Posted on Mar 17, 2019
How likely is it I’ll be allowed to have a relatively small crockpot in my barracks?
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SPC (Join to see) There will be a unit/location specific SOP on the barracks. It will outline prohibited items and which items are permitted relative to how the barracks is equipped . Cooking incidents are the majority of fire alarms in the barracks. Usually hotplates and candles are strictly verboten as a rule.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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Shouldn’t have a problem so long you are safe and clean with it. Be advised, if you cook in the barracks make sure you count for everyone!
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You may have a kitchenette. Once cooking was allowed, the standard used to be the device was required to be UL listed, and required a memorandum (that mainly served to document it was inspected and determined to meet safety requirements). Any advice you receive here, though, does not carry any weight. Life in the barracks has come a long way, and more Soldier friendly, as it should.
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I would say no. An unattended heat source could always cause a barracks fire. I would consult a senior NCO for guidance. My experience has always been that whatever you do, it will always have the worst possible unintended outcome.
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I'm surprised to hear that you can cook in the barracks, maybe it's changed.
In my day, cooking wasn't allowed in the barracks due to the hazard of fire, but smoking was allowed, maybe that's why we had a fire watch through out the nights with the CQ.
In my day, cooking wasn't allowed in the barracks due to the hazard of fire, but smoking was allowed, maybe that's why we had a fire watch through out the nights with the CQ.
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To be honest, it might not be. I’m mostly trying to gauge what types of cookware would be allowed (if any)
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Weird thing is, in the BOQ where I was, there was a small kitchenette...one would think something like that could certainly be approved for a TV dayroom in most barracks, with those staying there taking turns assigned to keep it clean...just a thought, obviously....
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I know you didn't bring this up, and there'd probably be the same sort of rules likely barring it, I'd just wondered about whether you'd ever thought about asking about a really small microwave oven...as I'd said, you'd probably likely be barred for the same sorts of reasons, however, I just thought I'd mention it for whatever possible good the idea might be worth, you know? It probably wouldn't be allowed, as I'd said, for similar safety reasons, of course...then, too, there are also those small plug-in cooking coils for heating up some soup or something, that one just immerses in a cup and then unplugs, I'd expect they're relatively cheap, though, once again, you'd obviously need to ask, of course, you'd likely get pretty much the same no answer, I'd expect....
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Just ideas that had occurred to me, as I'd read what you'd asked, and the other various answers here...clearly, even if you were allowed virtually anything, you'd obviously need to watch it while you'd be using it like a hawk, you know? Then, too, if there's a dayroom in your barracks, maybe you could ask the admins in charge of it whether a microwave or two could possibly be set up safely for use by everyone in the barracks, it'd likely have to be allowed by the installation commander, I'd expect, or somebody on that level, probably, however, you might perhaps at least just raise the question, or see if maybe you might perhaps submit a petition, if you could possibly be allowed to see if others might also be interested in asking if you could all be allowed, just another thought that'd occurred to me, the installation commander would likely have to ask those who handle safety and/or barracks where you are for their take on such a request as well, I'd expect, or if you'd be allowed anything in your specific room, per se, as well, also, I'd gather....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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I found a picture of the kind of soup plug in heater coil I'd mentioned, I just didn't know if you might possibly find this idea ta all useful, assuming, of course, it might at all be allowable...obviously, certainly don't try it without asking to be allowed first, of course...there are a good many other similar websites with similar devices pictured, if you just search for them, as well...and I found the website for that Instant Pot mentioned above, I sent in the site, you should see the link for it....
I found a picture of the kind of soup plug in heater coil I'd mentioned, I just didn't know if you might possibly find this idea ta all useful, assuming, of course, it might at all be allowable...obviously, certainly don't try it without asking to be allowed first, of course...there are a good many other similar websites with similar devices pictured, if you just search for them, as well...and I found the website for that Instant Pot mentioned above, I sent in the site, you should see the link for it....
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Very likely...be sure it meets safety specs from your first line supervisor..
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I had a couple of guys in my RGT brought Keurigs into the barracks for when they got up in the morning and everyone on the floor loved them. No one ever complained about it, they even gave some to the Command Sergeant Major, (branded "Death Wish Coffee" ) and he liked it! It was a long time between the time they woke everyone up and chow because the CSM got a little "long winded" in his morning address. Everyone from that floor was very happy to have it, an no one in the command staff had a problem with it. In time though, it just became to much to have there and we stopped having the Keurig. We just ultimately learned to ingest the 15W40 they gave us at the chow hall because we ran out of time to clean it all up and make it presentable.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
Death wish coffee? LMAO...OK, that was really good, gotta admit...and I loved the 15W40 thing, that was also cute, LOL....
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A Keurig is a single cup coffee brewer with hundreds of different flavor pods that it can brew in about a minute. They really don't make that big of a mess at all and usually there is no waste with them. The Death Wish Coffee is an actual brand and the Keurigs, if you google it you can see the many different types there are. The Ladies love these machines and men are liking them too because of the convenience.
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