Something's cookin under the hood.. and it sure smells good! (3 Viewers)

[acf]

LMAO!!!!

"I saw you pulled over with your hood open son, what seems to be the problem?"

"Oh nothing sir, just flipping my roast... got any garlic salt?"

bwahahaha!

 

[nakman]

The meat thermo is great just like it's wired, no need to go wireless. Plug the probe into the plug that's tied to another bundle of wires on the fire wall, then plug in the thermo inside. You late comers need to read the whole thread.. .

 

[OZCAL]

In this vein, anything that could be done with hot dogs and the exhaust pipe?

I think the guys in San Francisco are doing something like that...

 

[Cookiemonster]

I think the guys in San Francisco are doing something like that...

Yes it's the ol' banana in the tail pipe trick.

 

[Vitesse_6]

Yes it's the ol' banana in the tail pipe trick.

I Loved Beverly hills cop....back in the day!

 

[NorCalDoug]

The meat thermo is great just like it's wired, no need to go wireless. Plug the probe into the plug that's tied to another bundle of wires on the fire wall, then plug in the thermo inside. You late comers need to read the whole thread.. .

Yeah, I read the whole thread. Been reading it from when the thread was started.

I have both wireless and hard-wired thermometers at home. Personally, I'd prefer the wireless and not have to punch through the firewall just to add a thermometer...but that's just me.

Not going wireless, I'd just run the probe wire out from the engine compartment and have the thermometer magnetically stuck to the hood in view while I drive -- kind of like the RPM guages on the old pontiac muscle cars.

 

[Darwood]

Not going wireless, I'd just run the probe wire out from the engine compartment and have the thermometer magnetically stuck to the hood in view while I drive -- kind of like the RPM guages on the old pontiac muscle cars.

So when people ask you if that's your tachometer you just say "No that's the thermometer for my Car-B-Que!"

 

[Shahram]

Healthy Food On the Road

Here's a guy who cooked a stew between Port Augusta and Coober Pedy in his Land Cruiser. He has some kind of lockbox/manifold oven rigged up.

 

[bh4rnnr]

I realy dont have to much room in the 4runner Like you 80 guy's do. If Imounted it on the passanger side it would have to ben under the intake chamber(and that would get in the way of the oil filter/ fuel pump ect... And I looked at the drive side but again the distributer got in the way(gues I could have gotten a smaller one but then I couldnt cook as much food . So this ended up being the best place. Later I want to make a bracket to hold the cooker on to the manifold(insted of the big washers i'm using now). We will see how it works tomarow..

 

[wesintl]

I can really say I do like warm food coming off the trail. Esp out here in colorado on a chilly day or evening. And who ever gets off the trail in time to get back to camp and have dinner at 5 or 6. Seems as though everytime I'm wheeling it's like 9-10 or later and a warm meal Really hit's the spot. I like the pressure cooker idea. I tried to find a rack that will work Tim/Perry but I couldn't find a small enough rack. I'll have to go custom or since these BJ's are more third world kida rigs i'll just slap the food right on the engine Looking forward to tomorrows cook off.

 

[treerootCO]

I went to Home Depot/Lowes yesterday

 

[bh4rnnr]

Update: other than some grease comming of the cooker and onto the exhaust(that did seem to make it smell good though). It worked well. I found a steak at the store that was cut up into little bite size peices. Threw it on the cooker befor I left for the trail today. We stoped for lunch around 12:30 and the meet was cooked perfect. Think i'm gonna try and find something that could catch the grease as it cooks so it doesnt get every where.....

 

[motherhucker]

oh man my 93 has a bunch of smog looking stuff right where your grill is.
There is a bit of room behind and under the air passover so it will take some work to build an effective oven. I was thinking a sealed hinged box grated on the bottom to let heat in with a choke cable driven baffle on the top to controll temperature from the cab. if i put a therm readout in the cab i would finally have a use for my factory cook timer that is part of my clock!

 

[Cruiser Jimmy]

Okay, next it's gonna be the guys from Minn and WI that put an ice cream churn on a PTO gear to make ice cream!!

 

[lt403]

throw one on there for me

 

[rockclmbr]

I will admit the 80 is a better cook top than the 100!

I've been doing burritos and dogs on the 80 and have the perfect spot to wedge them in between the engine lift hook and the valve cover. It gets pretty hot right there in the right amount of time.

After cooking dogs on the 100 in Death Valley, the dogs were mighty tasty, but just not piping hot like I expected. The only place I could secure them was on top of the intake manifold wedged under the throttle cable. The problem is the cold air from outside is flowing through creating a little cooler beneath the dogs!

 

[NorCalDoug]

I will admit the 80 is a better cook top than the 100!

I've been doing burritos and dogs on the 80 and have the perfect spot to wedge them in between the engine lift hook and the valve cover. It gets pretty hot right there in the right amount of time.

After cooking dogs on the 100 in Death Valley, the dogs were mighty tasty, but just not piping hot like I expected. The only place I could secure them was on top of the intake manifold wedged under the throttle cable. The problem is the cold air from outside is flowing through creating a little cooler beneath the dogs!

Hey! Where's Shotts? See...yet another reason the 80 is vastly superior to the 100

 

[rockclmbr]

Hey! Where's Shotts? See...yet another reason the 80 is vastly superior to the 100

Don't worry , he will use the my 100 overheating is a plus 'cuz the turkey cooks all the way through excuse ;p

 

[treerootCO]

hey Nakman, I'm thinking this thread needs a hotdogger update

 

[Rusty Phillips]

Im getting hungry


recipes for lemongrass shrimp, trout with lemon & sage, & green beans
http://www.winexmagazine.com/3point1/sg.htm

manifold roast
http://www.recipezaar.com/884

squirrel manifold stew
http://www.souprecipe.com/az/MnifldStw.asp

recipes for malibu barbi chicken, cutless cod supreme, pasta sausage & broccoli rabe, stuffed eggplant, engine stew, lead footed stuffed cabbage, to grandmothers house road turkey, & cruise control pork tenderloin
http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2005/05/21/features/food/39203343e3a715c086256ffc0067e08c.prt

and here's a recipe for cooking fish in your dishwasher that is very similar to the trout with lemon & sage recipe above (that would do as well in the engine)
http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?t=466770

honda with engine oven
http://www.davestravelcorner.com/blogs/davedtc/archives/2005/07/index.html

article http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/2907636452E61029AC23001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS

half baked threads
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Pizza_20deliverycooker

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Car_20Grill

heep discussion thread
http://www.myjeeprocks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1212

the hot dogger
http://www.mfgsupply.com/m/c/HOTDOG4.html