Engine block cooking?

tc · 04-24-2008, 07:20 AM

Anyone ever mapped their engine to see what temperatures are where for cooking on the trail (literally)?

I used to wheel with a guy in OH that had done it on his Jeep. Was kinda funny getting on the CB and asking if anyone was ready for lunch and he came back with "no, I got another hour on my HotPocket"

2000t4rAKS · 04-24-2008, 08:51 AM

Ha Ha, that's hilarious. I am wondering if you can use the residual heat from the engine block to either warm up food or actually cook with it. It would be pretty cool if you could.

904_runner · 04-24-2008, 09:30 AM

Funny this started because some guy i know just told me the other day that some Mexicans that he worked with would make burritos and wrap them up and set them on the block, i bet it was more toward heating it up.

CJM · 04-24-2008, 09:41 AM

If you can put the food close to the exhaust manifolds it will cook, anywhere else really just warms it up.

eric-the-red · 04-24-2008, 10:19 AM

Someone even wrote a recipe book for manifold cooking

http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-gre...the-heat-is-on

2000t4rAKS · 04-24-2008, 12:08 PM

WOW!!! Great find, so it can be done. Now let's see if there's space in my 3rd gen for a roast.

eric-the-red · 04-24-2008, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2000t4rAKS

WOW!!! Great find, so it can be done. Now let's see if there's space in my 3rd gen for a roast.

Good luck, there's barely enough room around the engine of my 01 for a couple of hotdogs.

tc · 04-24-2008, 03:57 PM

Shaddup - unless you have a 3.0, you don't know what a "tight" engine bay IS!

904_runner · 04-24-2008, 03:58 PM

^^ Completely agree

olharleyman · 04-24-2008, 09:15 PM

I have cooked LOBSTER on the manifold of my PETERBUILT before but it does take few hours/hunder miles just wrap it up in foil real good

stormin94 · 04-25-2008, 12:16 AM

......"If you've ever cooked food on an engine block, you might be a redneck"....

I bet if you bounced revlimiter for a few seconds, you could roast marshmallows.

**Lysmachia** · 04-25-2008, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eric-the-red

Someone even wrote a recipe book for manifold cooking

http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-gre...the-heat-is-on

I prefer the Infrared thermometer teqhnique to mapping out the cooking temperatures of my engine...

From the website: "Get your car up to operating speed, or better yet take it for a drive around the block for five minutes, and then bring it back to the garage and lift the hood. Now, finger at the ready, you start quickly touching various parts of the engine (nothing plastic...that will never get hot enough to cook anything). And by quickly touching, it's the kind of swift stab that means your finger feels the heat but you don't give yourself a third degree burn. (If you're feeling really wussy, try an infrared thermometer). Usually, the hottest part of the engine will be the exhaust manifold. On older cars, the top of the engine block will be a good, sizzling place.

You're not just looking for the hottest parts of the engine. Like any kind of cooking, different foods require different temperatures. A very hot part of the engine will be great for thick meat, a cooler part good for veggies or fish. Or, if you're traveling many hundreds of miles, you may want to use the cooler part to slow-cook your meat. Mmmm. As always, this is trial and error. "

stormin94 · 04-25-2008, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysmachia

I prefer the Infrared thermometer teqhnique to mapping out the cooking temperatures of my engine...

From the website: "Get your car up to operating speed, or better yet take it for a drive around the block for five minutes, and then bring it back to the garage and lift the hood. Now, finger at the ready, you start quickly touching various parts of the engine (nothing plastic...that will never get hot enough to cook anything). And by quickly touching, it's the kind of swift stab that means your finger feels the heat but you don't give yourself a third degree burn. (If you're feeling really wussy, try an infrared thermometer). Usually, the hottest part of the engine will be the exhaust manifold. On older cars, the top of the engine block will be a good, sizzling place.

You're not just looking for the hottest parts of the engine. Like any kind of cooking, different foods require different temperatures. A very hot part of the engine will be great for thick meat, a cooler part good for veggies or fish. Or, if you're traveling many hundreds of miles, you may want to use the cooler part to slow-cook your meat. Mmmm. As always, this is trial and error. "

: is this for real??? Can you imagine that..... driving for an hour or two, and you smell something burning, you get out, pop the hood, and say "Crap, my steak is burnt"

2000t4rAKS · 04-25-2008, 07:27 AM

[quote=stormin94;50814453]......"If you've ever cooked food on an engine block, you might be a redneck"....QUOTE]

Ha Ha Ha

zlathim · 04-25-2008, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysmachia

I prefer the Infrared thermometer teqhnique to mapping out the cooking temperatures of my engine...

From the website: "Get your car up to operating speed, or better yet take it for a drive around the block for five minutes, and then bring it back to the garage and lift the hood. Now, finger at the ready, you start quickly touching various parts of the engine (nothing plastic...that will never get hot enough to cook anything). And by quickly touching, it's the kind of swift stab that means your finger feels the heat but you don't give yourself a third degree burn. (If you're feeling really wussy, try an infrared thermometer). Usually, the hottest part of the engine will be the exhaust manifold. On older cars, the top of the engine block will be a good, sizzling place.

You're not just looking for the hottest parts of the engine. Like any kind of cooking, different foods require different temperatures. A very hot part of the engine will be great for thick meat, a cooler part good for veggies or fish. Or, if you're traveling many hundreds of miles, you may want to use the cooler part to slow-cook your meat. Mmmm. As always, this is trial and error. "

Even a quick poke at a bare exhaust manifold is probably gonna burn bad enough to ruin your day.

**aviator** · 04-25-2008, 08:59 AM

That tuna can breakfast recipe sounds delecious... Think I'll try it next week...

Real rednecks cook over tarpot burners...
I was on a job once and the roofers had their tarpot trailer going and at lunch they got out a package of weinies and started cooking them and toasting buns over the burner exhaust... now that's real redneck cooking...

04-24-2008, 07:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
tc Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 6,818	Engine block cooking? Anyone ever mapped their engine to see what temperatures are where for cooking on the trail (literally)? I used to wheel with a guy in OH that had done it on his Jeep. Was kinda funny getting on the CB and asking if anyone was ready for lunch and he came back with "no, I got another hour on my HotPocket" __________________ Check out www.coTTORA.org to hook up with great Toyota 'wheelin' folks! Current - 93 4Runner: 3VZ 33"x10.50" no lift ARB F/R 96 Impala SS: My own personal cop car Previous - 89 2WD Pickup 22R, Fabtech "Ivan Dan" lift, 31x10.50, IASCA World Finals 4th Place Stop with the mods and get on the trail! Pix at www.4wheelingoh.shutterfly.com/action

04-24-2008, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
2000t4rAKS Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 259	Ha Ha, that's hilarious. I am wondering if you can use the residual heat from the engine block to either warm up food or actually cook with it. It would be pretty cool if you could. __________________ 2000 4Runner Limited 4x4 Kenwood DNX7100 HU Alpine SPR-17S Component Speakers

04-24-2008, 09:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
CJM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Central NJ Posts: 4,580	If you can put the food close to the exhaust manifolds it will cook, anywhere else really just warms it up. __________________ 96' T100 SR5 4x4, ISR mod, Custom ABS snorkel, KC 57's Hella optilux el cheapo backup lights. Cobra 19III CB, Firestick 4ft antenna, Bilstein shocks. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

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2000t4rAKS Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 259	WOW!!! Great find, so it can be done. Now let's see if there's space in my 3rd gen for a roast. __________________ 2000 4Runner Limited 4x4 Kenwood DNX7100 HU Alpine SPR-17S Component Speakers

04-24-2008, 03:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
tc Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 6,818	Shaddup - unless you have a 3.0, you don't know what a "tight" engine bay IS! __________________ Check out www.coTTORA.org to hook up with great Toyota 'wheelin' folks! Current - 93 4Runner: 3VZ 33"x10.50" no lift ARB F/R 96 Impala SS: My own personal cop car Previous - 89 2WD Pickup 22R, Fabtech "Ivan Dan" lift, 31x10.50, IASCA World Finals 4th Place Stop with the mods and get on the trail! Pix at www.4wheelingoh.shutterfly.com/action

04-24-2008, 10:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
eric-the-red Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Port Coquitlam, BC Posts: 2,217	Someone even wrote a recipe book for manifold cooking http://www.wisebread.com/cooking-gre...the-heat-is-on

04-24-2008, 09:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
olharleyman Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 1,807	I have cooked LOBSTER on the manifold of my PETERBUILT before but it does take few hours/hunder miles just wrap it up in foil real good __________________ 1990 4 runner 5 Speed Pro Comp Stage II 4" Lift 6" coils rear Aussie Locker front 5.29's Front And Rear 35 x 12.5 x 15 MT's Micky Thompson Classic II Wheels Super Charged 3.4 on the way 1993 SAS 4runner 22re 5 speed 4" front 5"rear 5.29's 35 x 12.5 BFG KM'S Dick cepek DC 1's 1955 Harley Davidson Springer Stock 1955 Hardtail Frame 4 Speed Kick Start Only Streached 5.5 gal. tanks 16" Ape Hangers 3" open primary 1998 Harley Custom Dresser 107 rwhp 139 ft.lbs.trq.

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stormin94 Contributing Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lake County, CA/Sacramento Posts: 3,276	......"If you've ever cooked food on an engine block, you might be a redneck".... I bet if you bounced revlimiter for a few seconds, you could roast marshmallows. __________________ 1994 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4X4 208,000 miles and counting 3.0 V6, 5 speed 14/19 MPG city/hwy(before 33's) Current Mods Headers, 2.5" Flowmaster custom exhaust, K&N FIPK KC Daylighter 100 Watt lights Ranchos x4, 2" Lift Downey coils 33-12.50 M/T's, 1" t-bar lift, 1" body lift Tow pkg w/ lighthookups Silverstar Headlights, Pioneer Deck w/XM Brushguard 250Watt JLAudio 8" W3 Sub Future Mods 12V Aux outlet-400/800peak inverter roof basket/lights Air locker 4.88 gears H.O. Alternator

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