>>986564A day later I use a thermal cooker to cook them while hiking or doing something else. They soak and cook in it. My interaction with the beans takes all of 10-15 minutes not including time to eat them. You should look into thermal insulation cooking. There's even a "Thermos Vacuum Insulation Cooker" for an expensive amount. You can easily DIY one with a container and some insulation (foam peanuts, towels, fiberglass, straw, etc). Google up:
Thermal Cooker
Haybox Cooker
Insulation Cooker
I suggest you make one for home testing from a pot with lid and about 5 bath towels. It is EXTREMELY simple to make. Just fold 2 towels up and set them on a table. Get some rice or pasta. Bring the rice or pasta to a roiling boil and place the pot with lid onto the 2 towels. Place the remaining towels on top and around the sides so there's a thick layer of insulation. (Note that this will work better if you wrap the pot in aluminum foil first.) White rice will take about 40 minutes while pasta and egg noodles take about 8 mins. Cooking times will vary depending on a number of factors.
Keep in mind the store bought thermal cookers are not as good as the DIY ones for efficiency and speed. They are however, much smaller and lighter than what most people make. I mean you could make one using Aerogel blankets and it would be small and amazing, but very very expensive.
FYI, any vacuum insulated carafe will work as an insulation cooker. The glass lined ones are better than the metal lined ones, as the glass ones transfers less heat out of the container at the neck. Meaning you can make rice in your Thermos/Stanly bottle. I use my vacuum insulated, glass-lined, Diamond brand carafe for that when hiking/camping. It takes practice to get a good system going, but it is well worth it. Be very careful you don't overfill these or expanding beans/rice could break them with disastrous results! I've never had that happen for the ten years I've been doing it.
