With 24 kids and grands I've started Christmas shopping this month. I have thermal cookers on my list for the 6 families. Also aero gardens and vacuum sealers. The kids, ages 12 to 19 are getting survival back packs full of extra added things. Those that drive are getting emergency car kits. The 9 to 2 year olds are getting "adventure" bags. I'm excited, this makes me very happy🤪😊
I did this one day just because I was curious if it would work. I used a big insulated bag I have for shopping for frozen foods. I got my pan of food tucked down inside with blankets stuffed around it and zipped it up ~ then had a thought…”What if something happened and I ended up in the hospital and my son had to come take care of home. 😳 He would think I’ve completely lost my mind because he doesn’t have a clue about any of this. 🤣 But y’all ~ it worked!!!!
My husband built me a haybox and I made the insulated pillows for inside. We have a recipe for a simple stew that we make from whatever is at hand in the fridge, meat, beans, and either fresh potatoes/sunchokes/burdock/turnips and greens or our stash of dehydrated roots and tubers and dehydrated cabbage or greens. Boil then simmer 15 minutes and then it goes in for the rest of the afternoon and supper is ready at 6 pm. Nothing fancy. Just plain food. I make it in a 5 quart stainless steel pot and we have enough for half the week.
I've been so very preoccupied the last few months I've not gotten to enjoy viewing your videos. This was a typical presentation by Rosered Homestead. Thanks Pam and Jim for such quality, educational videos. The way you guys work together bring a great plus to the presentation as well. Thanks a million. Jesus bless.
My Mom used to make "rice in bed" for our family of 8. I was too young to cook then so I don't remember the cooking part but one of us kids would go upstairs to the master bedroom before the meal and bring down the big pan of rice that she had "cooked in her bed'. I always thought that was so neat. I've never tried it but it would be a perfect meal off grid.
I have a rather large crock pot that broke. I cut the cord off and use it like this then wrap it in a "bag" I made out of old ironing board covers. It actually came with a thermal carry bag that holds the lid on with velcro straps and a stretchy fishnet material... adding the ironing board quilt bag keeps it hot hours longer. I also have a termal carafe for an old coffee maker that works great for "overnight oatmeal" which is (was?) really common in Germany. Musilix in a thermos is something I saw a lot of when living overseas. All my harvests that go in the freezer...corn, greenbeans, snow peas, etc. I harvest directly into an old igloo cooler (big sucker) then I boil a big pot of water and dump it right in the cooler and close it at lunch time. By the time evening rolls around... they're blanched and well hydrated and ready for freezer packaging. With a point of use water heater... you don't even need to cook a pot a water.
Great idea about the ironing board covers. I take it you have the heat safe side towards the food? Besides that and the slow cooker bag do you add any extra insulation?
I think Pam bought a copy of the book, Let's Make Sense of Thermal Cooking Cookbook. Once one understands the principles of retained heat cooking, it becomes easy.
Another suggestion for a similar-maybe- idea.... To cook a beef roast, sear or not-your choice-add veggies and seasonings into Dutch oven or roaster that you place foil over before lid (or just seal a pan well). Place in preheated 500° F oven for 10 minutes per pound then turn oven off. Don't open door just leave 3-4 hours and it's done. This was my after church lunch. I'd put on and turn off before leaving and when we got home it was ready. ❤
I didn’t know about thermal cookers! You have opened a whole new avenue of cooking for my family! I had to laugh when you pulled out your Amazon cardboard box. I certainly get enough of those! I will tease my hubby, and tell him it’s part of my new cooking method! Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge. I so appreciate you and Jim!
Thank you. I love this channel. This reminds me that I have a Brand New two year old SunOven. I purchased it with the third round of stimulus checks. The second round was a 926 All American. I need to get busy with that SunOven. The supper dish had cousin-ish side to a Sous Vide cooker. God Bless and stay safe.
Its so lovley to still get notifications and videos from you... i first csne across you years ago when i was binge learning everything from homestead to survival and prepping to food preservation... wow how the years have changed the world since those days. There used to be soo many channels... so many have disappeared. Its great that you are still turning out relatable and helpful videos. Thank you so much for all that you have taught me.. and you have! Even before any MORE shtf all of these skills are so helpful to keep costs down and preserve what we can for when we need down the road. These life skills are so important... thank you for continuing to share them. God bless you both.. regards from the UK.
I love the idea of a 3 qt thermal cooker. I’m going to check it out for cooking from scratch AND freeze-dried meals. Oh, and dehydrated foods too!! Thank you for all the research you’ve done and your willingness to share with all of us. You have no idea who I am yet you’ve touched my life and have taught me much through your utube videos. Thank you!! ❤❤
In Australia I have had a Dream Pot thermal cooker for over 20 yrs and an unbelievable recipe is get veggies prepared as if you were going to bake them. Now in some oil brown them in another pan . Put probably 2 Ltrs of water in your cooker and heat . Get an oven bag and put about a dessert spoon of flour in the bag and when veggies are browned just place them in and tie the top of bag so no moisture gets in . Boil for about 30 mins and put into thermal cooker and leave for 3 hrs . They are sooooo yummy
I found this to be an exceptionally interesting and helpful resource. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple of islands in our family and I am always interested in off-grid cooking options. Well done, and Thank you! 😊
Love my thermal cookers .😊 Great of you to remind folks given the growing cost of utilities and likelihood of Grid down ❤ Started thermal cooking decades ago using the old thermos bottle, cereal and boiling water combined and left to sit.
Have you ever used the Rockpot. You heat up the rock disk and place it in the instalated pot, then put another pot on top and secure the lid. I would be interested in your thoughts on it. "No." I'm not affiliated with them I just respect your opinion.
I am glad and thankful for your channel. I would have been so blessed to have someone like you for a JrHi or high school Home economics class! Now I appreciate this info so much! Thank you
I have 3 thermal cookers. The handmade Wonder Bag, a Stanley Thermos, and the Stanley Thermal cooker. I absolutely love them. I truly appreciate the added recipes you've given and this series on how to use the off-grid cooking methods.
Wonderful video. I enjoy these videos so much. When you cook with charcoal, propane gas outdoor ovens, solar ovens, and this little butane stove with all these gadgets to extend the use of the butane are all, in my opinion, lifesaving. Thank you so much. What a wealth of information you guys are. I have a lot of respect for you both. Oh, and Cindy too. ;-)
I have that wide mouth Stanley thermos that was purchased second hand for half the price of new. Best investment I ever made. Use it all the time to take soup to work.
❤😊Thank you,Pam and Mr. Jim for all the work that went into this demo. I so appreciate it. Hitting 70 soon and find these ideas very helpful. Will be shopping for some gadgets soon. Take care. Blessings from Central Florida
That could be great for elder care. Fixing meals and sharing them with warm/ hot meals. Safe if they are able to serve themselves. Thank you for sharing. Like the first 2 containers. Great information to have in your back pocket. 😁👍✋👏👏💞
I have a 5qt thermal cooker that I bought about 10 years ago. I'm stunned to see the price on these have almost doubled. I bought mine off amazon for 45.99. This same one is now 80.00. I will say, it cooks an amazing pot of black-eyed peas!!! I have never tried one with meat. Just a ham bone and pieces left. I'm gonna try this with a good cut of meat!!
I just went nosing around the internet to see what's what, and thought I'd let you know Amazon has one of those fabric bag cookers - called "Hungry Fan 3 in 1 Fangating Thermal Bag." About $50. I just happened on it, so maybe there are more versions. I didn't keep looking.
Brilliant different ways to thermal cook, & all the meals turned out great too.👍 I don't have any of those cookers, except a flask, but I have a collapsible crate, & I've done Stews/Casseroles in it with my cast iron Dutch oven. I wrapped a Bath towel around it, (incase the fleece melted to the pot,) & then 4 fleecy blankets. It worked. Not sure exactly when it was done cooking though, because I cooked it overnight, which was 8 hours, but it's nice to be able to use this method when the power is out. TFS RRH, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
Love this. I make large envelopes out of the silver colored heating vent insulation and tape them together with the insulation tape to use with dehydrated back packing meals prepared in a ziplock bag. I think I will use the insulation to make a thermal cooker cover. Thank you for the inspiration!
Thank you Rose! What a Great Idea💡. I hadn't thought about that before. Now I'm thinking about making Steel cut oatmeal for breakfast like that just for fun with a piece of pre-cooked Bacon. Ill Drizzle a bit of Honey for sweetness in the morning. Be Blessed 🙌
I'm glad to see that the "container cooking/pot-in-pot" method worked out well for your pork dish! I have 2 Saratoga Jack's thermal cookers and have never had a leaking problem. I just make sure I keep them fully upright when moving them with food inside.
I have done beans just brought to a hard boil, then used a cooler stuffed with blankets to insulate pot. After about 5 hours the beans were totally cooked.
I was going to learn how to use those for cooking and I will just get a inverter and plug in the pressure cooker. IDK your pressure cooker use but they make a 700 watt PC You can get an inverter and cook or just plug when you find one . Often you need only 45 min plug and it'll cook until temperature goes down.
I bought my wide mouth Stanley thermos, and the 3 qt Stanley pot, from watching your videos! I’ve tried both and they are excellent! So happy I got them! Thanks for your great videos!❤
Hi Pam. I bought the saratoga jacks cooker several years ago after seeing several videos on youtube . The videos were made by the manufacturer and some were from Making sense of thermal cooking cookbook.. Lots of good receipes . It was a good purchase.,(PS It was made in Utah) I also have all the Stanley stuff. Love your channel!!!
This was very cool. I didn't know about thermal cookers and seeing the examples was very helpful. And I really appreciate the ideas to do this with what we have on hand, like a pot, cooler, and blankets. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for this excellent demonstration. Thermal cooking is something I haven't tried yet. But I'm considering getting a thermal cooker....Just in case.
Great video! With the price of fuel increasing, these ideas will come in handy in a grid-down situation (or just to save on the fuel cost). Thanks for showing the different items that you use and your experiences with them.
Interesting! Thank you. Snaffling your pork steaks recipe for my recipe book. 😊 Looks delicious. Could almost smell the aroma of pork, onion and apples from Australia 🤤🥰
There have been some videos of people making "cozies" for some of their camping pots to add some insulation and help retain heat using the silver bubble wrap type insulation and duct tape to cover camping pots. If you were to do that to the readymade pots, you would just be adding a bit more heat retention to what is already there for little additional cost. I am planning on doing that with my Stanly pot.
I know this is really late, but I just had a thought about the Saratoga Jacks. If it leaks liquid it's LEAKING Heat too. So the efficiency is going down and possibly exposing your food to the Danger Zone.
I do a very similar process with my yogurt (into some kind of container - sometimes insulated, sometimes not but maybe wrapped in a towel - and then that goes into an insulated picnic bag I have). But it never occurred to me to cook anything that way. I'm going to give rice a try for the heck of it just to test it out. Thanks!
Excellent - so informative, thank you! I tried to look at your Amazon store, however, only the category titles appeared (i.e. canning equipment, etc.) appeared, but there were no products listed underneath.
You have to accept the cookies, other wise you get nothing (we have nothing to do with the cookies). You may have widen your security protocols or switch to a different device. My PC will it not work for it but my Apple device will. Jim
I do this same thing, but we add a bit more water and we add slivered almonds (or pecans, sunflower seeds, sprouted pumpkin seeds) and chia seeds. We also might add dried blueberries (Costco) and /or dried tangerines (also Costco). I'm really trying to add more nuts and seeds to our diet, and this is the one sure way I can do it. Hemp seeds are supposed to be really good for your heart, but I found they had a funky kind of flavor, if anyone has found a way to get these into their diet, I'd love to know how you do it.
I will seriously consider the Stanley thermal cooker, although it is a bit large for the two of us. Twice a month I have to travel out of town, an hour one way, to have my eyes dilated and get an eye injection. Being already legally blind means there is no way I can safely cook after returning home. I don’t have a Wonder Bag, but I do have plenty of Amazon boxes and quilts! What I’d like are more recipes for cooking in this way! Does the cooker come with recipes, or can you recommend a source for them? Thank you! I am going to tell my fellow clients at the local blind center about this method! Hurricane season is already here!
I have a silly question - is there a savings in fuel to cook AND boil water for the thermal cooker - over just completing dinner to cook as normal? I can see great benefit to the Stanley cooker - need to get me one of those. Thanks for the quilt box idea.
I find it's the time savings that make it worthwhile. I've a lot of chores on the farm that keep me out of the kitchen.. so boiling water on the stove at night and having warm breakfast ready in the morning is awesome. Boiling water in the morning and dumping it in an insulated pot with rice and beans or a jar of canned turkey and noodles or even a cooler of fresh corn... it's still hot and fully cooked when we come in for supper. OR fully blanched and ready for freezing. I don't have do stand over it for fear it will burn or catch the house on fire.
It depends on the food. You sort of learn as you go but generally meat dishes take longer than other dishes. About 4 hours is a good starting place to check.
Think of what is could a person in 1801 use to cook with so fair I have a cast-iron tripod or maybe it’s steel and I hang a cast-iron pot on the chain and build a fire under it long enough to cook my food I do realize in Arizona people do not have firewood typically I’m sure they may In the 70s I did get a Christmas tree that was like $90 so I’m sure it would be very expensive for wood to be transported there .
What would happen when the boiling water cools off? How many times would you have to empty and repour boiling water on the vacuum packed bags? How will you know when you have to pour more water on your food? How will you know when the heat penetrates the food long enough to make it safe? Just a few questions, Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead All good questions, but the same could be said for any meal you prepared in the video. Certainly could make for an interesting experiment. I'm not sure I would do large slabs of pot roast, but cut into manageable pieces and precooked much like the pork chops, it could be interesting. You could then add enough boiling water which would act as a really nice thermal mass and you wouldn't lose too much heat due to the thermal insulating properties of the vessels you were using. Remember that sous vide is meant to be a fairly gentle way of cooking, so the water would not have to remain at boiling, or even close for that matter.
the wonder bags? They don't sell them anymore, but a quilt and an ice chest can accomplish the same thing. We have a video on making a wonder bag but it is quite different than the one in this videol
, that is not necessary as you put the inner pot on the stove and cook food in it. You need to let the food boil for several minutes. The more dense the food, the longer it needs to boil. Then put inside the insulator/ outer part and close the lid. ( I own 3 of them myself and am friends with the 2 sellers of the Saratoga Jacks cookers).
Where this entire idea comes from is way, way back in the day they'd cook something in a pot up to temp and then go bury it in a big pile of hay or put it in a wooden box stuffed with hay. The original slow cooker.
Let me add another comment after watching the video through... I don't see where you have the recipe for the chicken or pork dishes. I looked in the description and you're website. Would you be able to share the amounts of ingredients you used in each dish? Thanks!
If you have a gas range, it should work (using a match carefully to ignite the flame) for at least a little while into whatever emergency you are facing.
@@sjohnson5923 The food needs to boil for a few minutes. The more food in the pot or the more dense the food, the longer it needs to boil. The average time is about a 20 minute boil. But you can use a variety of heat sources. I am friends with the manufacturer and one other person who sells the Saratoga Jacks thermal cookers. And I have the only cookbook that is all about thermal cooking.
For container cooking in a large thermal cooker you place the food in a waterproof glass container like demoed in the video. Place that container in the removable pot. Fill that pot most of the way full with water. Then place this pot on the stove and bring everything to a boil. It needs yo boil for 10-15 mins. Now take that boiling pot and place inside the insulator and close the lid. Do not open cooker for several hours. At mealtime open everything up and eat. For ALL things thermal cooking by one who specializes in it find the YT channel Let's make sense of thermal cooking cookbook.
With 24 kids and grands I've started Christmas shopping this month. I have thermal cookers on my list for the 6 families. Also aero gardens and vacuum sealers. The kids, ages 12 to 19 are getting survival back packs full of extra added things. Those that drive are getting emergency car kits. The 9 to 2 year olds are getting "adventure" bags. I'm excited, this makes me very happy🤪😊
Awesome gifts!!
Right up my alley!
That’s awesome! I’d like to be on your list 😁!
Aero gardens dont produce enough to do much of anything.. other maybe a small amount of herbs.
@@BullShite-et2hf My thoughts are salad greens in the winter.
I did this one day just because I was curious if it would work. I used a big insulated bag I have for shopping for frozen foods.
I got my pan of food tucked down inside with blankets stuffed around it and zipped it up ~ then had a thought…”What if something happened and I ended up in the hospital and my son had to come take care of home. 😳
He would think I’ve completely lost my mind because he doesn’t have a clue about any of this. 🤣
But y’all ~ it worked!!!!
My husband built me a haybox and I made the insulated pillows for inside. We have a recipe for a simple stew that we make from whatever is at hand in the fridge, meat, beans, and either fresh potatoes/sunchokes/burdock/turnips and greens or our stash of dehydrated roots and tubers and dehydrated cabbage or greens. Boil then simmer 15 minutes and then it goes in for the rest of the afternoon and supper is ready at 6 pm. Nothing fancy. Just plain food. I make it in a 5 quart stainless steel pot and we have enough for half the week.
I've been so very preoccupied the last few months I've not gotten to enjoy viewing your videos. This was a typical presentation by Rosered Homestead. Thanks Pam and Jim for such quality, educational videos. The way you guys work together bring a great plus to the presentation as well. Thanks a million. Jesus bless.
Welcome back to our videos. Thanks for your comments. Jim
My Mom used to make "rice in bed" for our family of 8. I was too young to cook then so I don't remember the cooking part but one of us kids would go upstairs to the master bedroom before the meal and bring down the big pan of rice that she had "cooked in her bed'. I always thought that was so neat. I've never tried it but it would be a perfect meal off grid.
I think that it would be beneficial to preheat the pot with hot water. The water then can be used to wash dishes.
I have a rather large crock pot that broke. I cut the cord off and use it like this then wrap it in a "bag" I made out of old ironing board covers. It actually came with a thermal carry bag that holds the lid on with velcro straps and a stretchy fishnet material... adding the ironing board quilt bag keeps it hot hours longer. I also have a termal carafe for an old coffee maker that works great for "overnight oatmeal" which is (was?) really common in Germany. Musilix in a thermos is something I saw a lot of when living overseas. All my harvests that go in the freezer...corn, greenbeans, snow peas, etc. I harvest directly into an old igloo cooler (big sucker) then I boil a big pot of water and dump it right in the cooler and close it at lunch time. By the time evening rolls around... they're blanched and well hydrated and ready for freezer packaging. With a point of use water heater... you don't even need to cook a pot a water.
Great idea about the ironing board covers. I take it you have the heat safe side towards the food? Besides that and the slow cooker bag do you add any extra insulation?
I remember my mom and grandmother cooking hams, and covering them with a quilt and leaving them overnight
I think Pam bought a copy of the book, Let's Make Sense of Thermal Cooking Cookbook. Once one understands the principles of retained heat cooking, it becomes easy.
Another suggestion for a similar-maybe- idea.... To cook a beef roast, sear or not-your choice-add veggies and seasonings into Dutch oven or roaster that you place foil over before lid (or just seal a pan well). Place in preheated 500° F oven for 10 minutes per pound then turn oven off. Don't open door just leave 3-4 hours and it's done. This was my after church lunch. I'd put on and turn off before leaving and when we got home it was ready. ❤
@@joyinthemorning44 please note i changed the time to 10 min per lb. I double checked and that is correct. Sorry!
I didn’t know about thermal cookers! You have opened a whole new avenue of cooking for my family! I had to laugh when you pulled out your Amazon cardboard box. I certainly get enough of those! I will tease my hubby, and tell him it’s part of my new cooking method! Thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge. I so appreciate you and Jim!
I feel like I'm coming to class each time you post a new video. Thank you for another great lesson!
Thank you. I love this channel. This reminds me that I have a Brand New two year old SunOven. I purchased it with the third round of stimulus checks. The second round was a 926 All American. I need to get busy with that SunOven. The supper dish had cousin-ish side to a Sous Vide cooker. God Bless and stay safe.
Let us know the results of your canning and cooking experiences. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead Sure, but I've been canning for 30+ years. I'll let you know about the SunOven
Its so lovley to still get notifications and videos from you... i first csne across you years ago when i was binge learning everything from homestead to survival and prepping to food preservation... wow how the years have changed the world since those days. There used to be soo many channels... so many have disappeared. Its great that you are still turning out relatable and helpful videos. Thank you so much for all that you have taught me.. and you have! Even before any MORE shtf all of these skills are so helpful to keep costs down and preserve what we can for when we need down the road. These life skills are so important... thank you for continuing to share them. God bless you both.. regards from the UK.
I love the idea of a 3 qt thermal cooker. I’m going to check it out for cooking from scratch AND freeze-dried meals. Oh, and dehydrated foods too!! Thank you for all the research you’ve done and your willingness to share with all of us. You have no idea who I am yet you’ve touched my life and have taught me much through your utube videos. Thank you!! ❤❤
In Australia I have had a Dream Pot thermal cooker for over 20 yrs and an unbelievable recipe is get veggies prepared as if you were going to bake them. Now in some oil brown them in another pan . Put probably 2 Ltrs of water in your cooker and heat . Get an oven bag and put about a dessert spoon of flour in the bag and when veggies are browned just place them in and tie the top of bag so no moisture gets in . Boil for about 30 mins and put into thermal cooker and leave for 3 hrs . They are sooooo yummy
I can't thank you enough
I found this to be an exceptionally interesting and helpful resource. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple of islands in our family and I am always interested in off-grid cooking options. Well done, and Thank you! 😊
You are very welcome!
Love my thermal cookers .😊 Great of you to remind folks given the growing cost of utilities and likelihood of Grid down ❤ Started thermal cooking decades ago using the old thermos bottle, cereal and boiling water combined and left to sit.
Fantastic. I just added the tips, and the 140F minimum, to my "How to Use Preps" journal.
You are comfortable to a scientist in your approach to teaching. Professor I like what you cooked.
You can also use a big cooler. Or a laundry basket packed tight with a blanket.
Have you ever used the Rockpot. You heat up the rock disk and place it in the instalated pot, then put another pot on top and secure the lid. I would be interested in your thoughts on it. "No." I'm not affiliated with them
I just respect your opinion.
I am glad and thankful for your channel. I would have been so blessed to have someone like you for a JrHi or high school Home economics class! Now I appreciate this info so much! Thank you
Thank your for our comments. Jim
I have 3 thermal cookers. The handmade Wonder Bag, a Stanley Thermos, and the Stanley Thermal cooker. I absolutely love them. I truly appreciate the added recipes you've given and this series on how to use the off-grid cooking methods.
Wonderful video. I enjoy these videos so much. When you cook with charcoal, propane gas outdoor ovens, solar ovens, and this little butane stove with all these gadgets to extend the use of the butane are all, in my opinion, lifesaving. Thank you so much. What a wealth of information you guys are. I have a lot of respect for you both. Oh, and Cindy too. ;-)
I would use that hot water from dinner to wash up the dishes. 😊
Loved this one a lot! Hoping for an episode on a day of Kelly Kettle cooking too!
I enjoyed that so much.Thermal cooking is new to me!!!! So glad I ran across your video!! I am subscribed now!
I have that wide mouth Stanley thermos that was purchased second hand for half the price of new. Best investment I ever made. Use it all the time to take soup to work.
❤😊Thank you,Pam and Mr. Jim for all the work that went into this demo. I so appreciate it. Hitting 70 soon and find these ideas very helpful. Will be shopping for some gadgets soon. Take care. Blessings from Central Florida
That could be great for elder care. Fixing meals and sharing them with warm/ hot meals. Safe if they are able to serve themselves. Thank you for sharing. Like the first 2 containers. Great information to have in your back pocket. 😁👍✋👏👏💞
I made one of those Wonder bags. They are really easy to make, even for someone with limited sewing skills. There is a pattern online.
The Wonderbag looks easy to make.
I have a 5qt thermal cooker that I bought about 10 years ago. I'm stunned to see the price on these have almost doubled. I bought mine off amazon for 45.99. This same one is now 80.00. I will say, it cooks an amazing pot of black-eyed peas!!! I have never tried one with meat. Just a ham bone and pieces left. I'm gonna try this with a good cut of meat!!
Yes, I am amazed at the price increases as well. Your meat should work very well in the thermal cooker.
Thanks. I’m cooking tomorrow’s breakfast now!
I just went nosing around the internet to see what's what, and thought I'd let you know Amazon has one of those fabric bag cookers - called "Hungry Fan 3 in 1 Fangating Thermal Bag." About $50. I just happened on it, so maybe there are more versions. I didn't keep looking.
Thanks for the review and playing the guinea pig. I've wondered about them but haven't seen much on them.
They are a good alternative for off grid cooking.
Pam, you do an AIR FRYIER SERIES.. Air Fryers are the bomb!
Great demonstrations and loving your taste tests too! Thank you for showing us how-to!
Excellent video! I hope to see more of this kind of cooking. It sure does give me wonderful ideas that are most needed. Thank you very much.
I enjoyed this video so much 😅 Thank you for sharing. 💐💙🙏🇺🇸
Brilliant different ways to thermal cook, & all the meals turned out great too.👍
I don't have any of those cookers, except a flask, but I have a collapsible crate, & I've done Stews/Casseroles in it with my cast iron Dutch oven. I wrapped a Bath towel around it, (incase the fleece melted to the pot,) & then 4 fleecy blankets. It worked. Not sure exactly when it was done cooking though, because I cooked it overnight, which was 8 hours, but it's nice to be able to use this method when the power is out.
TFS RRH, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
Love this. I make large envelopes out of the silver colored heating vent insulation and tape them together with the insulation tape to use with dehydrated back packing meals prepared in a ziplock bag. I think I will use the insulation to make a thermal cooker cover. Thank you for the inspiration!
Thank you Rose! What a Great Idea💡. I hadn't thought about that before. Now I'm thinking about making Steel cut oatmeal for breakfast like that just for fun with a piece of pre-cooked Bacon. Ill Drizzle a bit of Honey for sweetness in the morning.
Be Blessed 🙌
Sounds like a great idea!
Last segment hair, make-up and clothes ON FLEEK! ❤
I'm glad to see that the "container cooking/pot-in-pot" method worked out well for your pork dish! I have 2 Saratoga Jack's thermal cookers and have never had a leaking problem. I just make sure I keep them fully upright when moving them with food inside.
Thanks for the suggestion. Jim
I have done beans just brought to a hard boil, then used a cooler stuffed with blankets to insulate pot. After about 5 hours the beans were totally cooked.
I purchased a Wonderbag recently after being on the waiting list awhile. Haven’t yet used it but have it in case it’s needed.
lol I have phases too lol my husband is a good sport about it
I think it would be fun to do this again, with different recipes, and use your nifty gadget and then you can show the temperature curve.... science!
Not a bad idea! Thanks.
I was going to learn how to use those for cooking and I will just get a inverter and plug in the pressure cooker. IDK your pressure cooker use but they make a 700 watt PC You can get an inverter and cook or just plug when you find one . Often you need only 45 min plug and it'll cook until temperature goes down.
I bought my wide mouth Stanley thermos, and the 3 qt Stanley pot, from watching your videos! I’ve tried both and they are excellent! So happy I got them! Thanks for your great videos!❤
This is GRAND!! I remember when you made a wonder bag, the video is called Make A Wonder Bag and Bake Bread. It's a must-see....from 3 years ago 😊
Hi Pam. I bought the saratoga jacks cooker several years ago after seeing several videos on youtube . The videos were made by the manufacturer and some were from Making sense of thermal cooking cookbook.. Lots of good receipes . It was a good purchase.,(PS It was made in Utah) I also have all the Stanley stuff. Love your channel!!!
This was very cool. I didn't know about thermal cookers and seeing the examples was very helpful. And I really appreciate the ideas to do this with what we have on hand, like a pot, cooler, and blankets.
Thank you for the video!
You are welcome. Jim
I love your videos Pam and Jim. Thank you once again.
Thanks for this excellent demonstration. Thermal cooking is something I haven't tried yet. But I'm considering getting a thermal cooker....Just in case.
If you preheat your container with boiling water then add the food and the boiling water it cooks faster
Thank you. I loved this video.
Great video! With the price of fuel increasing, these ideas will come in handy in a grid-down situation (or just to save on the fuel cost). Thanks for showing the different items that you use and your experiences with them.
Thank you for your comments. Jim
Very helpful
Interesting! Thank you.
Snaffling your pork steaks recipe for my recipe book. 😊 Looks delicious. Could almost smell the aroma of pork, onion and apples from Australia 🤤🥰
Thank you for the comparisons and the recipes. This was very helpful.
Tfs! ❤ please stay safe 😊
Thank you! You too!
There have been some videos of people making "cozies" for some of their camping pots to add some insulation and help retain heat using the silver bubble wrap type insulation and duct tape to cover camping pots.
If you were to do that to the readymade pots, you would just be adding a bit more heat retention to what is already there for little additional cost. I am planning on doing that with my Stanly pot.
Thanks for your comments. Jim
I cook oat groat in my thermos.
I know this is really late, but I just had a thought about the Saratoga Jacks.
If it leaks liquid it's LEAKING Heat too. So the efficiency is going down and possibly exposing your food to the Danger Zone.
Tyfs
Love ❤❤ yours video’s 🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍
These are great ideas!
Thank you, Jim
I do a very similar process with my yogurt (into some kind of container - sometimes insulated, sometimes not but maybe wrapped in a towel - and then that goes into an insulated picnic bag I have). But it never occurred to me to cook anything that way. I'm going to give rice a try for the heck of it just to test it out. Thanks!
Excellent - so informative, thank you! I tried to look at your Amazon store, however, only the category titles appeared (i.e. canning equipment, etc.) appeared, but there were no products listed underneath.
You have to accept the cookies, other wise you get nothing (we have nothing to do with the cookies). You may have widen your security protocols or switch to a different device. My PC will it not work for it but my Apple device will. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead Ok, I'll try that - thanks!
/=This is very good information!!! This is a good idea to do thermal cooking!
BTW, great video
I do this same thing, but we add a bit more water and we add slivered almonds (or pecans, sunflower seeds, sprouted pumpkin seeds) and chia seeds. We also might add dried blueberries (Costco) and /or dried tangerines (also Costco). I'm really trying to add more nuts and seeds to our diet, and this is the one sure way I can do it. Hemp seeds are supposed to be really good for your heart, but I found they had a funky kind of flavor, if anyone has found a way to get these into their diet, I'd love to know how you do it.
Thank you for your experiences and information. Jim
Do you heat your thermal container first with boiling water to create a hot environment?
Yes, you could do that. Jim
Thank you for this...have you experimented with solar cookers?
Yes she has. They have a video on a solar oven.
The rice didn't have that little crack in the middle?
I will seriously consider the Stanley thermal cooker, although it is a bit large for the two of us. Twice a month I have to travel out of town, an hour one way, to have my eyes dilated and get an eye injection. Being already legally blind means there is no way I can safely cook after returning home. I don’t have a Wonder Bag, but I do have plenty of Amazon boxes and quilts! What I’d like are more recipes for cooking in this way! Does the cooker come with recipes, or can you recommend a source for them? Thank you! I am going to tell my fellow clients at the local blind center about this method! Hurricane season is already here!
We will look into that possibility. Jim
My Stanley 3 quart heater does NOT retain heat. Not at all!
Would the stanley work for grits?
I have a silly question - is there a savings in fuel to cook AND boil water for the thermal cooker - over just completing dinner to cook as normal? I can see great benefit to the Stanley cooker - need to get me one of those. Thanks for the quilt box idea.
I find it's the time savings that make it worthwhile. I've a lot of chores on the farm that keep me out of the kitchen.. so boiling water on the stove at night and having warm breakfast ready in the morning is awesome. Boiling water in the morning and dumping it in an insulated pot with rice and beans or a jar of canned turkey and noodles or even a cooler of fresh corn... it's still hot and fully cooked when we come in for supper. OR fully blanched and ready for freezing. I don't have do stand over it for fear it will burn or catch the house on fire.
How do you know when to check for doneness? Just usually between 3-4 hours?
It depends on the food. You sort of learn as you go but generally meat dishes take longer than other dishes. About 4 hours is a good starting place to check.
What about solar?
Think of what is could a person in 1801 use to cook with so fair I have a cast-iron tripod or maybe it’s steel and I hang a cast-iron pot on the chain and build a fire under it long enough to cook my food I do realize in Arizona people do not have firewood typically I’m sure they may
In the 70s I did get a Christmas tree that was like $90 so I’m sure it would be very expensive for wood to be transported there .
Could you vacuum seal food in bags and then pour boiling water over them for a low powered sous vide type option?
What would happen when the boiling water cools off? How many times would you have to empty and repour boiling water on the vacuum packed bags? How will you know when you have to pour more water on your food? How will you know when the heat penetrates the food long enough to make it safe? Just a few questions, Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead All good questions, but the same could be said for any meal you prepared in the video. Certainly could make for an interesting experiment. I'm not sure I would do large slabs of pot roast, but cut into manageable pieces and precooked much like the pork chops, it could be interesting. You could then add enough boiling water which would act as a really nice thermal mass and you wouldn't lose too much heat due to the thermal insulating properties of the vessels you were using. Remember that sous vide is meant to be a fairly gentle way of cooking, so the water would not have to remain at boiling, or even close for that matter.
What grains are in your 6 grain rolled cereal?
The food must stay warm enough to prevent botulism from growing. How hot must the minimum temp be to keep it safe for a few hours?
It needs to stay above 140F the entire time.
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I bought. zega as well and didn’t work well for me either
It is a good pan for other things--good and heavy, but I was disappointed in it for thermal cooking.
Where do I find the insulation bags?
the wonder bags? They don't sell them anymore, but a quilt and an ice chest can accomplish the same thing. We have a video on making a wonder bag but it is quite different than the one in this videol
Query: do you recommend preheating the thermal cooker with boiling water or is that unnecessary?
, that is not necessary as you put the inner pot on the stove and cook food in it. You need to let the food boil for several minutes. The more dense the food, the longer it needs to boil. Then put inside the insulator/ outer part and close the lid. ( I own 3 of them myself and am friends with the 2 sellers of the Saratoga Jacks cookers).
Where this entire idea comes from is way, way back in the day they'd cook something in a pot up to temp and then go bury it in a big pile of hay or put it in a wooden box stuffed with hay. The original slow cooker.
Let me add another comment after watching the video through...
I don't see where you have the recipe for the chicken or pork dishes. I looked in the description and you're website. Would you be able to share the amounts of ingredients you used in each dish?
Thanks!
We did not really focus on the amounts ingredients for the recipes, which means you could use the amounts that work for your family's needs. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead ok thanks. 😊
How does this help a grid down situation when you start it on stove top or your stove burner?
@valjustice4020, you can use any off-grid heat source, like a grill, camp stove, butane stove or fire.
Since you only get it up to a boil instead of fully cooking, this save on fuel.
If you have a gas range, it should work (using a match carefully to ignite the flame) for at least a little while into whatever emergency you are facing.
@@sjohnson5923 The food needs to boil for a few minutes. The more food in the pot or the more dense the food, the longer it needs to boil. The average time is about a 20 minute boil. But you can use a variety of heat sources. I am friends with the manufacturer and one other person who sells the Saratoga Jacks thermal cookers. And I have the only cookbook that is all about thermal cooking.
Would be great for summer so you dont heat up the house
Exactly!
FYI. Sportsman’s has camp Chef explorer for $89 and some odd cents but you need a code so the code that I got was in my email
Thanks for the Sportsman's $89.00 price. Jim
Are you putting HOT water in the pot so your ingredients are ready to place in containers
For container cooking in a large thermal cooker you place the food in a waterproof glass container like demoed in the video. Place that container in the removable pot. Fill that pot most of the way full with water. Then place this pot on the stove and bring everything to a boil. It needs yo boil for 10-15 mins. Now take that boiling pot and place inside the insulator and close the lid. Do not open cooker for several hours. At mealtime open everything up and eat. For ALL things thermal cooking by one who specializes in it find the YT channel Let's make sense of thermal cooking cookbook.
Saratoga jack also has advertising sticker does not come off. Does not keep foods hot for longer than 3 hours. I threw mine away.
It sounds like you did not contact the SJ and see if you could get a refund or send you a new one. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead I did have some contact. Don’t remember the conversation. I now have two Shuttle Chefs. Loved them.