Manifold Food

[pflaming]

Farmers used to put their lunches on the tractor manifold for a hot noon meal. Told my daughter I was going to do that when I drove the truck from CA to Indianapolis. She said she read where people did that with meat loaf, ribs, chuck roasts, turkeys.

Anyone on the forum tried this or have a source for this means of cooking while on the road?

[HanksB3B]

Some old veteran told me they used to do this with C Rations. The only problem was that if they were assigned a mission they had to forget about the food and get going instantly resulting in a food explosion in the engine compartment. I guess it could work for road kill as well. What could be better than showing up with a cooked possum at your inlaws.

Keep it going,

Hank

[HotRodTractor]

LOL.... I was at a motorsports event with a bunch of friends and teamates when I was in college in a town with a huge strawberry festival going on. I sent two of them out on the town to bring back strawberry cheesecake for the team - easy task right? Apparently they couldn't find the festival..... ended up buying frozen cheesecake at Krogers and heated it up on the top of the engine in a Honda (I think...) on the way back to the hotel to deliver it to the team. What a mess.... I wasn't sure if I was pissed because they could't find strawberry cheesecake in a town with a strawberry festival going on, or entertained by them cleaning the engine compartment of thier car with melted cheesecake all over the place.

I've often thought that some hotdogs wrapped in aluminum foil on an exhaust manifold of a tractor would make a good lunch, but never tried it.

[greg g]

Stay away from toasted limburger and sardine sandwiches...........

[wallytoo]

i've done manifold cooking before.

on my cj motor (258). i've cooked both enchiladas and burritos (wrapped in aluminum foil). i've also cooked hot dogs (wrapped). it works, you just need to give it plenty of time.

[Mike@DRH]

I use a "Hot dogger" on my snowmobile on almost everyride. Kinda nice to pull out a warm snack on a cold day along side the trail. It will even cook raw potatoes.

Don't know how to post a link. Do a search for "hot dogger" and you'll find it. Even comes with some mounting stuff.

Could probably adapt it to the old truck I bet.

Mike

[TodFitch]

I use a "Hot dogger" on my snowmobile on almost everyride. Kinda nice to pull out a warm snack on a cold day along side the trail. It will even cook raw potatoes.

Don't know how to post a link. Do a search for "hot dogger" and you'll find it. Even comes with some mounting stuff.

Could probably adapt it to the old truck I bet.

Mike

Like this?

http://www.mfgsupply.com/m/c/HOTDOG4.html