Hot food in the truck?

Well, I found one but it's the size of a sleeping bag.

 

If you can't find one then it should be easy to put something together. There are several styles of 12v heated seat pads, find a suitable "purse" to put it into and your back in business.

http://www.safehomeproducts.com/shp2/es/12v-heat-products.aspx

 

Hey, I think I found what you are looking for! Saw it at the Loves in Ohio! I-70, exit 160 ( I think that's the exit).
Pretty spendy, though. $169.99
I grabbed one of the ads, and I'll post a pic of the warmer tomorrow.(Have to take a photo of the ad, and can't do it while hubby is driving. Too much vibration makes for a blurry pic!! LOL)

Anyway, they have them at the Loves. I told hubby that we can just get rid of the microwave (take it home, as it is brand new) and buy one of those warmers. That's all we use the micro for, anyway, to warm up stuff!

Judi Kay

 

Here is a photo of the ad for the food warmer...
It folds up, and comes with a carrying case.

Judi Kay

 

Thanks for the pic simplyred. looks very handy but you are right it is pretty pricy.

 

It had what looked like a removable "shelf", so that you could put something the size of a can of stew in there. It collapses down, not sure if it's flexible, though. Just saw the ad.

Judi Kay

 

I know exactly what you're talking about. I Have one sitting at home. I bought it back in '96 and have used it up til the last 6 months.

Mine runs on 12v and 120v. To run it on 12v, it came with a little converter plug. It looked like a cigarette lighter plug except you just plug the 2 prong plug right into it and plug that into the power part. It is made out of Naugahyde and has a heating pad element folded inside it.

I just called it a heater sack. It was produced by a company in Tyler TX but I can't remember the name. I haven't seen them available in any truckstops since about 2000. I paid $39 for mine back then.

Mine worked GREAT! I used it to heat cans of soup, canned pasta, and other precooked sealed foods. It would get them hot enough to be considered a hot meal but it wouldn't get them hot enough to explode the cans or melt plastic wrappers or tupperware bowls. it wouldn't get hot enough to actually cook raw foods such as meats or pasta.

I retired mine as i know have an APU on my truck. I use a microwave now to cook my foods...yum.

If I ever end up losing thi APU, I will definitely be bringing back out of retirement.

 

Well, I'm not sure if you MUST have an identical food warmer or just need A way to heat food. I've used a DC Oven for years. It looks like a mini toaster over and costs $30-40. It's widely available at truck stops. There is another item that looks like a black lunch box that is also sold widely in truck stops. I chose the "toaster oven" style because it works better for a wider range of items from TV dinners to anything that will fit inside of it. The lunch box style has a much smaller capacity. I "cooked" in the truck for years and used my DC oven every day. Just be sure to cook everything inside of aluminum foil or in the mini bread loaf pans sold at every grocery store. I cooked TV dinners, soups and stews, hot pockets, and many other items.

The DC oven gets hot enough on the bottom of the oven to melt plastic so I mounted my DC Oven on a small wooden cutting board to protect the truck floor or dashboard. It typically took 30-90 minutes to cook items. So I would pull over, prepare my food to cook, start cooking and drive until my food was ready.

Bringing your own food and cooking in the truck is one of the best ways to save money while on the road. My weekly food budget was about 1/3 of what it would have been had I bought my meals in restaurants. However, the main benefit was I was able to eat on my schedule and not forced to starve except when I had plenty of time, found truck parking, and the restaurant served what I wanted.