We eat well on the road. Not fancy, but well. Between Fabiola's cooking and a griddle that lives in the truck bed, we've settled into a rhythm where dinner outside the rig is the default whenever the weather cooperates, and there's a backup plan inside for when it doesn't.
This list is everything we actually cook with: the Blackstone 17 inch and the accessories that turned out to matter, the folding table it sits on, and the two appliances inside the Brinkley that do most of the heavy lifting on travel days. If you've watched our channel, you've seen most of this gear in action, usually with Fabiola behind the spatula and me holding the camera and asking when it's ready.
Nothing here was sent to us. We bought it all, and some of it took a few tries to get right.
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The griddle
Blackstone 17" propane griddle
We went back and forth on whether a full-time RV couple needs an outdoor griddle. Then we bought the 17 inch tabletop Blackstone and stopped debating. It's small enough to store in the truck, big enough to cook a whole dinner for two, and it's become the thing we set up first at any site we plan to stay at for a while.
The whole unboxing, seasoning, and first cook is in our first Blackstone video. Quick tip from that day: season it before you cook on it. We did three rounds of oil burn-in, and the surface has been easy to cook on and clean ever since. Our first meal was burgers, bacon, eggs, and fries, and since then it's handled everything from chicken and asparagus on the shore of Lake Superior to fried rice while boondocking in Wisconsin. You can find the griddle on Amazon.
Blackstone Pro 22-piece tool kit
You can cook on a Blackstone with one spatula, but you won't enjoy it. The Pro tool kit covers spatulas, scrapers, squeeze bottles for oil and water, and the cleaning bits, which matters more than the cooking bits honestly. Scraping the surface down while it's still hot is the whole maintenance routine, and having the right scraper makes it a two-minute job instead of a chore. We picked up the kit on Amazon the same day we ordered the griddle and haven't needed anything else.
Blackstone 17" carry bag
The griddle rides in the truck bed between stops, and a cast iron cooking surface plus road dust is a bad combination. The fitted carry bag keeps it clean in transit and gives us handles to lug it with, which you appreciate the first time you carry a griddle across a campsite. Ours is this storage case, made for the 17 inch model.
The accessories that earned their spot
Silicone griddle mat
When the griddle is set up but not in use, the silicone mat covers the cooktop. It keeps rain, pollen, and curious bugs off the seasoned surface between meals, and it doubles as a spot to rest hot tools while cooking. Cheap insurance for the seasoning you spent an afternoon building. Here's the one that fits the Blackstone.
Blackstone Smash & Sear press
Smash burgers are the reason half the people we meet bought a Blackstone, and we get it. The stainless press is heavy enough to actually smash a ball of beef thin, and the wide face means the whole patty hits the griddle at once. We also use it to press bacon flat so it cooks evenly. It's on Amazon here.
DOZYANT 12ft RV propane quick-connect hose
On day one, hooking the griddle to the RV's propane didn't go as planned, and we ended up making a Walmart run for a bottle mid-video. The fix was this 12 foot quick-connect hose, which plugs straight into the rig's low-pressure propane port and feeds the griddle from the RV's onboard tanks. No more little green bottles to buy, store, and throw away. The 12 feet of length means the cooking station doesn't have to sit right against the rig either. You can grab the hose here.
The rest of the outdoor kitchen
Portal adjustable folding camping table
The griddle needs something sturdy to sit on, and this aluminum folding table is it. Fair warning from our unboxing: it looked comically short when we first set it up, until we figured out the legs adjust to several heights. Set tall it's a cooking station, set low it's a table for eating next to the fire. It rolls up small enough to slide into a basement compartment. Find it on Amazon.
Inside the rig
Electric burner
When we're parked with sun on the panels, running a single electric burner off our solar and battery bank is free cooking, and it saves propane for the things that actually need it. Fabiola uses it constantly. It even made an appearance in our episode about Brinkley warranty issues, where she kept morale up by cooking on solar power while we waited on a mobile tech. It's a simple plug-in burner, nothing exotic, and that's the point.
Instant Pot 8-quart Whisper Quiet
The Instant Pot is the travel day hero. After a long, windy drive to Orlando, Fabiola made a beef stew in it that we still talk about, and we put the recipe at the end of that video. Set it, go set up camp, come back to dinner. The 8 quart size means leftovers for the next travel day, and the Whisper Quiet part is real, which matters in 400 square feet. Here it is on Amazon.
TILUCK measuring cups and magnetic spoons
Small thing, but RV kitchen drawers are tiny and a loose pile of measuring cups drives you crazy fast. These are stainless, they nest, and the spoons snap together magnetically so the set stays a set. One of those five dollar problems you solve once. They're on Amazon here.
The whole kitchen in one place
We keep everything above organized in two Amazon idea lists: Blackstone Grilling for the griddle and its accessories, and Kitchen for the inside gear. The rest of our recommendations live on our Amazon storefront.
If you're building out the rest of your rig, start with the full list of RV gear we actually use, then check out our solar and battery setup (it's what powers that electric burner) and our boondocking setup for cooking off-grid.
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