Electric Frypan Technical Advice

Mexican gas stoves are about as sophisticated as The Dukes of Hazzard or Petticoat Junction.

Twitch the knob and the flame jumps.

Maybe I'd be better off abandoning the flame stove altogether and just using a skillet. I snagged an Oster countertop broiler and fan convection oven and I love it.

I managed to get connected to eBay and discovered the world of expensive interface plates between induction cooktop and cooking vessel. No way Jose.

I'll go with gdetrailer and an electric device and watch the temperature. I seem to like silicone tools and maybe that will eliminate the Teflon problem. Down here hyper-exensive coated aluminum is the only cookware that avoids peeling telfon. No kidding an 8 inch skillet weighs half a pound. Lost my cookwear perspective.

Thank you all especially gdetrailer!

We use the electric skillet all the time when camping off-grid. I use my 2KW Generator every morning at 8AM to start my three hour battery recharge cycle and we do some cooking using the electric skillet at same time...

You can idle one back with some slow cooking and it doesn't demand much from the generator doing this...

Ours looks like the on e shown above here

Roy Ken

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Hurricane season is coming
And I need an alternative to a weather exposed stove

• The huge stove has it's own custom vinyl cover
• But the tropical kitchen has a palm frond roof and stick walls so everything gets wrapped up when it gets wet
• I have a dry area available where I can cook with modified sine wave electricity from my 3300 amp hour bank
• It's too windy for LPG flame
• Looking for a reliable deep dish pan with premium no-stick coating
• Not sure if digital controls would like my Trace modified sine wave
• Looked on Amazon and eBay and the reviews are full of Few Stars complaints about coating coming off
• My bad internet connection does not allow easy navigation
• Would I be better off with an induction cooktop and all-stainless-steel-no-coating 12" 14" skillet with lid?
• Got any leads? Probably would like 4" - 6" egg fry pan as well. No more hurricane c-rats thank you.

What you are looking for is called a electric skillet!



My Aunt (RIP) would be pleased, we have two, one on our camper and one at home, very versatile. That is what we used when I was a kid and my parents and relatives would camp..

Brings back memories when I break out mine.

They are very low cost at $25, use 1200W and have a analog temperature control unit.

You don't need anything fancy, the one in the pix above is a Proctor Silex model 38526..

Can get HERE

I would not worry about "premium" teflon coatings, treat it right with PLASTIC (IE no metal) utensils and it will last many years.

Teflon coatings also periodically can be rseasoned by heating the skillet then applying some cooking oil to the surface.

It is a bit like seasoning cast iron only without the need to put it in a oven.

HERE is a quick overview of season Teflon cooking surfaces.

As far as complaints of the teflon comming off.. Well, lets say those folks don't READ and UNDERSTAND know the reason to not use METAL UTENSILS. Metal utensils will DAMAGE the Teflon surface no matter how careful you are.

Second, is they often miss the point in the manual about avoid using HIGH HEAT. Overheating the surface is a great way to cause the Teflon to peel off.

If you need high heat, make sure you have most if not all the flat surface covered with food..

Trying to avoid 1500 watts as there is a 300' 12/2 lead from the gen shed. The inverter is 4K continuous. I'll make sure the vessels are magnetic. Non Chinese Teflon poison traps are getting hard to find.

Hi Mex,

Induction cooker and MSW probably doesn't work because the controls are computerized.

I have seen a dual hot plat at Walmart with manual controls.

The ones with solid burners are slow to respond and do not seem to work well (yes I had one).

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Brentwood-Electric-Countertop-Double-Burner-White/22107858

I do have a single burner non inductive hob that works well with MSW.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:

Would I be better off with an induction cooktop and all-stainless-steel-no-coating 12" 14" skillet with lid?

Needs to be induction compatible. Must contain some iron for the induction to actually work.

Induction would seem to serve you well if the inverter has the power to drive it.