Crock pot in RV?

Big Katuna wrote:
Crock pots use very little current. Couple Amps on high.

Yes, literally a couple of amps. I measured mine on a Kill-a-Watt day before yesterday and it stayed right at 2.0 amps all day. On low, it was something like 1.5 amps.

Still waiting for those favorite recipes....


I was also wondering if a crock pot full of water would make a good heat source on those in-between nights. All that 750W of heat has to go somewhere.

I use the crock pot a lot while camping.

I've had a West Bend slow cooker for many years. Its actually a rectangular Teflon lined metal container that sits on top of a Teflon coated base. Three heat settings. About 2 1/2 Qt. capacity. As a single RVer, its the right size for me, and the container fits in the sink for washing. Unbreakable. When I'm in an RV park for a few days, I can start a meal in the morning, be gone all day, and come back to a finished meal.
I'd love to tell you that they're available everywhere, but I've never seen another one anyplace.

Ditto on the crock pot liners. Makes clean up super easy !

Yes. Use the crock pot and use the crock pot liners.

feel free to throw out some of these recipes.

We mostly boondock but I put a 1500w inverter in this spring and we keep wanting to take a crockpot with us, just need to pack it.

cyntdon2010 wrote:

Kit Carson wrote:
We use crock pot in our RV a lot. Like a couple of others, we use it outside on a samall table, on a separate circuit
from our 30 amp service. Never had a problem. Enjoy!!!

you better stay nearby, we have watched Raccoons open coolers and take food out..
one used a stick to knock a hot dog off a Hot Grill.
there smarter than the average Bear.

Yessir, there is no such thing as a dumb animal......

ChooChooMan74 wrote:
Prepare all the ingredients at home, ziplock bag them, and keep them in the fridge/freezer. Then in the AM, just throw it all in the Crock, set it and forget it until dinner.

I do this all the time, but we are in our fiver for at least 4 months, from May until Labor Day. There are 4 of us and we HAVE to fix dinner most nights. We can't afford, both financially and health-wise to eat out too much.

We have used our crockpots to fix Thanksgiving dinner - turkey in big one, twice baked potatoes in medium one (these are yummy), then fix green bean casserole in a small one. Other items are made on the stove. I have three different sizes and use whichever meets our needs for the meal and they ride on the cabinet above the sink. Out of the way and it's so high that I can't access it without a big step stool.

For ease of cleanup, I use crockpot liners. They have them at most supermarkets and at Walmart.

As far as too much trouble, it beats the heck out of preparing a meal after you have spent all day hiking, fishing, shopping or playing. Spend fifteen minutes in the morning assembling all the ingredients, turn on the crockpot and leave. 6-8 hours later, it's ready to eat.