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Originally posted on 7/9:
The Hot Logic Mini Portable Oven is a game changer for kosher travelers.
I have used this to get a hot meal on planes, in hospitals, and in many more places. It’s incredibly light and easy to use. I cannot recommend getting this enough. And now it is the lowest price ever from Amazon after Prime Day savings!
- Hot Logic Mini Portable Oven: $23.91
Also available for Prime members is the HotLogic Mini with DC charging plug for $23.97, choose from Blue, Black, or Red.
If you want to fit a 9×13 you’ll can get the HotLogic Max Warming Tote for $51.99.
Dan’s note: A couple months ago I visited Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, and Fukuoka, Japan. In December I spent several days island hopping in Hawaii, chasing erupting volcanoes and waterfalls. Both times, we brought food in a Polar Bear cooler which kept everything frozen. While I used to travel with a toaster oven, I relied on HotLogic ovens for these trips, which are amazing because they take up very little space.
The combo of a Polar Bear and HotLogic is a true game changer for kosher travel. It allows you to travel the globe without being tethered to locations that have kosher restaurants or relying on cans of tuna. Kosher travelers can now travel anywhere in the world and have delicious hot food on demand without being limited to destinations that have kosher restaurants.
I have used the HotLogic in-flight to have a delicious warm meal, and even to warm up some of the frozen parts of the airline supplied kosher meal, and let me tell you, a hot roll and dessert is a whole lot better than a frozen one! Thanks to its ultra low voltage, it works fine on a plane with the regular power supply.
A standard takeaway food tray, like if you buy a travel meal from a place like Pomegranate or take out food from a restaurant, will fit in the Mini oven. The HotLogic Max oven will fit 2 meals or a 9×13 pan!
We also used this power inverter to have hot food while driving around for the day and island hopping.
The HotLogic oven folds down next to nothing, making it an ideal travel mate. However while a toaster oven will warm up cold food in 20 minutes or frozen food in an hour, the HotLogic will take an hour to warm up cold food or a couple of hours to warm up frozen food. That means you’ll have to plan your meals ahead of time and defrost meals in advance.
Want to speed up the process? If you buy 2 HotLogics you can take the warming trays and combine them into one bag to have the food warmed from both the bottom and the top to accelerate the warming process.
You can also put plastic or foil in the HotLogic without issue and you can put in food in the morning and leave it in there until evening and it will be fine. That’s because the HotLogic only gets up to 165 degrees, so it won’t melt plastic or overcook your food, but it will get your food hot with enough time.
As you only need 45 watts to power the mini or 100 watts to power the Casserole oven, you can use a basic converter to use them overseas, though some DDF members report using it overseas without a converter as well.
On the downside, you won’t be making crunchy nachos in a HotLogic like you can in a toaster oven. And you’ll need multiple HotLogic ovens to heat up meals for a whole family.
Using a HotLogic on a plane is not something that airlines are likely to encourage (though I have seen flight attendants using them as well for their own meals), but it was easier than gambling on whether I’d be able to persuade the flight attendant to warm up my own meal in the plane’s oven. It’s a real game changer!
Note that airplane outlets only supply 60-75 watts of power, so that may only work with the Mini, though I didn’t try it with the Max.
Have you traveled with a HotLogic oven?
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Price still shows $39.95
I just bought 2 for 23.97 each
Prime members only.
Do you happen to know the halacha with using these for both dairy and meat? If you use it for one, for example meat, does the whole thing become meat like an oven does or just the heating element is meat? Can/does the fabric case become meat too?
I just double wrap items. Otherwise, AYLOR.
To use it internally is a regular converter good? Or do they sell it with a usb?
Not following.
He probably meant to write internationally. Yes, I have used it with a standard converter in Europe and Middle East and Asia.
Anyone tried it without a converter yet?
Yes, if there’s a US outlet available it will work – for example STR Maldives has US outlets so it worked plugged straight in there. Just sometimes the hotels only have local outlets so you have to use some type of converter to be able to plug it in.
If it has a US outlet, it’s probably 120v.
This is made for 120v so it will obviously not work on 220v (Europe, Israel etc.) without a proper voltage converter/transformer
I used it in Europe and elsewhere plugged directly into the wall of the hotel had a US type outlet. If not, I used a standard converter like you would for a phone charger. None of the hotels burned down.
I’ve read some reports online that it does work in 220v, but would like to hear that from someone on DD/DDF.
You heard from me already, although I didn’t want to try again. 🙂
How long does it take to warm up a meal? Can the small one fit a 9×13?
Probably an hour from cold or a few hours from frozen.
Faster if you buy 2 and use both heating elements on top and bottom of one bag.
9×13 needs the hot logic max size. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QDBV1TX/?tag=cl03f-20&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Can i put it in my carry on to warm It up in the airport?
Sure!
It takes so long to heat up food I don’t know why you like it
A. How else are you heating up food in flight when the FA refuses?
B. Fits in a carry-on without taking up space, unlike other options.
C. Just plan ahead. You can put something in it before you go out and come back to hot food.
D. Hot food in your car on long drives.
E. Cut the time in half with 2 hearing elements.
If I bought the a wall socket hot logic-what would you recommend I buy to heat food in a car ride in Europe (I’m not sure if I need to consider differences between US and European cars).
Ordered, thanks. If you could locate a well priced, quality, Pure Sine Wave Power Inverter with a higher output, would be most appreciated.
I am worried about cooking raw meat at such a low temperature. Curious if anyone had any food poisoning issues with food spoiling before cooking through.
This is by far not meant to cook raw food from scratch. It’s meant to be used to reheat frozen meals that have already been cooked. I’ve used it many times to reheat Pomegranate meals and they were delicious. You can use it with any frozen precooked meal that you bought or made yourself but I would not cook raw food using it.
Deal is dead
No it’s not
Isn’t this the same “sale” that you’ve been advertising for the past few months? maybe a buck cheaper?
No. This has free shipping and is much cheaper than before on Amazon.
What exactly are you complaining about? You want Dan to only let you know about it when it is full price?
For those of us who must have crunchy nachos, what toaster oven do you recommend for travel?
Betty Crocker. I plug it into my EV and make it happen! 🙂
Can it warm two pom meals at once?
The Mini can do one, the max can do 2.
For those that most of the travel is international, how do you suggest taking advantage of this item?
Dan, how is this a game changer. When I travel the hotels always have microwave ovens which can be kashered. By the way I have two which I now use instead of the microwave. But still I don’t see how this a game changer.
Most hotels I have gone to in the past 5 years that I’ve used this do not have microwaves, especially the high end ones like STR, W, WA, etc. So for us it’s a lifesaver to just be able to manage and warm up all our meals on our own.
Not all L.O.R. say kashering a microwave is possible.
Rav Elyashiv said its not possible to Kasher.
Most people don’t use a microwave on Shabbos.
Doesn’t the Crock Pot Mini portable heat faster?
I was able to use the 40% off coupon on the $23.97 price!!! $15.24 with tax
How?
Me too, with free shipping to Israel
Can you use this for cholent on Shabbos to avoid using blech to heat up house during summer? This way can use disposable pan and not clean crockpot. Any idea if this is possible?
Sure!
hatmana ?!!!
Hatmana is only if it’s a snug fit.
And even if you do happen to have a snug fit, just don’t zipper the top.
But as always, you can AYLOR.
Dan I am planning a road trip so if you recommend I buy. Thanks for posting and engaging here in comments!!
Can you use these on shabbos?
Do hospitals that are very strict about appliances allow this?
40% off is only on the mini?
I bought one for business travel on Dans recommendation. Loved it, lost it, bought two more.
I travel a lot (5-6x a year to Hawaii) and usually get a hotel room with kitchenette so I cook for myself on longer stays.
But the game changer for me is bringing food to my office or client site where I plug it in when I get to conference room and I have hot homemade lunch!
I freeze meat and pack refrigerated items around it and put in my luggage and it’s still frozen when I arrive so I don’t use a polar bear or similar.