Roadpro cooker first meal

[Stymie]

Used my road pro lunch box cooker this past week. Had to make a trip from Bronson, Tx to Tuscon, Az and used the cooker to cook several meals.. Did an excellent job. Did a hamburger 
Potatoe carrots onion meal . And spaghetti w sauce... 
Need to figure out how to brew coffee in truck.

 

[GotSmart]

My Roadpro lasted about 6 months.  Including a couple repairs ~~~     

If you get the insert pans from the Dollar Store or WalMart you will save a lot. 

I would put a little water in the bottom of the unit.  That made it cook faster and better. 

Progresso Tomato Basil soup with some noodles or rice and some little smokeys.  High sodium but two tasty meals in one pan ~~~

As for coffee... Truck stops have the 12v makers.  Look on Amazon for reviews.

 

[Stymie]

My Roadpro lasted about 6 months.  Including a couple repairs ~~~     

If you get the insert pans from the Dollar Store or WalMart you will save a lot. 

I would put a little water in the bottom of the unit.  That made it cook faster and better. 

Progresso Tomato Basil soup with some noodles or rice and some little smokeys.  High sodium but two tasty meals in one pan ~~~

As for coffee... Truck stops have the 12v makers.  Look on Amazon for reviews.

 

[theinfamousj]

While I love a 12V appliance for slow cooking, nothing beats propane for bringing things up to temperature, quickly.

I am in a Civic, but I love my JetBoil (from an REI garage sale @ $20) to make hot water. Gas canisters are $5, you can buy them from pretty much everywhere, and they are recyclable with the Crunch-It tool.

Plus there is a French Press attachment. Don't pay over $25 for a basic JetBoil system, though. Buy used from a hiker who is clearing out their gear closet or from an REI garage sale if you are/know a member.

An alternative is any other Lindal valve stove with an Imusa 10" cup/pot tossed atop it.

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[MrNoodly]

...Potatoe...

Is that a typo or a Dan Quayle joke?  

 

[Almost There]

From the Oxford English Dictionary:

The spelling of potatoe, while not terribly common, existed for almost the entire 20th century. For example, the New York Times was still occasionally spelling potato with an –e in 1988. In fact, one can easily find spellings of potatoe all the way up to 15 June of 1992, at which point they suddenly drop off or become used in an ironic way, referencing this incident. Quayle may have misspelled the word, but in doing so perhaps he taught the rest of us how to not make his error.

Just another example of the dumbing down of the American version of english....  

And I surely hope you don't try to correct me if I spell some things the Canadian way - like colour, labour and tomatoe!...

 

[GotSmart]

I had culture shock when I moved to Missouri.  

Taters, n maters, n sodies (Oh my!)

 

[jonyjoe303]

my roadpro has been going on 4 years now. I removed the original 14 or 16 gauge wire (too thin for 11 amps) and only left about 3 inches by the unit itself and put an xt60 connector on it. Now I connect 10 gauge wire to it. Now almost all 11 amps get to the cooker. The cigarette adapter is pushing the limits by powering 11 amps, that's why they fail, the thin wire gets very warm handling 11 amps. I get the 11 amps from the dc wattmeter I connected to it, while heating up it hits 11 amps, then it slowly goes down to about 9 amps once its warmed up.

I also only use regular aluminum foil (I double it) instead of the aluminum inserts. It takes about 20 minutes to heat up most foods. Uses about 5 to 6 amps in those 20 minutes.

Replace the original wire and they will last you years. No on/off switch to go bad, I still have the same original fuse it came with.

 

[ArmorAbby]

Need to figure out how to brew coffee in truck.

I use the tinfoil loaf pan and just fill it with water, the Roadpro gets the water hot enough to make coffee while I use instant coffee and powdered creamer. Crimp the edge, pour it right into the cup. The powdered creamer instead of milk, or a bit PremiumPro instead of milk, helps to keep the heat in. Cold milk tends to take away the heat too fast.   
From what I understand regarding how a French Press works, I think I could have actual brewed coffee this way.   
However, I just got lucky at Goodwill and got one of those pluggable mugs to heat up my water, actually boils it in a few minutes, and I make instant coffee with that now.  Love it...  Only cost me $3 still in the package. No plans to change anytime soon... yet...

 

[ArmorAbby]

Love my RoadPro.
My favorite daily, lazy meal, is to throw a little rice in there, a small can of tomato sauce, chopped up some zucchini and/or some pink or red beans... maybe chick peas. I'd like to try throwing some ground beef in there some time, but although I'm not vegetarian, I'm finding more ways to eat less meat cause it just seems easier cooking on the road.

 

[Vanholio]

Used my road pro lunch box cooker this past week. Had to make a trip from Bronson, Tx to Tuscon, Az and used the cooker to cook several meals.. Did an excellent job. Did a hamburger 
Potatoe carrots onion meal . And spaghetti w sauce... 
Need to figure out how to brew coffee in truck.

If and when the RoadPro breaks, look at the Max Burton Portable Stove to Go. When my RoadPro final bit the dust after a couple years good service, I upgraded to the Max Burton. Been real happy with it.