Looking for a propane powered crock pot.
I have the Coleman one. Originally they called it a slow cooker, then it appears they changed the name to 6 quart potable propane cooker because it cooked way too hot to be a slow cooker. Then it ap...
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It sounds like the propane cooker might work well if you change things up a little bit. Build a insulated 'hat' for it out of something like Reflex insulation, that silver bubble wrap stuff.
Then heat the meal with the burner on warm or high, and get it up to about 210 F. Shut off the propane, cover it, and insulate it tightly. It should stay warm for many hours. Check it and re-heat after say 3-4 hours, and it will cook for say another 1/2 hour of heating, then be able to sit under the insulation for another 3-4 hours, and complete it's cooking.
Of course try this at home, and have a way to monitor the cooking temps. You do not want to eat anything that was kept below 130F for a long time, as bacteria will grow between 45 and 135F. If it turns out while 'checking it every hour or so' on a Saturday, then the same cooking procedure will work while un-attended at a campsite. If the whole cooker will fit into your camper's oven, then put it there. Set it on low heat, warm the oven, and then shut it off, and let it sit there, cooking.
IT helps to have a thermometer with a 3' long heat resistant probe, so you can insert this into the food, and let it stay in the food while it is cooking.
You might try your crock pot (from a electric cooker) in your camper's oven. Warm it to say 220F, and then as you leave the camper, shut the oven completely off. The heat will stay within the crock, and oven, cooking the food slowly.
Of course with 400 watts of solar panels, and a 600+ watt inverter, you could use a electric crock pot while camping.
Good luck,
Fred.
Then heat the meal with the burner on warm or high, and get it up to about 210 F. Shut off the propane, cover it, and insulate it tightly. It should stay warm for many hours. Check it and re-heat after say 3-4 hours, and it will cook for say another 1/2 hour of heating, then be able to sit under the insulation for another 3-4 hours, and complete it's cooking.
Of course try this at home, and have a way to monitor the cooking temps. You do not want to eat anything that was kept below 130F for a long time, as bacteria will grow between 45 and 135F. If it turns out while 'checking it every hour or so' on a Saturday, then the same cooking procedure will work while un-attended at a campsite. If the whole cooker will fit into your camper's oven, then put it there. Set it on low heat, warm the oven, and then shut it off, and let it sit there, cooking.
IT helps to have a thermometer with a 3' long heat resistant probe, so you can insert this into the food, and let it stay in the food while it is cooking.
You might try your crock pot (from a electric cooker) in your camper's oven. Warm it to say 220F, and then as you leave the camper, shut the oven completely off. The heat will stay within the crock, and oven, cooking the food slowly.
Of course with 400 watts of solar panels, and a 600+ watt inverter, you could use a electric crock pot while camping.
Good luck,
Fred.
