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Ever had a long day travelling, arriving late evening and feeling very hungry, but still having to wait for a meal to be prepared and cooked?
Well we have, but 6 years ago we came up with a solution which has worked very well for us and several of our friends since.
All that is required is an invertor and a slow cooker. Prepare food as normal, plug slow cooker into invertor, SECURE SLOW COOKER SAFELY, and bingo on arrival at destination, set up table, open wine and serve with beautifully cooked hot meal - simple
If using this tip please make sure your slow cooker is secure in case of accident or emergency, so that nobody gets scalded. Ours is placed firmly in the motorcaravan sink and has travelled very safely for many Ks's now without incident. It's not a good idea though to turn on the tap whilst slow cooker is still in sink
Hope this helps some of you.
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great advice that, any ideas about which slow cooker to use, i.e. makes etc.,?
I'm very careful what gadgets we use in the motorhome and this would probably save loads of time too.
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[quote:7ddae3e519="Waters-on-tour"]Ever had a long day travelling, arriving late evening and feeling very hungry, but still having to wait for a meal to be prepared and cooked?
Well we have, but 6 years ago we came up with a solution which has worked very well for us and several of our friends since.
All that is required is an invertor and a slow cooker. Prepare food as normal, plug slow cooker into invertor, SECURE SLOW COOKER SAFELY, and bingo on arrival at destination, set up table, open wine and serve with beautifully cooked hot meal - simple
If using this tip please make sure your slow cooker is secure in case of accident or emergency, so that nobody gets scalded. Ours is placed firmly in the motorcaravan sink and has travelled very safely for many Ks's now without incident. It's not a good idea though to turn on the tap whilst slow cooker is still in sink
Hope this helps some of you.[/quote:7ddae3e519]
Hello Waters on Tour & welcome to the forum. Iam sure you will enjoy it here. We are a friendly helpful bunch.
An excellent post if I may say so. I used to have a large family Tower Brand cooker when the kids were young. Put the meal on in the morning before work & ready when I got home. Gteat. Sometimes used to do double either to freeze one meal or have next day. We were all meat eaters then. Kids have now flown the nest other half is now vegetarian so have not used the cooker for years. Brands on the market have improved over the years. Which make & size of cooker do you use?
Will have to see if our inverter is powerful enough for it, should be.
Thanks again for the tip
Motorhomer
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My slow cooker is a small cooker (possibly Tower) it does not have a removable bowl, and only draws around 60 watts, but our friends have used larger slow cookers.
We usually connect this with our 300 watt invertor and the combination works well.
Maureen
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What a great idea. Never thought of that and we've used a slow cooker for years with the touring caravan.
We used to set it up before going out for the day and come home to those lovely smells when we opened the door.
On second thoughts I'm not so sure about it being a good idea.
Would we ever reach our destination with those aromas wafting around the motorhome?
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p.s why when I try put on a smiley it comes up with a letter? not the smiley please help.
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Hi Sue
Check the boxes under where I'm writing this message.
The box against 'Disable Smilies in this post' should be blank.
If there is a tick in it then click on it to clear it and your smilies should appear in your post.
Hope this is the solution otherwise someone technical will need to help.
I remeber a few years one of the truck gadget supplier had a 12/24v slow cooker in their catalogues. Also look for the book Manifold Destiny, it' an american publication. It has recipes you can cook on the engine manifold! hence the title. I've done it with sausages and chops and it works. You just need some thick foil and baling wire or similar. Who knows maybe we could find a recipe for beef a la M25 or fish M6!
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