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On the go? Cook in your in-car microwave

Posted Jan 06 2009, 05:31 PM by Karen Datko
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You're zooming down the highway, cell phone in hand, checking your hair in the mirror, and then you hear a welcome "ding." Hooray! The breakfast sandwich in your in-car microwave has finished heating.

We're willing to bet that for every person who says in-car cooking is idiocy, there's another who thinks this new device is yet another great on-the-road convenience.

According to the Daily Mail, the 12-volt microwave plugs into the cigarette lighter, and cook time is slow. Coffee is hot in six minutes -- probably best done if the car is not on a bumpy road. If you want faster heating, the microwave will connect to the battery.

Perhaps it's recommended for use when the car is standing still (or maybe that's just wishful thinking on our  part). "The microwave ensures you can get a hot meal whether you are out for a day in the country, off to the beach or working at a remote site," a spokesman for British company Maplin Electronics told the Daily Mail.

(Reader "Kurt B" commented at The Truth About Cars, "Twenty-car pileup caused by scalding hot burrito. Actually, for people with food allergies, this could be very useful on a trip.")

Where will you keep your meal chilled until it's time for cooking? Clutter your vehicle with a regular cooler or get a new Ford Flex. A certified car nut we know pointed out that it comes with a refrigerated console (extra handy if you can no longer afford your house and have to live in your car).

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driver issued speeding ticket for 150 mph while making popcorn due to messed up radar gun from microwave in car..... yes they use the same frequency range !!

motley fool (Posted 01.06.09 8:59 PM ) Report Abuse

Lets be honest we do not need more ways to cause accidents on our highways.  It is about time we quit trying to add more distracting gadgets to cars.  We lived perfectly fine back in the days when the only gadget was an AM/FM radio.  In some ways we actually lived better, we actually spent more time with other people.

RobertD (Posted 01.06.09 9:11 PM ) Report Abuse

Where can I get one!!!  I think this is a great idea!  Long distance truck drivers, campers, touring vacationers and hikers and tailgaters will probably buy them like crazy!  And, like the article says, if your homeless or living in tent city this would come in very handy!  I doubt very much that anyone (sane) would try to use it while they're actually driving a vehicle.  But park and eat why not.....ask any sales rep or repair person how much they spend on fast food a year.......I'm sure they'd all rather brown bag it and cook it up in a parking lot somewhere.

carl (Posted 01.07.09 3:49 AM ) Report Abuse

Just what we need in our vehicles...another distraction.

Joe Six Pack (Posted 01.07.09 8:37 AM ) Report Abuse

This world is just sad, your rich or your poor and everyone is out for only themselves, I am surrounded by idiots everywhere I go including family. If I need a microwave in my car it better come with a gun, what kind of life is that? This world is not even worth living in anymore, I take celebrex and smoke cigs as fast as I can so the sooner I get out of here the better!

P'd off at this world (Posted 01.08.09 9:40 AM ) Report Abuse

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