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Installing & Testing a High Load on Our New Victron 3000 Boat Inverter | Ep 82 #howto #diy
Aug 13, 2025
Join us as we replace our busted inverter with the new Victron MultiPlus 2 on our boat. Watch the unboxing, installation, and real-world testing with a high load from our electric oven. Plus, relax with us as we enjoy music, cooking, and good times on the water. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction and unboxing 2:30 Old inverter condition check 4:10 Wiring and mounting the new Victron inverter 7:30 Configuring settings via laptop 10:20 Testing inverter with oven load 13:40 Temperature checks for safety 15:50 Enjoying power on the boat 18:20 Cooking dinner with new inverter 22:00 Final thoughts and evening fun Blog Post: https://www.chrisdoeswhat.com/install-victron-multiplus-inverter/ Get content early by becoming our YouTube member https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOZBmn0CZW578hpt4ImB3CRA Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5694391589011456
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So, in the last video I left off,
0:04
inverter was busted. Well, we got us a
0:06
new one. New Victron. It's the the Multi
0:10
Plus 2. Let's take it out of the box and
0:14
see what it looks like.
0:17
So, when you get out of the box, it does
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come with gum. So, good deal there.
0:24
Don't Don't eat that gum.
0:27
So, I have everything out of the box. It
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comes with screws.
0:31
This little manual thingy right here,
0:34
whatever that is, with stickers for your
0:36
product code, you're supposed to stick
0:37
one of them on there if uh when you uh
0:43
I guess have it installed so you can
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reference it. I'm guessing this is other
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products you can buy from them.
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your manual,
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installation, quick installation steps,
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tells you what you include, and then all
1:00
the stuff that's not included. And you
1:03
don't you don't mount this over the top
1:05
of your battery. Don't do that. And this
1:07
is how you mount it to the wall. So,
1:09
yeah. And then how you plug in the
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cables.
1:15
Then this thing, some warning stickers
1:18
and stuff like that.
1:20
and the technical spec specs right
1:24
there. But yes, we have our Victron.
1:30
This right here is old busted Victron. I
1:32
got it out. Um I'll probably uh see if I
1:36
can either repair that or give somebody
1:39
who wants to attempt to repair it. So
1:41
yeah, but that is there. And uh yeah,
1:45
it's looks good until you take off the
1:48
cover and it's one of the boards has
1:50
some rust on it so or some corrosion on
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it. And uh it had that when we bought
1:54
the boat, but uh I'm guessing the
1:57
humidity that we experienced with the
2:00
raining in the boat further uh corrupted
2:03
that.
2:05
Okay, so here's where our inverter is
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going to go. You see I have the negative
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and positive connected right here. And
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then this is our AC power. This is uh
2:16
coming out. This is coming in. This is
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our cable that's going to go out. I just
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dropped a stick, but And you'll see I've
2:24
stripped off about a quarter inch. I'm
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going to get clamped down in that. And
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then uh your common is going to go to
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the far uh farthest post, neutral, or I
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mean uh not uh ground, and then neutral.
2:41
So, I'll get it plugged in and show you
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what it looks like. Okay. So, you can
2:45
see I have these connected and I have
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this little wire grommet I just cut out
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big enough for the wire to go in. And
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then, of course, I clamped it down so it
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wouldn't pull. But to open these
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connectors up, let's see if I can do
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this.
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Take a a screwdriver
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and You put it in there like that and
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push it and it depresses the screen
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string the spring so you can get your
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wire in there. Cuz uh if you see my
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wire, it's all braided so it won't push
3:26
in there. If you have copper wire, you
3:28
probably can just push it in there.
3:31
Okay. And with the screwdriver in there,
3:33
you see I have this one clamped down.
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Now I can take and bend this and I can
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put it in the hole.
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And once I have it in the hole, now I
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pull out the screwdriver.
3:46
Let me pull out the screwdriver. I need
3:48
my other hand. Okay, I pulled out the
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screwdriver and you'll see it pulls and
3:53
it won't come out. And I have plenty of
3:56
wire to uh work with.
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And every everything's plugged in. Then
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you just plug in your bus. And it
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doesn't matter which way this goes. Just
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uh which way it goes in. Just have to
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make sure the the pin is facing the
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right way. So it clicks in like that.
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And your Cat 5
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communication cable is plugged in. Okay.
4:21
Now that everything's plugged in, turn
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it on
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and inverter on. Make sure if you have
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any uh uh a multiplus or some something
4:33
plugged in here, make sure it's on there
4:35
or you'll be freaking out like I was
4:37
just a second ago.
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Okay, so I've got the inverter
4:42
installed. I ran through the
4:44
configuration on the laptop to make sure
4:46
all the settings were right before I
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cranked it up. I didn't want, you know,
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to be set to 50 hertz or anything weird
4:52
out there. And uh yeah, so I've got also
4:56
cuz we have a crappy generator. I set
4:58
that for a week uh AC source for
5:00
charging so we can run it on our little
5:04
suitcase generator and uh charge the
5:06
batteries. But test this with a uh high
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load. I'm going to use my wife's oven
5:12
and uh get some temperatures and things
5:14
like that. See how it's uh doing.
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So turn on the oven. I have it on the
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microwave.
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We'll set this thing
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to air fry.
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sometimes doesn't pick up my finger.
5:33
I'm going to do about 10 minutes and now
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I'm going to check these uh the AC
5:36
connector, the out right there. Make
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sure that terminal is not getting hot.
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But this is the uh largest load we can
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make on our boat is the oven.
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Okay, so running about two minutes left
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to ran for 10 minutes and I've got the
5:54
generator running to see if it's uh
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balancing because we have a small
5:58
generator. So, it's still charging off
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the generator, but it's taking any
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excess from the actual batteries because
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the oven draws uh quite a bit of power.
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But doing pretty good. Now, let's get
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let's get some temperatures.
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Okay. So, down here,
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I'm going to
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get on that block.
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I'm seeing
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Let's see. There we go. 94.
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So,
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and uh
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yeah, about 94, 95. It's not bad.
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But yeah, that's uh I've seen videos
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where people have burnt out the AC
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connectors on there and I didn't want
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that. So yeah, just good thing to
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measure the temperatures of pretty much
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all your terminals. That'll tell you if
6:57
you got good connection or if you're
6:59
making a lot of heat, you got a short,
7:01
you need to rectify that.
7:05
So the oven turned off. Now I'm going to
7:07
put this cover back on here and we are
7:11
done.
7:13
And there we go. It's all back together.
7:15
I do like that this one gives us a lot
7:17
more room in this uh under the couch
7:19
than the other one, even though I didn't
7:22
want to buy a new one. Okay, guys. I'm
7:24
here with my babe. We got our inverter
7:26
in and we are good to go. That's Lisa
7:29
and Cory over here joining us. But we
7:33
are going We were at Amsterdam having a
7:35
good time now that we uh actually can
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cook and stuff. But yeah, they're doing
7:40
they're doing some skits, some music.
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It's all live. Uh, it's gonna be
7:45
awesome. Show you some of it. But, uh,
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I'm gonna get back on the stencil I have
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over here.
7:52
And I got your right.
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And the talent is here.
8:01
And this is uh, the band. And there's my
8:04
babe. She got drinks. How you doing now?
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This is our entertainment for the night.
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Big crowd here.
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You may remember Helen. She does the uh
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Saturday.
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[Music]
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remember your name.
8:37
When you're strange. When you're
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strange.
8:41
When you're strange.
8:45
This is what it looks like. A few beers
8:47
in or a few drinks in.
8:52
So, we're just uh
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slouchy.
8:57
[Music]
9:03
But yeah,
9:05
[Music]
9:13
there's a lovely chair here. Just don't
9:15
freak out
9:17
without one of you dying.
9:20
This is what we're listening to. Well,
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we can't go on together
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with your feeble mind.
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I can't.
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[Music]
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Okay, the mats are around me and the
9:39
birds are out.
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I don't know if you can see all these
9:43
mats, but there's a lot of them.
9:47
The party didn't stop. We still out of
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here, kid. We hang in there. We're old
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people. Hang in there.
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It's 8:30.
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It's 8:30.
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It's It's late for boat people.
10:06
And the nice thing about having a
10:07
working inverter, this is uh we're back
10:10
from the party, is uh I don't have to go
10:12
outside and start the generator to make
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coffee. I know all them YouTubers, they
10:16
make coffee. Hopefully I'm doing it
10:18
right. You pour some coffee in there.
10:23
Yeah. Am I getting it right? I think so.
10:26
Yeah. Probably a lot of coffee right
10:28
there. Close it. And you turn it on
10:32
there. Make coffee. It's red light.
10:36
Okay. I got that coffee in hand. Made
10:38
from that inverter. Yeah.
10:45
Oh, hey, it's kind of strong.
10:48
by work. Just glad to have Amber again.
10:52
Look at there, guys. Leah got me a hot
10:55
sauce. Yeah.
10:59
Yes.
11:01
So, we here got to do the ribs. The rib.
11:03
I'm going to be a judge doing ribs here.
11:07
And this is the north Saturdays
11:11
takes the helm and and some real good
11:14
food up in here. But uh
11:17
yeah,
11:18
you got Chris.
11:25
Yeah, there's too many Chrises here.
11:30
Okay, guys. Bab's making some yummies.
11:36
And uh
11:38
it's actually a new recipe, but uh can't
11:42
tell the what the uh measurements are or
11:45
anything like that.
11:46
Look how small our um
11:49
these chicken leg quarters are here.
11:52
That's because they're not pumped up
11:54
with um
11:55
hormones and water. water and hormones
11:57
like in the United States,
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which
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water fine because it does make them
12:05
juicier, but hormones good.
12:08
But yeah, our our chicken liquors are
12:10
very small here.
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So, and they come in like a package of
12:15
three.
12:16
Mhm.
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I guess you know, don't need to feed
12:18
anybody.
12:20
So, I eat one and her seats two.
12:32
What are you doing?
12:34
I know.
12:38
No, you're getting my ingredients.
12:40
Uh-uh.
12:42
She's got everything in.
12:45
And
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smells good.
12:46
Oh, yeah. It does smell good.
12:49
and just uh sometimes I just brush it on
12:53
and let it sit, but I'm doing the bowl
12:56
today.
13:02
Need my exercise.
13:05
Living on a boat. If you're stationary,
13:09
not really moving, not sailing, like we
13:11
haven't been for 3 months.
13:12
Mhm.
13:14
We walk around all the time, but that
13:16
doesn't keep up.
13:21
I think I've gained like
13:24
5 lbs.
13:25
Oh wow.
13:26
But see, 5 lbs on me is like probably 10
13:30
or 15 lbs on my husband.
13:35
Batty's got to eat.
13:36
Well, no. It's because my bones are
13:38
smaller.
13:41
All right, we're going to let that
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marinate.
13:43
And then we're going to also have that
13:45
cabbage steak. Look at the size of that
13:47
cabbage.
13:48
Yeah, I know. Got to
13:52
get the outside of it off.
13:54
Mhm.
13:56
This definitely is um got in.
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Yeah. Get that off. I'm going to have
14:03
some cabbage shakes. Not all of it.
14:05
Probably
14:05
no
14:06
half. Maybe half.
14:09
And probably some rice.
14:14
Ly's hanging up.
14:16
So, my babe Oh, I got the music, too.
14:21
So, my babe is uh What you doing the
14:23
chicken? Oh,
14:24
babe. You know how everybody teases us
14:26
on that in town?
14:28
Let me tell you, they've been watching
14:30
our videos and they're like, "Yeah,
14:33
Chris is always saying, "Hey, my babe."
14:35
Or, "Hey, babe."
14:38
But yeah, and I got the oven going. Wow,
14:42
that's got that gets bright. But I had
14:44
the oven going. People were like, "You
14:46
can't power a uh electric oven or a
14:49
boat."
14:52
Been doing it for almost two years.
14:54
But
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and this is a really good oven.
14:56
Oh, yeah. The delicious.
14:58
Yeah. We got lucky in trying to find
15:00
that because
15:02
and I haven't cleaned it, but I need to
15:05
um not because of rust. It's just
15:07
because it's got stuck on stuff in
15:09
there, you know, like a regular oven.
15:12
So, I got to clean that. But yep, this
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is the uh top secret recipe that my wife
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is
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It's not top secret. I just don't I'm
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not releasing it until
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You can't figure it out.
15:26
No, probably a couple weeks.
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Mhm.
15:28
Yeah.
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So stay tuned for that.
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Now I got to put um the chicken on.
15:37
Okay. My babe has that chicken down. Oh
15:39
my gosh. Look at that marinade. That is
15:42
thick.
15:44
It's not thick. It's just um
15:46
dark.
15:49
Yeah.
15:50
Let you guys know.
15:52
Smells really good, though.
15:53
Oh, it does smell delicious.
15:56
This says it's ready to go in.
15:58
Yes. It said add food. My wife preheats
16:01
the oven.
16:03
Yeah. I mean, I did in my house, so I'm
16:06
going to do it on the boat, too.
16:13
that started first.
16:15
Mhm.
16:16
Because the cabbage is not going to take
16:18
as long.
16:18
Yeah.
16:20
She's also trying out a new recipe for
16:22
cabbage steaks.
16:24
Yeah.
16:25
Mhm.
16:26
It's top secret. Yep.
16:29
Top secret. But yeah, here we go. 375.
16:34
25 minutes. We can cook that on this
16:35
boat.
16:36
Uh no, that's it's got to be flipped.
16:39
Yeah, but we can cook that on the boat.
16:42
That's what I'm saying. We have the
16:44
power, baby.
16:45
Yeah. I mean, um, this will probably be
16:47
about 45 minutes or something like that.
16:51
No, we have the power.
16:52
Yeah.
16:53
Spent too much money not to have the
16:54
power.
16:58
Oh, I got to come off.
17:00
Look at that cabbage.
17:01
Ew. It's because of that.
17:03
What?
17:03
That
17:04
What is that?
17:05
It rotted on the side.
17:07
Oh, yuck.
17:09
Oh,
17:09
it's coming off.
17:11
Organic cabbage in the DR.
17:15
Yeah.
17:16
You have to cut that.
17:17
I got to cut that off.
17:18
Yeah, you have to cut that off. Oh,
17:19
yeah. That is That smells horrible.
17:26
Okay, my babe. Cut off that that smelly
17:29
part. That was a big piece. Oh,
17:33
I'll get that outside.
17:36
Garlic. What was I saying this was going
17:38
to be?
17:38
The cabbage is done. She put in the
17:40
fridge. Now she's pick out.
17:42
Oh, no. It's going to be um No, I'm not
17:44
saying.
17:45
No, you're not saying.
17:47
I just stuck them other ones in there.
17:50
I think,
17:52
but yeah. Uh my baby's made her mixture
17:58
and it's top secret.
18:00
It's not top secret.
18:01
Top secret. It's uh
18:05
Yeah,
18:06
I've done this marinade a lot of times
18:08
on different things and I'm trying it
18:10
out on cabbage.
18:12
It's going to be yummy
18:14
cuz you know you don't you don't keep um
18:19
experimenting then
18:21
you don't have any uh new recipes.
18:26
But yeah, this is coming to a website
18:29
near you. our website.
18:36
Okay guys, the food is done and Oh,
18:39
that's
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I got to make rice.
18:41
We got to make rice, but everything else
18:43
is done.
18:44
Cabbage and
18:46
yeah,
18:46
chicken.
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And we're going to make some rice and
18:49
we're done. So, that is dinner, guys.
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And uh that is it for tonight.
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Recies to come.
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[Music]
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