Thanks for the honest review, well done!

You can find inserts or stainless pots that would fit down in there. Some people use aluminum inserts, foil, or oven bags. I don't know that aluminum is all that safe. Anyway, you use the heat to cook but you have the pot you can take out and wash. They sell liners for some of them. There is one that a stainless loaf pan fits perfectly.

these have been around since the 70's, they were originally made by west bend aluminum company and sold under the empire brand name. i have the saucepan and frypan both with the empire name and instead of being black they are both a beige color, but otherwise the exact same as the roadpro brand. both heat at the same rate, about the same as a home electric range set on low. not the fastest thing to cook with but at least it's hard to burn any food in one. cleaning is really not too bad, you can actually run it under the faucet without damage, just don't submerge it completely in water.

I bought the non-stick front pan but I did not think about the battery. It requires a 12volt 15 amp out put and the battery I bought a few months ago was a small 12 volt 7.5 amp out put, am I right that it will take longer to heat up?

@driftlesshermit9731

3 жыл бұрын

As long as the battery is fully charged when you start it shouldn't matter. If you have power going in via alternator/generator/ shore power/solar power it shouldn't matter....as long as the sun is shining.

do you have to run the vehicle while cooking

The one I have is a beast, I'm talking bout some serious cooking.

To get decent power out of them you should probably run them on 16v.

i would suggest getting the bestek clip to cigarette lighter adapter and put together a 60 watt solar panel to a 35 ah battery with charge controller

Basically, a standard 110volt 1200 watt skillet running on 12v to 110 1500 watt inverter would work better. On the other hand...creative people making a rocket stove would find cooking very effective, and roadside twigs would be your fuel.

@8digitPDX

10 жыл бұрын

These were not getting hot enough to impress me and in about the same time period of this video I did a crock pot meal with an inverter that turned out fine. The issue with burning stuff in the city is that it can cause legal hassles in some towns if done outside and then there is the potential for carbon monoxide buildup inside the camper.

@manletopia4801

2 жыл бұрын

a 1500 to 2000 watt inverter cost like 160$ some people want to put a cheap solar setup together

Just add some water inside the pan and boil it up and then tip it out and then wipe round I’d say that be best bet

Hi can your boil water in them like to make a cup of coffee?

@8digitPDX

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it will go pretty slowly. It is one of those things where you need to walk away a while and come back to it,

@britishrashad

10 жыл бұрын

thanks

@heyhey4855

4 жыл бұрын

They make a portable water heater the submerges in the coffee

Think you could make ramon in one

@8digitPDX

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what it is good for. Road food, Ramen plus a little bit of beef jerkey and dehydrated vegetables will fit in these.

@longboy1998

10 жыл бұрын

thank you

Very helpful. Thanks and Salaam from Arabia.

I know that these are in Australia but it might be useful to someone. 12 V Power Hunt Cooking www.power-hunt.com/ they are actually in Tualatin, OR

@8digitPDX

10 жыл бұрын

THANKS. Tualatin is within driving distance. I will check them out this week.