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My setup allows me to bring along a dorm size freezer which sits on my front deck. I also carry a 5-day large chest in the back of the truck always filled with ice. I use a plastic container inside the ice chest so that I can keep cold food in it without getting water soaked. My small inside fridge does not have a freezer at all. We can go a couple of days without re-supplying the ice...

We usually stop at WALMART just before arriving at the camp site and stock up meats and things for a couple of days supply. Almost always have to leave the site everyday for things during the stay anyway...

I haven't looked into it yet but I hear there is a lot of AC/DC marine type freezer/combo now that runs from 12VDC... Would look neat permanent mounted on my trailer deck. These things are probably not on the cheap side.



Roy ken

We use a Food Saver and pack portions based on our meals. It really makes things easy when cooking as it is in the right portions and already prepared. All I do is open the package and cook. If it in the freezer I pull it out and into the frig the night before.

wjurls wrote:
To keep frozen items frozen, I use a small cooler (Those cheap foam ones are great)with dry ice. Lasts for days if kept closed.

Yup, for the rare occasion we need additional freezer room that's what we do, a $20 Coleman Cooler and $5 worth of dry ice.

I love my ice maker. Been using it daily for a few years now.

To keep frozen items frozen, I use a small cooler (Those cheap foam ones are great)with dry ice. Lasts for days if kept closed.

I have learned how to pack my freezer in the camper. Packaging around the items takes up more room, so whatevery is in boxes goes, I just keep instruction if it is a new product. By the time I start running out of food in the freezer it is time to go shopping. Same goes for the fridge. Most of the time I can fill the freezer with food for a week & a quart size zip lock bag of ice. Once we arrive I start up the portable ice maker. We also carrier a Yeta with us for drinks.

Sharon

We also bought an Edge Star freezer. It is 1.3 cubic feet and runs off electric. During travel it is off and keeps everything frozen. Hold lots of meat and frozen foods. Even keeps ice cream rock hard.

REDF350 wrote:
I see a lot of folks with a dorm sized friidge on a table outside of their tt. A lot of them have a whole kitchen set up outside. This includes a fridge, a cooking grill, and a coffee maker.

Yep that's us, Except we also have a camp stove out there as well. We never cook in the TT.

But really folks. It's a camper, not a house. Everything is different, more compact. Requires a different mind set. It's better

I just keep less frozen foods. Who wants a frozen steak anyway?

Pre-Frozen foods help keep a cooler cool. You can keep bags of ice in the bags to keep it 'clean' for use in drinks and such.

We take a few special items with us, the rest we restock during the trip. About every 3rd day, which we combine with a lunch or dinner out.

A few pre-frozen drinks (water, gatorade, etc) also help and are still quite cold and refreshing when thawed.

Aside from that, we keep an outdoor cooler tucked under the trailer for items not temperature sensitive and reserve the indoor freezer/fridge for more sensitive items.