car-b-ecue (a bit of fun)

Hi,
I have not see this mentioned in the forums but if there is a better
place for this thread then feel free to move it.
I was working over the weekend on my exhaust. I am super chuffed, it
is all fixed and working perfectly. I needed to heat up the engine to cure
the gun gum and this got me thinking.....
I would like to know if anyone has cooked on / using their engine....

I have a 2.25 petrol SIII engine, do I need to adapt the recipes / mileage for this engine?? Are there gas mark equivalents?? Does anyone know the thermal output of the exhaust manifold?? Is there anywhere in particular I can cook? (I was thinking on the exhaust manifold or is that too hot?). Has anyone build a 'hot plate' or other type of cooking adapter for the engine? A friend has a V8.... is that too powerful for a delicate dish such as steamed salmon and fennel? =)
I would love to find a copy of Manifold Destiny if anyone has one....


I googled it and found the following links;

How to Cook Food on Your Car's Engine: 9 steps - wikiHow

http://www.carbecue.net/

not a cooking site.... but a fun idea for any spare landies lying around...


Carbecue cooking instructions - DIY Life

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2719586/Meals-on-wheels.html

About Cars; Slow Down, Roast's Ready - The New York Times

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/dp/0375751408]Amazon.com: Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!: Chris Maynard, Bill Scheller: Books[/ame]

Bonne appetit
K.
=)

Anything i coooked would taste of ATF or mud!

I first have to let the gun gum cure, but I will start off and try some hot dog sausages tomorrow. If I could get a full breakfast cooked on my commute to work that would be brilliant!!!!
What temperature is the running temperature of the 2.25 petrol engine? Is it enough to heat water for a cup of tea??
I was going to say what is wrong with the taste of mud!!!
As for the smells, I can only assume that if you wrap it in enough aluminum it should be ok??!! I was also thinking of placing a griddle plate on the manifold to make a proper cooking surface! I will have to see space wise. When I was working on the exhaust, I also thought of using the hot water to the heater to cook some food.....
K.

seen fish done on a v6 manifold wrapped in loads of tin foils with lemon n herbs.Put it straight on the manifold.Wont stick if wrapped in tin foil.

stopped att some services once, saw a bloke witha moggie minor with his head under the bonnet, stopped for a chat, see if i could help, he was warming a couple of bagels on the manifold. nothing else, jus pottering!

I have found a few more links.
I am also in the process of adapting some old scouts mess tin to fit over
the exhaust manifold. I will post pics and recipes when I get round to it.
Speaking of scouts, I remember some nice desserts, split a bananna
lengthwise and put chocolate in the split, wrap in tin foil and heat, another
is to cut the top off an orange, put 1 - 3 lumps of sugar and put the orange
back together, wrap in foil and heat.... yummy.

Cooking great meals with your car engine. The heat is on. | Wise Bread

VGG | Cooking on the Engine Block

A little road skill can feed the driver

Engine block cooking? - YotaTech Forums

Roasting on your Engine Block - theBubbler

Frugal tip: Cook on your engine block - Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

Can You Cook on A Car Engine? Manifold Destiny, a Recipe Book and Guide to Cooking on Car Engines

How To Cook Food on Your Car Engine | How To Do Things.com

Cooking... with your car

Step-by-step car engine cooking - Slashfood

Can You Cook on A Car Engine? Manifold Destiny, a Recipe Book and Guide to Cooking on Car Engines

On a side note my boss who owns a catherham
said it might also be an idea to pump some steam into the carb to help the engine run better. I replied that this would take heat away from my under-bonnet cooker...!
I seem to recall some sort of kit by the British army for this sort of thing, it might have been an eblag add. Anyone got any info on this?
I am going to order manifold destiny off amazon and hope for a delivery...
all fun and games....

ok, this morning I had some heated up sausages with HP brown sauce and toast. Delicious. I even made one for the boss.
I drive about 10 km and only just get up to running temp (just off the white section on the temp gauge).
To be honest it could have done with another 5 - 8 km... or maybe if I got stuck in traffic....
If I was to cook from raw it would need much more time. I am also surprised at the lack of heat transfer from the exhaust manifold to the sausages. I put 2 cooked but cold sausages on the exhaust manifold and jammed the triple alu. wrapped package between the carb and some of its pipes and the manifold. The sausage closest to the manifold was noticeably warmer. There was no hint of engine tastes of the like.
I am definitively doing this again. I now have to find a copy of manifold destiny and work out some land rover 2.25 petrol recipes. Does anyone know the running temp of the engine?
I will post my discoveries.
K.

i regularly do a pie or pasty n the way to work on mine , warms em up a treat but then i eat too many which is why i am a fat bustard

Pies, now there is a tasty idea.....
I now need to find some good pies on the continent
or make my own.
K.

er let me get this right , yer cook a pie on the way to work ! worra fookin good idea, yer kno what am doing tomorrow !

hugh fearnly waasssisname did it in one of his programs, i think it included the times and miles travelled too. AND it was on a landy(series i think) go google him/it

i would imagine that any cool/cold airflow through engine bay will lower the temp of the food, it would be frugal to make some kind of box with a lid to keep the heat in and maybe insulate the leading edge or all the sides with a double skin filled with insulation!

i tuck pies n pasties wraped in tin foil in mi engine bay and there good to eat after 3 hours o drivin

defenderdavie said:

i tuck pies n pasties wraped in tin foil in mi engine bay and there good to eat after 3 hours o drivin

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Ive done this trick many a time in diggers and tractors, The missus used to wonder what happened to the tin foil, then one day she said whats going on, told her, she was well surprised at cooking whilst driving, used to secure them to the manifold with the old metal twisty ties for potatoe sacks!

J.P.S said:

Ive done this trick many a time in diggers and tractors, The missus used to wonder what happened to the tin foil, then one day she said whats going on, told her, she was well surprised at cooking whilst driving, used to secure them to the manifold with the old metal twisty ties for potatoe sacks!

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me and a mate do exactly the same on a Newholland when fencing, warms pies up lovely, stick them on with a spud wire!!


as for the temp a a series engine, someone once told me that they run at 85 C, i dont know if this is correct though

rory