Cooking on a Sundancer

[JVM225]

Breakfast is usually egg sandwiches on rolls. We use regular nonstick pans on the electric stove to make anything we need for them.
I’ve thought about getting a small toaster to keep aboard, but the crumbs from it would drive me crazy.
Coffee is from a single serve Keurig.
I’m absolutely useless in a kitchen for anything more than cleanup. A chore I gladly do in exchange for a meal.
Having been single a large part of my younger adult life, I can say that I lived in apartments where I never actually turned on the stove.
We rarely have other meals on the boat that require more than microwaving. Mainly because we look at the time on the boat as a break for my wife from cooking. More often than not, when at a transient dock we’ll go to a local restaurant for dinner.
I’ve got a round Magma grill and Grill-A-Mount that we occasionally use if we’re on the hook to grill out of the way on the swim platform. The Grill-A-Mount is fantastic, but my Magma is a piece of crap. One of these days I’ll go for a little Weber and adapt it for use with the Grill-A-Mount.
Lots of folks rave about their Magmas, but my experience with mine has turned me off to the brand and made me reluctant to invest in another one.
My Weber at home is fantastic though and I wouldn’t hesitate to give their little one a shot.

 

[dvx216]

One thing I use is a stainless steel french press and a plastic electric tea pot both of these are muti taskers plus I'm not a fan of drip coffee. Another thing we have on board is a butane hot plate. One thing is potatoes from Little Potato Co. there quick and easy. Anything you can heat in a slow cooker premade. All the marinas we go to have no open flame rules so no grills on the boat.

 

[The Bill Collector]

 

[Creekwood]

I don't have a generator, so our cooking at anchor is using the Magma BBQ (using rod holder gunwale mount) and a butane single burner that I set on top of the glass cooktop. It does all we need and we have made some great meals. I have an oval steel pan that I put on the BBQ for frying fish, bacon and eggs, sausages etc to keep smells and grease out of the cabin. The butane is for pasta, boiled veg potatoes or rice sorts of things. Best meals on the boat:
- Good steaks, corn on the cob and salad
- Cedar planked salmon on the BBQ
- Pasta and sauce with prima vera grilled veggies and sausage.
- Fried fresh caught fish
- Burgers with a big salad
- Cold beer, followed by more cold beer

 

[Dave - M]

My instructions for my glass top stove at home warn not to use cast iron, as it can scratch the cooking surface. I use a cast iron skillet often ( at home) but I'm careful not to slide it but pick it straight up.

Another glass top specific i have read is to use only pans that set flat. A pan with a domed bottom creates an air space that allows excessive heat buildup which can crack the cooking surface. I bought a cast iron wok that had a small lip around the outside that prevented any of the bottom to sit on the stove surface, so I save it for cooking outside.

 

[be_prepared]

We have one of the 10 piece Magma nesting cookware sets, with an addition of a colander that also nests into the set. It's amazing how many pots/pans/covers can nest into a pretty small package. There are soft inserts that go between the pots to protect the non-stick coating. Of course, the reality is that we can only really use 2 things at once, since we have only 2 burners to work with on the 340DA. They really seem to heat evenly, and the set we have is good for induction systems also. I think the a more recent version is this:

https://www.westmarine.com/buy/magm...inless-steel-induction--14018675?recordNum=13

Sometimes, we go through a whole weekend just using the microwave, but when we get adventurous, it really feels great to make a more complete meal onboard. Remember, Safety First! Whenever you are preparing food over a hot stove, it's crucial that you and the admiral are properly hydrated at all times!

 

[Korkie]

We use our magma on the hook and have an electric grill we use while at marinas. Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches are the normal morning, microwave and ez cleanup. Lunch is usually cold cuts, burgers, steak subs or Johnsonville sausages. Favorite dinner - Grilled steak and skewered grilled shrimp, baked potatoes, salad. Although we usually do dinner out when at a marina. Only have used the stove a few times, spaghetti and meatballs, cook our favorite chili cheese dip and hard boil eggs for deviled eggs.

 

[dtfeld]

We too have the Magma nesting cookware. Very nice, works well, cleans up easily and if your going to cook onboard, these are the ones to have.

I'm still looking for a convection microwave to replace the standard microwave, but I may have to settle for a toaster oven, or instapot. Just not a great place to stow and use those items.

 

[LUnaCY]

Thats one more to consider...many marinas dont allow grilling at the dock, but have bbq setups on land to use.