Or....I could just leave auto-throttle off.

After the fridge died, we had a good sense of what it costs to re-stock it, and we also know how much fuel the generator uses when running "full power" - based on that, it's worth running the generator for 4 days in a row before fuel costs exceed food replacement costs. I'm OK with that.

Best of all, if we have a long-term blackout in winter, we just move the food into our attached, unheated garage and don't even plug in the fridge!