Electric Fry Pan?

[Parrothead_Mike]

I know that most of us have had an electric fry pan at some point of our lives. Got one back in the 70s, but really haven't used one in about 25 years. While snowbirding the past few years I feel that cooking certain things on the gas stove in our 5th wheel is difficult due to the high heat produced by the burners. They are hard to turn down to a less hot temp, especially when doing something like pancakes. BTW, I cook on electric at home.

Are any of you doing much cooking with your electric fry pan while camping? We're thinking of getting a new one and wonder if they've changed much in the past umpteen years. Any recommendations? Is an electric griddle an option?

[newman_fulltime]

love the oster ceramic electric skillet only one that seems to hold up

[ReneeG]

Most definitely! We have one of the large square fry pans. I have a cabinet above my range hood and it fits nicely in there with the lid inverted in it sitting in a thick waffle type of shelf liner material to prevent scratching. It's great and saves on propane when you have hookups.

[RoyB]

We use one of those all the the time for cooking. Ours is a high wall model with a lid. Great for making up pot roost etc...

We also use our Coleman Roadtrip propane outside grill that has many different cooking tops...

Roy Ken

[the_bear_II]

A good alternative is a induction cook plate. The temps are very accurate and it provides the flexibility of using different skillets, pots and pans as long as they are made from metal that a magnet will stick to. Aluminum, copper and other non-ferrous metals won't work.

[sch911]

We do all of our cooking outside on either the electric griddle, a single burner butane stove, or the Weber Q. So yes the electric is used mostly for bacon and eggs.

[RoyF]

Yes, I use mine all the time. When the weather is nice, I like to use the skillet outside on a small folding table. I also have an electric griddle; we like to have pancakes, bacon, and eggs for Sunday breakfast, so skillet and griddle both get used on Sunday. I use an electric kettle for coffee or tea. I have 30-amp service, so I have to be careful not to use all three at the same time if the AC is on.

[theoldwizard1]

Farberware makes one, but it is very large. It also has a high dome lid making storage doubly difficult.

Square ones hold a lot more food.


EDIT : Well ours must be a "vintage" model that is no longer in production. The current model is square and has a glass lid.

[donn0128]

Instead of a fry 0an consider something like the Cuisinart Griddler. With two different cooking plates, you can make sandwiches or pancakes. Personally I like cooking with gas. Easy to regulate, quick response time. BTW last house we had Halogen electric burners, so we got used to fast heat response times a long time ago.