Jackie continues this series with some tasty barbecue beef. Its time to re-evaluate power assumptions about things like crock pots and determine if these appliances are practical in the right sized genverter system. In this recipe, we capture the power data for the crock-pot on the high setting. Next in the series, we’ll look at another common kitchen appliance. See the first installment at; Rethinking Off Grid Cooking [1]
My latest crock-pot venture was yesterday’s dinner. It wasn’t very imaginative, but crock-pot cooking doesn’t need to be.
The recipe was simple. I cut up a “slab” of chuck roast (probably 2-3lbs), into 4 “chunks”, and dropped it into the crockpot. I dumped 3/4 of a bottle of barbeque sauce, and 1/2 cup water. Put the lid on and turned it to “high”. It cooked just under 4 hours. It was ready when I could shred the meat with 2 forks. I shredded all the meat, with barbeque drippings and used it for sandwiches. It would be best on a bun, but all we had was sliced bread. I toasted Marshall and mine, but the kids chose to eat the meat without bread. It apparently was a hit, because, I was asked to make it again!
Power Data:
Model: Rival Crock-Pot, stoneware slow cooker
Test time: 3 hours 49 minutes
Power Setting: high (135W)
Watt Hours used: 520 WH
The power consumed would be more that you would want to use with the Emergency Genverter system on our email list. That system with one marine battery is good for less than 400WH between charges. However, a pair of 350AH Trojan L-16 batteries can provide about 2100WH in a pinch. Sizing your genverter is important to match your uses!
