Anyone cook on the engine?

[okmunky]

Years ago I read an article about "travel cooking" where you place a foil wrapped meal on the engine to cook while you drive. Anyone ever try it?

[Sammie]

Back in the early 50's my Dad would sometimes use some bailing wire to connect a can of beans to the exahust manifold. After driving a few miles we would then have a nice warm lunch. The only problem with this was if you drove to far the can of beans would explode leaving our lunch all over the engine.

Sammie

[KIX]

We "cook" quite frequently on the jeep engine while trail riding. An easy thing is frozen is pockets. We put them on about 9AM and they're ready about noon.

[okmunky]

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Originally Posted by KIX We "cook" quite frequently on the jeep engine while trail riding. An easy thing is frozen is pockets. We put them on about 9AM and they're ready about noon.

What part of the motor and do you do anything to secure them?

[KIX]

I place foil wrapped food on the intake manifold on our inline 6 cyl motor. Just keep it out of the way of throttle cables, etc. I can wedge it under a wire harness so it won't move unless I roll the Jeep.......then I doubt I would care much for lunch

[Mekanic]

I made a sheet metal box on my Jeep. used almost every day on my vacation trips out west to CO and Moab. it sits on two of the threadded part of the head bolts on the first and third bolts. (the even numer bolts hold the injectors wiring harness).
It works great , as it is directly in the path of the air leaving the radiator. nothing like having a hot meal at a rest area.
I'll have to build a larger on for my diesel truck for this year.

[Wanabee FTer]

I have a pretty bad oil leak and it pools up on the intake manifold. I usually cut up a few potatoes and let them cook in the 30 weight all day.
Best Libyan fried potatoes I've ever had!

[KIX]

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Originally Posted by Wanabee FTer I have a pretty bad oil leak and it pools up on the intake manifold. I usually cut up a few potatoes and let them cook in the 30 weight all day. Best Libyan fried potatoes I've ever had!

That sounds really good. What brand of oil are you using?

[wa8yxm]

Quaker State of course Joking

There is actually a cook book dedicated to manifold cooking ... Alas, I do not recall it's name, do not have it and have never tried it.

[Mekanic]

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Originally Posted by wa8yxm ..... There is actually a cook book dedicated to manifold cooking ... Alas, I do not recall it's name, do not have it and have never tried it.

Yes it is called "manifold destiney" I may have not spelled that correctly.
It is actually a misnomer the exh amnifold is WAY too hot to cook on.
And its not just a cookbook but but a how to book with a lot of resipes.
I have the book here at the house,...somewhere.
in the book they go over all the basics like the realitys of engine cooking like you are not going to boil or fry anything. there just isn't enough heat and in the one place there is its WAY too hot.

[Campingman]

Foil wrapped tacos between the cylinders on the Harley were always good. I ran heavy equipment and always had lunch hot. Dump trucks were good to cook on . Heck, I'm getting hungry. Guess I'll go for a ride.

[akcampr]

Haven't cooked on the MH engine, but we have "hot dogger's" clamped to the exhaust of our snowmobiles. it is just a small metal box with a lid that clamps on. We use it to heat up a snack or lunch. ham and cheese sandwich, left over egg rolls or chicken wings etc. As soon as you can smell what's cooking, it is time to get it out before it burns.

[Pinz6x6]

I've tried cans of beans and hot dogs wrapped in foil, there was a water heater for camping a few years back that worked OK.
I'm not sure I'd try Beemer venison like this guy.

[Stillwater]

Back when I drove truck, had a hot lunch every day. That was the daily drill, check the oil, check the water, check over of belts, hoses and install the lunch on the engine, close the hood and good to go. Trick is to learn different temps on different areas of engine so you can move into the "gourmet" category of engine cookin'