I don't soak either. I just put them in the crockpot right before bed and by lunch time they are done.For pinto beans, I just use the pressure cooker eliminate all that hassle.
Bang, boom, Done in an hour! No soaking required!
That's true - but I guess that the electronics are most likely to be the thing that gives up the ghost before the element (things like inner pot and sealing ring can easily be replaced if needed). I still like the fact that it takes up less space in the kitchen cupboard than having separate appliances, and as for the pressure cooker part its much easier to use than a stove top one: just programme it and it does it all itself. I always had problems keeping the stove top one at the right pressure.
LOL your camping trip sounds much more basic than mine....even when we tent camped I still had at least a double burner hob
Most campsites have pitches with EHU (electric hook up). When we tent camped we did a couple of seasons without electric but life is so much easier with it to run an electric cool box, hair dryer, lighting and charge gadgets. I love camping but I prefer to do so with a certain amount of comfort (its a holiday not an endurance test lol). Not sure that a dutch oven would be much use - aren't they supposed to be used in a fire rather than on a stove? Most campsites don't allow open fires.That is true!
Even though pressure cookers might be good for camping out, unless you are camping in the backyard, you wouldn't want to use one of those electronic multi-cookers, since you'd need electrical power to be able to use it.
The old reliable cast iron Dutch Oven would be the better choice.
When we tent camped, we got electric sites. Always took a small refrigerator and first a laptop then later a TV. Note we actually won both the laptop and tv. Oh and a fan.That is true!
Even though pressure cookers might be good for camping out, unless you are camping in the backyard, you wouldn't want to use one of those electronic multi-cookers, since you'd need electrical power to be able to use it.
The old reliable cast iron Dutch Oven would be the better choice.
Dutch ovens are multi purpose. In a fire, on a fire, or some of the old ones had a lid designed to put coals on. You can even use them in a fire place. Some of your old wood stoves had a special burner (well) to fit a dutch oven. Cast iron unlike most modern cookware was designed to be multi purpose.
That's what I thought - I've never used one, but given the relatively low power output of a camping stove I would have thought you'd struggle to heat it evenly, or at least you'd burn through plenty of gas to do so.
You cannot use a dutch oven on a camp stove due to the weight of the pan.
we always liked our camping to be just a little bit "wilder" than that [ok not Bear Grylls stuff but not quite a hotel room in a field]
There are quite a few campsites that allow fires, though most of them they have to be in a firepit off the ground (so probably still not suitable for a dutch oven) This site is one of the best for UK campsites and allows you to filter on all sorts of parameters, I use it a lot.Never come across a camp site here in the UK that allows fires - as for the TV and laptop
Now we have the motorhome we do have a TV - its nice to be able to watch a film in an evening when its mid-December and its cold and pouring it down out there and the pub is too far away to walk to.