the government, then follow their recommendations. If not, then well?

[NQ6U]

Fat doesn't stick your arteries. Cholesterol does. The reason it sticks is because of damage to the arterial/venal wall. What caused the damage? Sugar. Cholesterol is the body's "plumber's putty". It was needed where it is.

Please refer us to a scientific source that backs up this claim. And Natural News does not count.


Microwave - google and see. I threw mine away and don't miss it. Just think about microwaving food for a minute. Does it even sound like it would be ok?

I can Google damned near anything and come up with all kinds of wacko stuff. As far as thinking about it, it sounds perfectly okay to me. All the microwaves do is excite the water molecules within the food, just like heat from a flame does. You're an amateur radio operator, you should understand non-ionizing radiation better than most people.


You might have trouble finding medical studies from the establishment that back up what I say. Take that anyway you want.

I'll take it to mean that you're making statements with no basis in established fact.


Just look at the food pyramid. Does that look right to you? Eat the most of a food that didn't exist a milennia ago?

I have no idea of what you're talking about here, sorry.

[kk4vwl]

the microwaves do is excite the water molecules within the food, just like heat from a flame does.


Just the water molecules? Only?



I have no idea of what you're talking about here, sorry.

Grains. Paleo man had no refined grains. But now it is supposed to be the majority of our diet? And diabetes is rampant now?
and fat is at the top, eat sparingly? Man is made to eat fat in much larger quantity than is now proposed. Fat does not make you fat.

I'm not going to provide any supporting materials/links. You win. I'm not annoyed, I just don't have time to play. I said my piece and I'm done. Maybe some will follow up and learn, maybe some won't. Nothing's changed.

[NQ6U]

Just the water molecules? Only?

Yep. If you disagree, then present your evidence to the contrary.


Grains. Paleo man had no refined grains.

If you're talking about white flour, then you've got a point. But “paleo man” did indeed eat whole grains and other other forms of carbohydrates when he could get them. They are a necessary part of the human diet.


I'm not going to provide any supporting materials/links. You win. I'm not annoyed, I just don't have time to play. I said my piece and I'm done. Maybe some will follow up and learn, maybe some won't. Nothing's changed.

That's a cop-out. You're not willing to provide the supporting materials because you know there aren't any—at least, none that hold up under scrutiny. You need to stop reading Natural News and The Food Babe and spend that time studying the real scientific data.

[VE7DCW]

I do believe World News will finally be able to nail down that pesky Bat Boy for an interview....... oh,and I think Carl backs his argument rather well......I try to warn him about poutine and back bacon but he can only joke about it....:mrgreen:

[WØTKX]

Ya know, I agreed with the cholesterol issues, qualified with inflammation from something. And yes, too much sugar in the diet can do that, but there are other possibilities for inflammation, such as long term infections, and such. As far as the microwave statement goes, heat is heat. The methodology used affects what heats up in what manner, but never mind.

Cholesterol IS a fat. Heat IS heat, microwaves are not ionizing like radioactivity or certain chemical reactions.

Carry on bat boyeee. This thread is all about you. Oh wait, he doesn't have the time to play? :dunno:

I'm wrong again, honey. :roll: (NSFW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnLsAOfT7o



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnLsAOfT7o

[VE7MGF]

l (http://www.theprovince.com/life/diversions/comics/dilbert.html)

[W5BRM]

Another new addition!
http://imgur.com/a/hdQvz

[NQ6U]

Is that one of those real refrigerators? A compressor type, as opposed to the Peltier Junction type we used to use, that is? I've heard they're selling those now.

[W5BRM]

Yes.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008VX01P2/ref=yo_ii_img

I paid $100 less for mine though. Price went up today. Got it in the truck... that F'r is HEAVY! Like 80lbs! Got it in the top bunk tied down with a wratchet strap

[NQ6U]

Nice. Having real refrigeration and the ability to keep frozen food in a truck will definitely elevate the trucking lifestyle significantly.

[W5BRM]

Nice. Having real refrigeration and the ability to keep frozen food in a truck will definitely elevate the trucking lifestyle significantly.

Most definitely! Already steamed a frozen chicken breast and a cup of frozen veggies. If i had that put in the cooler, all the frozen stuff would last about 3 days and then spoil. I got the freezer set at zero so this stuff will last til i want to eat it.

So happy to be off the fast food too. Since I've been doing my own cooking, I've lost 30lbs since February. Looking to lose more too