engine cooking

[trash diver]

Has anyone ever cooked food using the heat from a vehicle engine?

 

[40 Hands]

When on long roadies i toss hot dogs on the heat vents and crank em. Doesnt take very long

 

[DisgustinDustin]

We have heated chicken and soup and the engine.. Put the chicken in one of those foil pans with a paper lid and heat that shit.. As far as full on cooking, no.

 

[trash diver]

Thanks guys.

 

[TreyEZ]

Cooking on an engine really depends on how long you will be driving.
To cook chicken, you must drive 2 or 3 hours at least......

 

[Nile]

Let's add a little humor to the thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niegc7QcilM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lplt4Czezg

For those of you who don't know Red Green, he's a comedian and "Canadian Redneck".

 

[Earth]

I've heard of all kinds of crazy ways to cook, one dude even used electricity (to cook potatos) hooked up to two forks.
There was definately something wrong with him.....
Never tried using an engine though when I shorted out me electric stove by staring at it (I was really REALLY mad about something I saw earlier) I replaced it with one of those Coleman (??) propane stoves - the two burner job - and been using it for almost two solid years now.

Gotta say, the exhaust manifolds on any old school V-8 should do the trick, but then again - the catalytic converters get super hot too - but that would be too much like work - figuring out how to make a makeshift oven under a car equipped with one of those.............

Something to think about though !!

 

[Sen]

One cool recipe for this (and any means of cooking, really) is cut the chicken, beef, whatever into small pieces, toss in some veggies (carrots,celery,onions,potatoes are favorites), along with a few slices of butter and whatever seasonings you like. Wrap it up well in aluminum foil, and toss it on the engine/fire. I recommend 2-3 sheets of foil if you can manage it, so the fluids don't leak out.

 

[jeffyDee]

red green is the shit is he still on t.v i havnt watched tv for the longest time

 

[fox eating an ear of corn]

There's a hilarious book called Manifold Destiny about cooking on the engine block. I read somewhere on the internet that this tends to only work well with older cars, fwiw.