Cooking In The Truck

So I've seen a few guys with what looks to be a grill attached to the hand railing near the catwalk. The only other place I've seen these are on sailboats or boats in general. Anyone know if anyone makes them for truck specifically? Basically it's just a stainless steel charcoal grill that locks closed and attaches to metal tubing. I just read the cooking onboard thread and was going to post this in that thread but thought it might be in poor taste. That poor fellow 90%.

If there is not, I'm sure you could rig something up. There are many ways to cook in a truck and many videos on YouTube. Here are some by BRT. Hope that helps.

Weber makes an 18" Smokey Joe gold that is an awesome little grill. It doesn't fasten to the side of your rig but there's no reason you couldn't find a Rubbermaid type container to store it in.

Weber makes an 18" Smokey Joe gold that is an awesome little grill. It doesn't fasten to the side of your rig but there's no reason you couldn't find a Rubbermaid type container to store it in.

I've thought of that but hot grills don't travel well. The ones I've seen on sailboats have a cleanout like the bigger Webbbers do but the lid actually lock differently than the ones you find in most stores.(Think driving down the road with the little handle trying to hold the lid on)

Fast food sucks! And I'm still attached to a team company for another couple months so I've got time to look.

Charcoal grills in general don't travel well. Basically you dump the coals in a throw away 1/2 sized foil catering pan and douse both the coals and the grill with a gallon of water, eat dinner wait a while and store the grill. LOL

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So I've seen a few guys with what looks to be a grill attached to the hand railing near the catwalk.

Near the catwalk. What else is near the catwalk? How about 144 gallons of diesel fuel? And maybe the filler caps? And the tight space between the tractor and the trailer?

Sounds like a recipe for a barbeque.

Check out the Aroma Grillets at Walmart. I've heard great things about these being used on the truck. I plan on getting on asap!

Go ahead Chickie.....rub it in! You have an APU and 120 volt outlets. Some of us poor shlubs have to cook with 12 volt lighter plug appliances. Although the lunch box cooker does quite well. The next thing you will tell us is that you have 5000 thread count sheets on your bunk!

APU:

Auxiliary Power Unit

On tractor trailers, and APU is a small diesel engine that powers a heat and air conditioning unit while charging the truck's main batteries at the same time. This allows the driver to remain comfortable in the cab and have access to electric power without running the main truck engine.

Having an APU helps save money in fuel costs and saves wear and tear on the main engine, though they tend to be expensive to install and maintain. Therefore only a very small percentage of the trucks on the road today come equipped with an APU.

Hahaha! Nope my sheets were $2.50 on Walmart clearance.

I'm pretty sure those Aroma cookers can run off a small inverter which most companies will let you have. They run about 30 bucks and are pretty dang versatile.

Oh and I saw in a truck stop yesterday that you can buy mini inverters with one 120v plug that plug into a 12v outlet.

Does anybody have one of these? If so, how well do they work?