Do any of you guys bring one to work? Not many options for lunch on my new route so wife got me one and I tried it out for the first time today. I scooped one of the prepared meals from Trader Joe's into there before I left home. Cajun style chicken fettuccine Alfredo. Everything seemed to go fine but I'm a little concerned about leaving chicken at room temperature on the shelf of the package car for 5 hours until I'm ready to heat it up & eat lunch. If any of you use a lunch box like this do you have suggestions on what kind of prepared meals are good to put in them?
Heated lunch box
Do any of you guys bring one to work? Not many options for lunch on my new route so wife got me one and I tried it out for the first time today. I scooped one of the prepared meals from Trader Joe's into there before I left home. Cajun style chicken fettuccine Alfredo. Everything seemed to go fine but I'm a little concerned about leaving chicken at room temperature on the shelf of the package car for 5 hours until I'm ready to heat it up & eat lunch. If any of you use a lunch box like this do you have suggestions on what kind of prepared meals are good to put in them?
I usually grab a double cheeseburger, fries, and wash it down with a chocolate shake.
I usually grab a double cheeseburger, fries, and wash it down with a chocolate shake.
Is this an announcement that you've gone feeder?
Is this an announcement that you've gone feeder?
No it’s my announcement. I’m on a diet..
No it’s my announcement. I’m on a diet..
Maybe you can get a heated lunch box and put some lean cuisines in there and let me know if you get food poisoning
Chicken tikka masala and basmati rice today. This lunch box is pretty cool. Still kind of worried I am going to make myself sick eating food that has sat at room temperature for hours before it starts heating up.
Chicken tikka masala and basmati rice today. This lunch box is pretty cool. Still kind of worried I am going to make myself sick eating food that has sat at room temperature for hours before it starts heating up.
Was it made authentically (with traces of 💩)?
Chicken tikka masala and basmati rice today. This lunch box is pretty cool. Still kind of worried I am going to make myself sick eating food that has sat at room temperature for hours before it starts heating up.
So it doesn't hold the temperature, it can just heat it up on demand? Dude, that's awesome.
So it doesn't hold the temperature, it can just heat it up on demand?Dude, that's awesome.
It has a clock. I tell it what time I want to eat lunch when I pack it in the morning. The heating element kicks on 2 hours before lunch time. Temperature programmable from 170-220. It will heat on demand also.
Was it made authentically (with traces of 💩)?
From trader Joe's so probably not very authentic
It has a clock. I tell it what time I want to eat lunch when I pack it in the morning. The heating element kicks on 2 hours before lunch time. Temperature programmable from 170-220. It will heat on demand also.
So if you tell it your eating at 2:00 it starts heating 2 hours before that? What about the time you packed it and kept it in the back of a hot P/C? And how do you people eat like that in this heat? I never ate lunch during the summer unless I felt like puking all afternoon.
So if you tell it your eating at 2:00 it starts heating 2 hours before that? What about the time you packed it and kept it in the back of a hot P/C?
It's just sitting at ambient temp in the back of the package car until 1200 that's what I'm worried about
And how do you people eat like that in this heat? I never ate lunch during the summer unless I felt like puking all afternoon.
I'm a human I got to eat. If I move slower after lunch that's just cost of doing business for UPS. They'll have to deal with it until they replace me with a robot.
It's just sitting at ambient temp in the back of the package car until 1200 that's what I'm worried about
I'm a human I got to eat. If I move slower after lunch that's just cost of doing business for UPS. They'll have to deal with it until they replace me with a robot.
Prepared food has shelf life of two hours if not kept at temperature or refrigerated, so you may be rolling the dice with a food born illness. So food at 41-135 for two hours is in a danger zone.
Prepared food has shelf life of two hours if not kept at temperature or refrigerated, so you may be rolling the dice with a food born illness. So food at 41-135 for two hours is in a danger zone.
Wonder if I would be better off putting a freezer meal in there in the morning instead of something out of the fridge
It's sitting at ambient temp for 4-5 hours before heating element kicks on
Wonder if I would be better off putting a freezer meal in there in the morning instead of something out of the fridge
It's sitting at ambient temp for 4-5 hours before heating element kicks on
You may be better off otherwise you are definitely rolling the dice with some food illness. Those numbers I gave are the numbers from the FDA. Just because it doesn't hit once doesn't mean it won't happen.
You may be better off otherwise you are definitely rolling the dice with some food illness. Those numbers I gave are the numbers from the FDA. Just because it doesn't hit once doesn't mean it won't happen.
The whole thing slips into this insulated bag snuggly but I'm not convinced it's keeping anything at a refrigerated temp for hours. I guess frozen meals is the way to go from now on. Now I will need to figure out how to remove a frozen block of TV dinner from the tray in one piece 😅
The whole thing slips into this insulated bag snuggly but I'm not convinced it's keeping anything at a refrigerated temp for hours. I guess frozen meals is the way to go from now on. Now I will need to figure out how to remove a frozen block of TV dinner from the tray in one piece 😅
Yea you may get away with it for a good while but it only takes that one time to regret it.
Chicken tikka masala and basmati rice today. This lunch box is pretty cool. Still kind of worried I am going to make myself sick eating food that has sat at room temperature for hours before it starts heating up.
Yes, @johney is correct. You can't leave that stuff at room temp, it'll get you eventually.
I typically hear a thermos with boiling water, then add my hot leftovers. It's still above the bacteria growth temp when I go to eat it at 2 or so.
Cool idea, not sure how practical the lunch box is as a standalone.
I usually grab a double cheeseburger, fries, and wash it down with a chocolate shake.
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