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Off Grid cooking – Quick Steaks [3]

Marshall continues this series with quick steaks.  Its time to re-evaluate power assumptions about things like electric grills to see if these useful appliances can be practically used in the right sized genverter system.  If so, you can move off grid sooner with less kitchen equipment? Last time, Jackie did barbecue beef in the crock pot.

Well, it happened in Walmart the other day. We were near the checkout and it happened, something that never happens to me, an impulse buy. There it was, the George Foreman indoor electric grill, for only twenty bucks!  I don’t remember, but I probably muttered something like,

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rethinking off grid cooking [2]

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. 

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Rethinking Off Grid Cooking [1]

Jackie starts of this series with some tasty stew.  Its time to re-evaluate power assumptions about things like skillets and crock pots and determine if these useful appliances can be practically used in the right sized genverter system.  If so, you can move off grid sooner with less kitchen equipment? Next in the series, we’ll look at another common kitchen appliance.

One thing I miss about not having grid power is being able to cook with most electric appliances. [Marshall has the exception for his Espresso though]   I recall asking about the electric food dehydrator. about the bread maker, and about the crock pot – all No.

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