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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: superdown on October 25, 2013, 10:13:49 AM

Title: Underhood cooking?
Post by: superdown on October 25, 2013, 10:13:49 AM: Anyone still do this? My Dads step-dad and other old guy friends of the family use to put a pot roast or pork roast and some vegetables wrapped in a bunch of aluminium foil. Sometimes some stew like Dinty Moore with some good quality all beef hotdogs or hot links. They would put it the engine compartment when they left home and by they got to camp or were done road hunting :chuckle: it would be hot and ready.been thinking about building some kind of hot box for under the hood.
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: KFhunter on October 25, 2013, 10:19:01 AM: Dude

Just buy a 12v oven :chuckle:

They got pizza ovens, crock pots etc. All for around 30 bucks.

Or you can just buy a propane camp oven,.
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: vandeman17 on October 25, 2013, 10:19:53 AM: I have done it before to warm up breakfast sandwiches. I would wrap them in foil and get to my spot nice and early. As I was catching a cat nap with the engine running I would throw my sammy under the hood. It wouldn't get hot but warm enough for me. :tup:
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: KFhunter on October 25, 2013, 10:20:21 AM: http://www.roadtrucker.com/12-volt-cooking/12-volt-cooking.htm (http://www.roadtrucker.com/12-volt-cooking/12-volt-cooking.htm)
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: Skillet on October 25, 2013, 10:21:26 AM: Just had a flood of memories rush back about Grandpa cooking brats on the old Travelall manifold while we were cruising the NE corner roads for grouse...

That'll make a dedicated road hunter out of ya!
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: Skillet on October 25, 2013, 10:22:40 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on October 25, 2013, 10:20:21 AM
http://www.roadtrucker.com/12-volt-cooking/12-volt-cooking.htm (http://www.roadtrucker.com/12-volt-cooking/12-volt-cooking.htm)

Just isn't the same. Manifold cooking is the only way to get that elusive unburnt hydrocarbon flavor to your bratwurst :chuckle:
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: superdown on October 25, 2013, 10:24:06 AM: Way to suck the fun out it :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: besides i don't generally eat what i have to smell all day :(

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Just buy a 12v oven :chuckle:

They got pizza ovens, crock pots etc. All for around 30 bucks.

Or you can just buy a propane camp oven,.
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: KFhunter on October 25, 2013, 10:27:10 AM: I have a muff pot for my snowmobile, I bet that would work too.

http://www.amazon.com/Muffpot-12-1822-Snowmobile-Stainless-Exhaust/dp/B006VW9P8O/ref=pd_sim_k_5 (http://www.amazon.com/Muffpot-12-1822-Snowmobile-Stainless-Exhaust/dp/B006VW9P8O/ref=pd_sim_k_5)
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: superdown on October 25, 2013, 10:28:09 AM: I watched Alton brown use the that little 300 degree lunchbox on Feasting on asphalt and it wouldn't cook the meat loaf he put in it.:o
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: Buckmark on October 25, 2013, 10:29:25 AM: I have been known to heatup thawed out burrittos on the defroster vent.....
I have used the hotdog cookers on snowmobiles with great success, yu could maybe get an ammo can and make something like it for under the hood?
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on October 26, 2013, 09:17:32 AM: I know people that do this on their snowmobiles
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: jackelope on October 26, 2013, 09:53:10 AM: I know people that do it on their boat engine.
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: PolarBear on October 26, 2013, 09:59:38 AM: Growing up we had a 1972 Ford F-250 crew cab that had a tool box at the bottom of the dash on the passenger side. My Dad rerouted some duct from the heater to the box and put a cut a couple of cut out switches so we could heat up the box with or without heating the cab. On long trips Mom would make us sausage or bacon biscuits and heat them up in the hot box. Later on I used it to heat up sammiches while on hunting or fishing trips. That thing was awesome!
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: tonymoe on November 01, 2013, 03:21:22 PM: This is hilarious! I thought us Mexicans only did this! I've had many a premade chorizo burritos that were warmed up by driving. Dad would take out the air filter for a short while to heat them up!!!
:tup:
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: BsB on November 01, 2013, 03:39:04 PM: I've done this at work. Put whatever you want to heat up on the exhaust manifold of a loader or excavator. 30ish minutes later, presto, hot lunch.

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Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: Mtn.Ghost on November 01, 2013, 05:28:52 PM: People have done all these for years :tup: Try stuffing a potato in the muffler pipe :o fastest tater dish you ever seen :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: Ductsquatch on November 04, 2013, 06:32:20 AM: Quote from: Skillet on October 25, 2013, 10:22:40 AM

Just isn't the same. Manifold cooking is the only way to get that elusive unburnt hydrocarbon flavor to your bratwurst :chuckle:

:yeah:
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: netcoyote on November 04, 2013, 06:54:09 AM: Unless you have an older vintage rig, where on earth would you find the space to put a crock pot, let alone a sandwich? Ever look under the hood on late model vehicles? :yike:
I could probably cook an entire Thanksgiving dinner under my Scout hood. I can't even SEE the exhaust manifold on my late model Jeep.
Title: Re: Underhood cooking?
Post by: Fastass350 on November 07, 2013, 12:49:36 AM: I do it a lot mostly in winter on wheeling trips in my Ford. Hot pockets or burritos wrapped in foil. Sure is nice having something hot after shoveling out that 7000 pound snow anchor :chuckle: