I've always heard of cooking with Engine heat and have seen it done on a small block Chevy. But I haven't found a good place to try it on my 22r. Mind you I've never really thought about looking or experimenting when I had some time. It's just been a hurry up glance in the dark when packing to head to the trail. lol

Any thoughts, suggestions, experiences with using a 22r to cook?

 

we used to cook meat n potatoes, chilli and stew on our snowmobiles up in the mountains it works pretty well. it takes 3 times as long as an oven but at least the time flies while you are having fun haha

 

Check it out on MotorWeek, my cousin was the host for a while he did a special on it, name's Henry Kopacz.

 

Remembering from my old 87 22r there really are'nt any handy "hot spots" like you get with a small block v8.
Your best bet would probably be to use one of those small wire mesh baskets they sell for cooking veggies and other loose things on an ordinary grill and attach it to the exhaust manifold with some screw band clamps.
It would need to be a shallow one to ensure clearance against the wheel well... and you'd have to watch your cooking times right against the manifold is going to be the hottest spot in the bay... on a warm engine you ought to be able to roast a spud in about 30mins a steak might take 15 or less... and you'ld have to stop once to flip everything to the other side for even heating...

 

Ya, my buddy wanted to warm a couple burritos on the way to the Rubicon a couple years ago, but there really isn't a good place to do that on a 22r. The 22re has a much better chance, but still limited space and clearance on the Intake.

 

huh, may have to try this with a couple hot dogs and buns on my way to work thursday...

 

The I-6 on my old Jeep would cook two potatoes wrapped in foil at operating temperature in roughly 35 minutes if you set them on top of the intake manifold.

On the 22re I bet you could heat up stuff wrapped in foil if you nested it on the valve cover inbetween all those vaccum hoses....

 

i used to warm up my lunch that way durring the winter when i was doing tract work. either stick it on the motor of your truck or mud mixer.. i have also cooked some hot dogs when stranded on the trail with a busted t-case..

 

just an idea but what about a wire basket that could hang from the hood right over the exhaust manifold/header ?? You could cook baked taters or hot dogs or simple stuff like that I bet or even warm up burritos or something like pizza slices wrapped in foil . what do you think .probably fish too

 

only soup for me

 

A lil bit of an old thread, but on the I-6 in my jeep I regularly cook hotdogs and sausages on it. I do it when Im trail riding, Just wrap the dogs up real good in some foil throw em ontop of the intake manifold and drive around for a couple hours. I havent tried it yet on my 22r though.

 

Here's me; always late to the party.

I was in Jimmy Carter's Army, and we still had C-rats left over from Viet Nam, complete with cigarettes. We used to dent in the side of the can of the main course, place them anywhere on the 4 cylinder engine of the old Willy's and after an hour or two of driving, the dent would pop out from the cooking pressure letting us know lunch was ready.

The trick is the dent. Otherwise, the can wants to assplode. Now-a-days I just use an Esbit pocket stove, but still dent the can.

 

Couple of butte pasties wrapped in foil, wedged between the air cleaner and valve cover on an hour's drive to work. Always seemed to get the job done.
A friend of mine worked construction for a few summers, and all the local laborers would warm up tortillas for lunch on their trucks.