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Highway Cooking - How to cook on your car engine.

Wed, 2005-07-27 06:36 — UrbanChef

My friend Steve introduced me to this new energy saving and time saving method of cooking for picnics. Basically prepare your food in aluminum foil and cook them on the engine while driving! It wasn't a new concept but it was great to try when you go on a road trip. Basically here is the direction: We marinated 4 pieces of lb+ steak and wrapped each 2 in three large layers of aluminum foil. Make sure you wrap them tight so that heat transfers well. Drive for a while first. Open your hood and find a place to put the steak. The Idea location is the place that is hottest and the most stable. You can use more aluminum foil to secure the steak in place. Avoid moving parts as well as air intakes. Now close your hood. Drive for about 160 miles. And congratulations, you just made 4 median rare steaks for lunch. You can also cook stuff like shrimp, fish, etc. If you can and have imagined cooking on your engine so far, I have no doubt that are able to imagine plenty of other stuff to cook on your engine.

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Hey Fraggle! The slow cook

Sat, 2005-10-15 09:10 — SPaik (not verified)
Hey Fraggle! The slow cook time made it come out ok. The steak wasn't too tough to eat. But then again, I eat just about anything.... For marinade, I just smothered it in garlic and pepper, and threw some tabasco sauce onto it. I would probably like to try it with BBQ sauce as well, but you can do whatever you like. From what I've heard, fish is great for cooking on the engine. Just find a nice hot spot on your engine to cook it well.

dude! is that spaik i

Sat, 2005-10-15 09:09 — Sarah (not verified)
dude! is that spaik i see? i never knew. not sure my new honda would like having steaks cooked on it. still, this is hilarious. :)

Does the slow cook time make

Sat, 2005-10-15 09:08 — Matt (not verified)
Does the slow cook time make the steak tougher? And what kind of marinade did you use?

You can read more about this

Sat, 2005-10-15 09:06 — SPaik (not verified)
You can read more about this in "Manifold Destiny", a book describing how to cook on an engine. It's out of print, but you'll find a lot of instruction on-line. Fish and seafood is generally easier because it takes less time/heat to cook. The steaks we had were 1/2" thich, which took a bit of time. On my engine, the exhaust manifold is at an angle so the steaks would have fallen out. Thus, we ended up putting the steaks near the air intake and top of the engine. It didn't quite get as hot, but 160 miles and 2 hours later, it was decent. (the pic makes it look bloodier than it really was) One tip: make sure you wrap your food in 3 layers of aluminum foil. This is important. You cannot use too much foil. We used 3 layers, and the juice leaked through two of them, so it's really not overkill. Also, make sure you cook good food. If you're going to the trouble of preparing and wrapping it, might as well make a good meal out of it!

this does't put any weird

Sat, 2005-10-15 09:18 — rhett (not verified)
this does't put any weird fumes in the food?

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