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Plan to use a HotLogic and a 12v mug ?
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04-26-2019, 09:13 PM
It should work fine utahpam
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04-26-2019, 09:54 PM
(04-26-2019, 08:57 PM)Rabbit Wrote:  If you do get a 12 volt mug, please be sure and review it here. I'd like to know more about them.

Rabbit, Suanne uses a 12 volt mug, and discusses it on her Prius blog.
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I had intended to try it inside my car, but am too Competently Paranoid, so only used it outside on grills & tables.
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04-26-2019, 10:04 PM
Thanks Rabbit

Skipping breakfast in the morning and just drinking black coffee is how I lost 30 pounds.
BUT .......
I put it back on, at least 20 pounds of it.

So to pop in "lunch" in the HotLogic" and than it's ready in 2 hours will be better for me to lose weight. ;-)
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04-26-2019, 10:05 PM
I will try to do a mug review when I get one,
first I have to buy a used Prius
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04-27-2019, 06:49 AM
(04-26-2019, 10:04 PM)UtahPam Wrote:  Thanks Rabbit

Skipping breakfast in the morning and just drinking black coffee is how I lost 30 pounds.
BUT .......
I put it back on, at least 20 pounds of it.

So to pop in "lunch" in the HotLogic" and than it's ready in 2 hours will be better for me to lose weight. ;-)

I once lost sixty-five pounds, then regained almost a hundred of it. So I can relate. Again, best of luck!

Here's a link to the 12-volt Hot Logic, so you can read more about it if nothing else.

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Logic-Mini-Version-Black/dp/B074TZKCCV/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Hot+Logic+12+volt&qid=1556369281&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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04-28-2019, 04:49 AM
The HotLogics are pretty handy and no-fuss, if you can get used to figuring out the cooking times and don't mind over-cooking sometimes. I found they can keep on raising in temperature way past the stated limit. That means whatever it means to your particular food, but it also means that for fire considerations, I put mine on top of a wooden cutting board so it doesn't melt my countertop.

The recipe book is by and large terrible, both minimal and unimaginative regarding recipes, as I recall. It really is a wild west kind of appliance, made with little care for developing the community and boosting sales through approbation.
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04-28-2019, 01:05 PM
Hi Dingfelder
Thanks for you post and tip of putting it on a cutting board.
I figure an Amy's frozen meal and a bag of fresh frozen veggies is not too unhealthy.

I do plan to cook more than just in the HotLogic that but I think that won't be a bad start.

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05-01-2019, 02:06 AM
Sounds simple enough. I'd be tempted to defrost first so the outside isn't way overcooked by the time you get the inside to defrost and then cook through.
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05-01-2019, 07:11 PM
From what I have learned HotLogic never burns.

Please check out this video ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6LeYADT2o

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05-02-2019, 04:40 PM
I have heard that too. I havent bought one yet so I cant say from personal experience but I have heard more than once that the thermostat doesnt kick in at the 165 degrees or whatever like the hotlogic claims. Maybe hotlogics dont like cheap inverters,  maybe its "user error" (in other words an "ID10T" error), or maybe there are other variables. Like I say I cant tell one way or another as I havent bought one yet although I do intend to.
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