Anyone ever try underhood cooking?

[fdcg27]

I have read here and there of folks who wrap a combination of meat or poultry and vegetables tightly in foil, and then place this package on part of a car's engine prior to a long drive, allowing the meal to cook in the heat it is exposed to.
Has anyone actually tried this?
Could this be a viable alternative to typical roadside generic fast food?

 

[L_Sludger]

I'd have reservations about chemical exposure.

 

[Burt]

Originally Posted By: fdcg27
I have read here and there of folks who wrap a combination of meat or poultry and vegetables tightly in foil, and then place this package on part of a car's engine prior to a long drive, allowing the meal to cook in the heat it is exposed to.
Has anyone actually tried this?
Could this be a viable alternative to typical roadside generic fast food?


People joke about this, but I hope no one is foolish to try. You risk a grease fire from drippings. Plus a lot of nasty stuff in the air in the engine compartment.

 

[Drew99GT]

Oh come one, who doesn't like carbon monoxide chicken and veggies. A hint of nitrogen oxides adds a nice smokey flavor! Oil leaks can work as a fat, similar to butter.

 

[Drew99GT]

http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-great-meals-with-your-car-engine-the-heat-is-on

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cooking...-with-your-car/

Seriously, it works.

 

[Bluestream]

I have seen a hot-dog cooker that clamps to a snowmobile exhaust pipe, but never an automotive unit. Might be an idea for a factory option; do a roast on the trip to Granma's house...

 

[Errtt]

Not actual cooking, but back in the Army days I used to heat can meals from rations at times just to get something warm in the gut sometimes. Also water for the powered instant coffee. Didn't always have warm meals & coffee handed over to us. Had to do it with no open flame at night. Usually when on a night move while the tanks are rolling. Otherwise if not on the move, no warm engines means no warm chow or coffee. There was no pizza delivery available.

During hot season, always hoped for the fruit cocktail just to get extra liquids - water wasn't always just available, so had to ration and manage water use. The John Wayne bars were always a want no mater what the season.

 

[tinmanSC]

As I'm reading this there are five responses already and not a single one has commented on what oil would be best for this Dino vs syn, an oil filter that would hold up a potato, or a coolant hose perfectly shaped to cook a steak. What has BITOG become?

 

[RWDIII]

The last time I cooked under the hood was 1966
C ration cans and a army jeep

 

[Chris142]

I used to do this when I drove trucks! The only place that had food near one of my pickups was a little truckstop store that made sandwiches. I really like meatball sandwiches and this place had them but...........

They microwaved them instead of using an oven. This made the bread soggy.

Bummer because the sauce was home made. Would be a great sandwich minus the microwave.

I started asking them to not microwave the meatball sandwich but to wrap it in foil. I had to try a few different layers of foil to get this correct.

I ended up with 4 layers of foil.

I would throw the foil wrapped sandwich on top of the exhaust manifold between the valve cover and turbo on the 470hp Detroit Series 60 I was driving.

I then drove 45 minutes to my next drop off.

When I got there the sandwich would be too hot to eat immediatly, bread would be perfectly grilled with no soggyness.

Best meatball sandwiches ever!

 

[Loobed]

I worked for a tree trimming place. There was a mexican guy who would put his burrito wrapped in aluminum foil on the manifold of his work truck. He did around 10am @ break time. By noon, the burrito was hot.

 

[Bluestream]

Under hood cooking bring back fond memories of the Road-Kill Cafe...
Submitted for your approval:



Guess that Mess, Guess what it is, you eat for Free....

Bag-N-Gag,
Our daily take out
Lunch Specials hit on the road
stufed in a bun...
Late Night Delight
Smear of Dear,
Awesome Possom,
Succulent Snake.


Canine Cusine

You'll eat like a hog, when you taste our dog...
Slab of Lab
Pitbull Pot Pie
Cocker Cuts
Poodle-N-Noodle
Shar-Pei Filet
Dog on a Stick
Collie Cold Cuts
Ground Round of Hound

Entree's

Eating food is more fun, when you know it was hit on the run....
Center Line Bovine:
Taste real good, straight from the hood.
Shishka-Bobcats:
Delectable treat-resembling meat
Flat Cat
served as a single or in a stack.



A taste of the Wildside

A taste of the Wildside
(still in the hide)
Chunk of Skunk
Hard Luck Duck
Rad Toad Alamode
Cat Puffs
Whippoewill of the Grill
Vulture-N-Veggies Rigor Mortis Tortoise

 

[HTSS_TR]

Probably something simple like grilled ham and cheese sandwich would be a good under-hood cooking if we go to Vegas this summer. Usually we stop at Barstow about 120 miles from home after 2 hours drive for restroom, may be we time it such that we will have lunch with the under-hood cooking, or have a McDonald's burger ?

 

[Shannow]

When I was going to Uni, last lecture finished at 10:00PM Friday, and if I wanted to visit my parents for any sort of weekend, I'd have a 4 hour drive to 2AM.

Would buy frozen burritos, thaw them during the day, and engine cook them on the way home.

This was my basic engine/carby setup (not mine, but same basic components)

Meant that there were a couple of temperature ranges, covering inlet and exhaust depending on when you wanted a snack.

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: Loobed
I worked for a tree trimming place. There was a mexican guy who would put his burrito wrapped in aluminum foil on the manifold of his work truck. He did around 10am @ break time. By noon, the burrito was hot.


The ones I've seen keep a small microwave in their trunk and bring it out to nuke their food during lunch.

 

[Falcon_LS]

Over here, I just have to leave the food outside. Put out a frozen chicken last week to defrost, and ended up with a partially cooked chicken after 2 hours!

 

[rslifkin]

I've been tempted to try it, but have yet to. If anyone has some suggestions for good things to cook, I'd appreciate them. My only challenge is that it's tough to get food close to the exhaust manifolds on the Jeep and keep it there, without the heat getting blocked by the heat shields.