I use one of these food warmers (HotLogic) every day to heat my lunch because I don't like using the filthy microwave in the break room at work. I plug it into the cigarette lighter 12v charger in my vehicle. I recently tried it with my Eb3a, and it works great! Thanks for sharing.
That seems to work pretty darn good for what it is. I may consider buying one for car camping trips. It seems like it would be a nice thing to just throw a meal inside of and keep it plugged in while you're setting up camp and then by the time you're done you'd have a nice warm meal.
Dash brand and a few others have micro toaster ovens available for about $20. They are around 500 watts and I've used one for 2 years full time in my camper. The actual cooking area is only slightly larger than a bagel. It can adequately bake enough for single servings at a time. I have no complaints. I'll replace my dash mini toaster oven immediately if it ever dies. Thanks for this review.
I like the way you think. FYI they sell those immersion water heaters you put in a cup of water to make tea or coffee. Will boil water in about a minute and use around 300 watts to power it. Good video.
I’ve seen similar ones from Hot Logic. They are very popular among semi drivers. Put a meal in (meat, potatoes, vegetables) and it’s cooked and ready when you get to your destination. They supposedly don’t overcook your food either. Nice backup cooking option
The real answer is to use a simple propane burner. 12v lunch boxes do have their place. Like you want to heat something while you are driving down the road.
Thank you so much for sharing! I actually never took advantage of the cigarette ports on my power stations which are all small, but I noticed that there’s items like this, even kettles that it would open a whole world to! I wonder if something like the BougeRv juice go could handle it, it seems like it would?
I recently bought a Hot Logic lunchbox that’s similar to this, except it’s not as deep, to take camping with me. I also have a Bluetti EB3A, and here’s my trial run with soup I had in a glass container. I took it from the refrigerator straight into the lunchbox: Refrigerator temp soup in glass container 43 watts x 25 minutes to room temp (11% battery) 43 watts x 35 minutes to warm temp (16% battery) 43 watts x 45 minutes to hot temp (20% battery) I’ve also experimented with using a metal bento box in the lunchbox and cooking scrambled eggs in that while warming up a tortilla, and it took about 45 minutes. The lunchbox uses enough energy that I don’t want to rely solely on this, so I also bought a Coleman single burner dual fuel camp stove. However, I can see using the lunch box for things like eggs, or for warming food while I drive for later consumption at a rest area when I don’t want to mess with getting the stove out on travel days.
@@OffGridBasement you’re welcome! I did another test this morning, as I found two small metal cups for bento boxes with silicone covers. I put a scrambled egg in one, and a whole egg in the other. The cups are just the perfect size for an egg! I put the lids on and then put the cups directly on the hot plate. Next, I folded a tortilla and put it in the bento box (with the lid on) and stacked that on top of the two cups. I cooked that for forty minutes, and it cooked the yolk through entirely on the whole egg. I like mine a bit soft, so I think 30-35 minutes will do next time. In any case, it came out perfectly, and better than what I’d get in a camp stove, I think. I should also note that I shopped around for metal containers with flat bottoms and no indentations to provide good contact with the hot plate.
I keep wondering about electric cooking, but when I do the math on how much energy it uses, it doesn't pencil out. So I stay with my single burner stoves (gasoline for expensive stove but cheap fuel, or butane/camping gas for cheap stove but more expensive fuel, or propane for larger stoves and cheaper than butane fuel but still much more expensive than gasoline).
The thing about electric cooking that I like is the fact that you don't need to rely on anyone else to refill the container. One time purchase of solar panels and power station is all you need. Sun does the filling. Thanks for the comment and information.
