Reddit reviews Uniox Car Cigarette Lighter DC12V Electric Kettle Boil Water Heating Cup Vacuum Insulated Automatic Working Red

RoadPro portable stove if he likes warm food:
https://www.amazon.com/RoadPro-12-Volt-Portable-Stove-Black/dp/B00030DLEE

Warm water?
https://www.amazon.com/Uniox-Cigarette-Electric-Insulated-Automatic/dp/B00H4OYITE/

USB battery packs (to charge USB devices) are cool too (with flashlights). 20000 mAh capacities are cheap.

I just got my van yesterday so I haven't tried many 12v kettles. But, this one is high on my list:

https://www.amazon.com/Uniox-Cigarette-Electric-Insulated-Automatic/dp/B00H4OYITE/ref=pd_sbs_468_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00H4OYITE&pd_rd_r=NVWE6DZ575ZZXZZ4613N&pd_rd_w=vN6Vl&pd_rd_wg=2bivO&psc=1&refRID=NVWE6DZ575ZZXZZ4613N

My road pro 12v frying pan is going strong...

Also this water boiler with temp control and vacuum ss insulation is the tits.

https://www.amazon.com/Uniox-Cigarette-Electric-Insulated-Automatic/dp/B00H4OYITE

I have solar and cook with 2 types of 12 volt appliances: RoadPro Stove (http://amzn.to/1TRVMWC) and 2 Uniox electric kettles (http://amzn.to/1TRVO0C). I think they both draw about 7 A. You can also use them with your engine while driving. (It'd be a waste to run your engine idle to run them.)

They work great, but both are slow ways of cooking. The kettles take about 15-20 min to boil a full load (0.5 L) of water. The RoadPro stove takes about 2+ hours to cook a pound or two of meat, or a bread pan full of water, rice and fixings. But the results are awesome, and there are a lot of cooking videos online, mostly by truckers.

I was going to do an inductive cooktop. It ended up being a waste because I found I wanted a way to cook with less prep and cleanup than using traditional cookware. That was an EXPENSIVE snafoo for me because to run it I needed a 1500 W pure sine inverter ($750!) and a huge battery bank (400 A). I'm still kicking myself a year later!

With the RoadPro, I either cook in foil or a baking bag, or I use a disposable aluminum bread pan. Personal choice. I can do a lot, but certainly not as much as with pots and pans.

I also got a RoadPro crock pot recently (http://amzn.to/1Oq6RKc), but I've only used it once. So far, I'm not impressed. But I'm going to see if I'm doing something wrong before I make a final judgment.

My advice: If you want to use 12 volt like I'm doing, go for it. If you want to cook more quickly and traditionally, get a fuel-based stove. Don't do inductive unless you're going to invest in the battery capacity and inverter anyway for other uses.

A 12V DC one with decent reviews.

Ok you made me curious about this reoccurring question. I see this request a lot. Most people are unrealistic about the load a DC system can handle.

So the answer is maybe, you can BUT
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H4OYITE/ref=psdc_289753_t1_B01BP2NEV8
The reviews say this boils 12 oz after about 16 minutes running at about 120 watts (basically 10 amps) on the low setting. You see these at truck stops all the time; I think there are 2 reasons; new quality and reuse quality. 2 things I see. I think build quality is low so expect to replace it often. But hey gas aint free. Build quality is low so good chance varying when bought new AKA DOA.

Your system should be able to handle this load. Your system has 47.5 Ah usable (or 570 watts usable). Usable is 50% for lead batteries. The kettle would run at 10 amps for 0.27 hours = 2.7 Ah or 32 Watts used. It appears to be finicky about Voltage so test your batteries and check they are normally over 12.5 V.

You are most welcome :).

But I don't think you can cook ramen on the engine block it might get a bit messy ;) here's is a [better alternative good sir] (https://www.amazon.com/Uniox-Cigarette-Electric-Insulated-Automatic/dp/B00H4OYITE)