midwest_kc
is one Smokin' Farker
This is our first season with a fridge in our trailer. I am trying to plan around how to keep it usable at comps. A couple weeks ago, on our way to Indiana, I plugged the trailer in at the house on Monday, on the coldest setting. Before leaving I placed 2 bags of ice in the fridge and we headed out, meat safely in a cooler. When we arrived, 10 hours later, the fridge was at 42 according to my IR thermometer, and so it cooled down below 40 with relative ease. It was also not very hot that day.
This weekend, we're gong to Wagoner, OK, which will be about a 5-6 hour trip (we have to make a pit stop that will take a half hour or so that's 40 minutes out of the way). It is currently pretty warm here, reaching the 90s during the days.
Do you think this same plan will work? My goal, when I'm comfortable with it, is to be able to load the meat and such in the fridge and not worry about the cooler. What would be a good strategy for this?
It's a household fridge, in a concession style trailer, fwiw. So a little bit of insulation, no windows. It was 88 yesterday when I got home from work according to my truck, and the trailer was 93.
This weekend, we're gong to Wagoner, OK, which will be about a 5-6 hour trip (we have to make a pit stop that will take a half hour or so that's 40 minutes out of the way). It is currently pretty warm here, reaching the 90s during the days.
Do you think this same plan will work? My goal, when I'm comfortable with it, is to be able to load the meat and such in the fridge and not worry about the cooler. What would be a good strategy for this?
It's a household fridge, in a concession style trailer, fwiw. So a little bit of insulation, no windows. It was 88 yesterday when I got home from work according to my truck, and the trailer was 93.