Crock pot cooking while traveling?

[Bosun]

My wife picks up our new Class A motorhome tomorrow (I'm working for another 10 days out of town). This is our first r/v with an inverter. My question is if we can put a crock pot cooking going down the road without having to fire up the generator? Cajun Red beans and rice and smoke sausage would be mighty tasty after a days drive! Does anyone else do a little slow cooking while running?

Thanks

Patrick

[tropical36]

Bosun wrote:
My wife picks up our new Class A motorhome tomorrow (I'm working for another 10 days out of town). This is our first r/v with an inverter. My question is if we can put a crock pot cooking going down the road without having to fire up the generator? Cajun Red beans and rice and smoke sausage would be mighty tasty after a days drive! Does anyone else do a little slow cooking while running?

Thanks

Patrick

Crock pot shouldn't be a problem with whatever you're getting for an inverter or battery power.
The thing will be with what outlets are inverter powered and many times they won't be with the galley area, so once this is figured out, you may need an extension cord and this cord should be of decent size and somewhat better than just a lamp type cord.
For some length, I'd like having at least #14awg and for keeping the voltage drop at a minimum, if for nothing else.
We have a 2KW inverter on 4 group 24, 12v batteries and the galley is not supposed to be on them, but so happens it is, as is the rest of the house outlets. This turned out to be a pleasant surprise and we've put them to good use with the coffee pot and such. Microwave as well, but then, this appliance was supposed to be energized on this circuitry, anyway.

[toolttime]

Nothing like the smell of barbecue ribs in the crock while traveling down the road

[Executive45]

They have several different sizes of crock pots. We use the small one and put it in the sink. There is ONE HUGE PROBLEM with having it cook while underway. The SMELL! Makes me licking my lips every few seconds and wanting to stop to taste it.....just sayin....:B....Dennis

[edm3rd]

My oldest crockpot, 3.5 quart round, has specs of 75 watts on low, and 150 on high. Rival does not list wattage on the product or in the manual anymore.

[lonewolf80]

I've only used the crock pot while driving a couple of times, yes in the sink, but I put a non-slip mat, dollar store, under the feet so it doesn't slide around in the sink. Also used a couple of dish towels around the base to further buffer it. Wouldn't put towels around the sides, my older pot gets to hot to touch the outer surface. I use a large heavy rubber band stretched across the lid from handle to handle to hold it on while in use going down the road.

[bobbin_nail]

Hi, That's a great suggestion about the Thermal Cooker. We have one. We stay in areas, like Yellowstone, where there is no electricity. It is so nice to put dinner in the cooker before going out sightseeing and hot food is ready when we come in tired, chilly and hungry. Rolling down the road, thermal cooker sitting on the floor in the closet cooking dinner. No electricity, no sloshing over, no aromas, no breakage, no burns from touching the outer container and no...I'm not a seller...just a happy user. If you use a crock pot frequently
check this cooker out. Ours is a Thermos brand.
b c n u, bobbinail

[2gypsies1]

DonBaja wrote:
All you need is aluminum foil, salt, pepper, and an exhaust manifold.

We do that all the time while 4-wheeling with the Jeep. Lunch is ready and hot. We've never had anything fall off no matter how rough the trail is. We had folks very envious while they were eating their cold ham sandwich and we had a hot pulled pork sandwich!

[happycamper002]

I've read some conflicting comments about running the inverter for fridge or slow cooker. Although most of the comments say it's okay, I've read also saying not OK.

I've been running my 300W fridge on the run through my 1500W inverter via house battery but not on extending run exceeding more or less two hours... which I usually stop to stretch.

I have two paralleled 12v volts batteries to do this but I'm anxious whether I could keep doing this on say six hours or more of driving without depleting the batteries completely. Although it may not hurt to leave it (I think) fully discharged before reaching my destination.

Some comments say the alternator should be able to makeup for the demand but other say it won't. My alternator came with my Class A rig which I assume it may be generic.

So my question is: does anyone encountered any issue by running the fridge or slow cooker (not both) the whole time regardless the travel time?

Thanks

[J-Rooster]

Mandalay Parr wrote:
I put mine in the sink. NO towel. Might cause it to over heat.
Works good.

X-2

[femailyetti]

The last post makes me want go out and weld a steel plate on my Banks exhaust headers

[DonBaja]

Crock Pot => Crackpot.

All you need is aluminum foil, salt, pepper, and an exhaust manifold. I have a paperback book (Manifold Destiny) chock full of recipes for low and slow motorhome cooking, whether it is last night's Lasagna or today's roadkill. Turn the generator off so you can talk to each other about the romantic feast that's being prepared especially for you by that Cummins C Series back aft.

[Johnny_G1]

DrewE wrote:

Johnny G1 wrote:
Crock pot in the sink and oven on @ the same time, save's waiting for supper when we stop, you usually need a good inverter for the crock pot as our's can draw 1500 watts.

That must either be a huge crock pot or a dual/multipurpose device (that can also serve as e.g. a fryer or roaster or something). Typical dedicated crock pots are around 300 watts, maybe a bit more in the really big sizes. It is, of course, still a very good idea to check one's own appliances vis-a-vis the v=capacity of one's inverter.

Yes it is a dual purpose oven and roaster,1425 watts and yes we have a small crock pot also 200 watts but it don't hold much, a small bird but not a whole chicken.

[chiefneon]

Howdy!

We purchased a Nissan Thermal cooker when we first started fulltiming. It works great while your traveling, and we especially like it when we are boomdocking. No electric needed 110 or 12 volts. Just heat it up and the Thermal cooker does the rest. Cost more than a crock pot but we have diffently got our monies worth out of it and then some.

Nissan Thermal Cooker

"Happy Yrails"
Chiefneon

[DrewE]

Johnny G1 wrote:
Crock pot in the sink and oven on @ the same time, save's waiting for supper when we stop, you usually need a good inverter for the crock pot as our's can draw 1500 watts.

That must either be a huge crock pot or a dual/multipurpose device (that can also serve as e.g. a fryer or roaster or something). Typical dedicated crock pots are around 300 watts, maybe a bit more in the really big sizes. It is, of course, still a very good idea to check one's own appliances vis-a-vis the v=capacity of one's inverter.