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12volt reheating ovens

Post by bogged »

Anyone got one??

Been thinking of one for a while after a -3 day crusing the highcountry, mate stopped, I called back to see if he was ok. he said yea keep going.
we stopped sometime later, adn it was fuckin freezing. Coffee's all round, he asked who wanted a hot jam donut, or a hot dog, we laughed and said yea 2 of each thanks.. he pulled them out and handed them around.

Great idea for the kids or if the weather is shit, wondering whats good, you can cook while driving.
EG:
Hot Dog - 5 minutes
Rice - 30 minutes
Grilled Cheese Sandwich - 7 to 10 minutes each side
Canned food - 20 minutes
Baby food - 3 to 5 minutes


DSE have one for $30, http://tinyurl.com/2g8833

A dude in Bendigo club sells one for nearly $200 last time I priced it 12-18nths ago http://www.travelbuddy.net.au

Jaycar apparently have one too but their website takes it in the cherry for finding things.

Anyone else got one? any good?
for $30 might just go one.
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Post by turps »

Bruce, I swear half the Bendigo club has the buggers. My ma and pa + plus my bro and his missus. Think my uncle has one aswell. Dont know why I have missed out. But I have had donuts, suasge rolls, pies out of them. Some others have made cakes in them. And I think someone did a mini roast. On a snow trip, one car load stopped off at yea for Fish & chips on the way up. Well the left overs went into the fridge and where reheated in the oven the next day.
These things a pretty cool gadget.
I have the DSE $30 heater/cooler. They do the job but not real well. I also found that they made things very soggy. Did keep a roast chicken I picked apart and put in a plastic container a nice temp for a picnic I went on mid june last year though.
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Post by pongo »

great for working on site as well.

Kmart and big w have em

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Post by cj »

...and they let you cook on Total Fire Ban days.
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Post by bogged »

cj wrote:...and they let you cook on Total Fire Ban days.
good point.

Turps, of course 1/2 of bendigo club has em, the dude makin em is in ya club! ;)
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Post by turps »

bogged wrote:
cj wrote:...and they let you cook on Total Fire Ban days.
good point.

Turps, of course 1/2 of bendigo club has em, the dude makin em is in ya club! ;)
Its funny some people in the club actually dispise them. Thank there way over the top for camping. to much like home or some crap. But there wierd. I think there a good product and look to be well made. And still made in Aust, as far as I know. If I had a bigger car I would probably get one. As lukewarm pies brought from the bakery are getting boring.

I dont know what the Lion style are like though.
But as I said those heater/cooler things are only good for either keeping food cool or warm. When I am taking tea/lunch to work. Is the only time I use mine. might get used for drinks on a day trip everynow and then. But if the drinks arent cold already and its not pre cooled aswell it struggles.
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Post by grimbo »

seems like a good idea especially with kids. there was a guy on a snow trip a few years back that had a microwave in his troopy. We all laughed when we were leaving in the morning. He was the one laughing thta nigh while we struggled to get dinner going in freezing conditions with snow falling and a strong wind. He was just BING, pizza ready, then a hot cup of soup and then a hot chocolate.
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Post by dirtyGQ »

we have most of the mod cons when we go camping .fridge, hot shower ,vacuum, off road pop top van, soon air con and generator.Those oven things sound good i bet they draw some juice.
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Post by GQ4.8coilcab »

i have the bendigo one and its top quality. DSE ones a poor quality but do the job at $30
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Post by revnkev »

They work great for heating up pies,I've stacked 6 in ours,
3 layers of 2 with paper towel inbetween each layer :)
Only mistake I made was forgetting to unplug it during
lunch with the acc still on ,jumped in to start it up and one completely
dead battery :oops: So they must draw a fair bit of current.
I'm happy with ours and it's one of the cheap ones.
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Post by turps »

Actually I think I may have to get one now. As was just thinking when we go Marshalling at the ateco. We never seem to have enough time to eat anything other than a cold sanga. SO this would be grouse.
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Post by bazzle »

We used to wrap food , pies etc in tin foil and place on exh manifold.

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Post by bogged »

bazzle wrote:We used to wrap food , pies etc in tin foil and place on exh manifold.

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Post by grimbo »

bogged wrote:
bazzle wrote:We used to wrap food , pies etc in tin foil and place on exh manifold.

Bazzle
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Always loved the Suggas. I have used the wrapping in tin foil on the engine method as well and worked well. A couple of guys I wheeled with in the US had made some sealed metal boxes that attached to the manifold and used these to cook lunches etc on whilst driving
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Post by revin »

My dad has one of the dick smith jobbies .

He uses it in the truck,Mum makes up meals for him and freezez them,he puts them in his waeco and when he`s driving and gets hungry,usually when no truckstops around he can heat one up in about 30 minutes.Also good for when he`s loading at Junee abaitor on Thursday nights no canteen their ,so he can have a meal too
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Post by bogged »

turps wrote:Actually I think I may have to get one now. As was just thinking when we go Marshalling at the ateco. We never seem to have enough time to eat anything other than a cold sanga. SO this would be grouse.
So how did it go?
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Post by KiwiBacon »

I'm keen to get one of these, but like LCD TV's, the longer I wait, the more I'll get for my money. :lol:
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Post by longlux »

bazzle wrote:We used to wrap food , pies etc in tin foil and place on exh manifold.

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Post by MightyMouse »

I've benifited from others on numerous occasions and they have been great.

However they don't seem particularly reliable as at least two of them now don't heat as well as they originally did - ( failed elements ? ).

And yes they do use significant power, if you want the heat you have to supply the electrical power.
( usual disclaimers )

It seemed like a much better idea when I started it than it does now.
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Post by micktroopster »

how do you cook dimsims???
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Post by Ice »

micktroopster wrote:how do you cook dimsims???
20mins at 180c :D
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Post by micktroopster »

in water or not???brought one today at dick smith going to try tomorrow
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Re: 12volt reheating ovens

Post by MUD80D »

bogged wrote:Anyone got one??

Been thinking of one for a while after a -3 day crusing the highcountry, mate stopped, I called back to see if he was ok. he said yea keep going.
we stopped sometime later, adn it was . freezing. Coffee's all round, he asked who wanted a hot jam donut, or a hot dog, we laughed and said yea 2 of each thanks.. he pulled them out and handed them around.

Great idea for the kids or if the weather is shit, wondering whats good, you can cook while driving.
EG:
Hot Dog - 5 minutes
Rice - 30 minutes
Grilled Cheese Sandwich - 7 to 10 minutes each side
Canned food - 20 minutes
Baby food - 3 to 5 minutes


DSE have one for $30, http://tinyurl.com/2g8833

A dude in Bendigo club sells one for nearly $200 last time I priced it 12-18nths ago http://www.travelbuddy.net.au

Jaycar apparently have one too but their website takes it in the cherry for finding things.

Anyone else got one? any good?
for $30 might just go one.
try this at DSE and extra $20 you can get a 150 watt inverter also

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.store ... iew/M5150P
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