Cooking on Manifold

[BRONZE]

While camping in Canada with a friend I heated a can of Hormel chili on the exhaust manifold of my truck. Opened on the can a little to let steam out. After a few minutes the chili was to hot.

[TheOtherChris]

Yeah, I've used the intake manifold to heat MREs just because.
It worked well.

[Arizona Highlander]

Recall a funny story about a locomotive engineer who attempted to warm up a can of “Spaghetti-O’s” on the locomotive’s exhaust manifold. Then, as they were motoring along down the line, he forgot all about it.

Well, the can finally got so hot that it burst, blasting Spaghetti-O’s all over the hot exhaust manifold and raising a hell of a stench. It was so powerful that the train crew couldn’t escape the odor, even when they were holed up in the cab of the locomotive.

Watch out for those Spaghetti-O’s, dude!

[Gunga Din]

I was motoring through a small town in northern Pennsylvania back in 1968, with 3 cans of C-rats on the intake manifold of my V-8 Oldsmobile. I made a too-sharp turn in light city traffic and all 3 cans rolled off the manifold, right out into Main Street. Had to stop and pick up dinner out of traffic real quick-like.

[mikec]

There is a unit made to cook while driving a motorcycle or snowmobile. It doesn't use the manifold, rather it is secured near the muffler.

I did see a show once, car show, about cooking on the manifold. They cooked either asteak or chicken.

[surge223]

Years ago, we would warm our newborn's "bottle" on the manifold (wrapped in a towel) while making a cross-country trip. Worked great.

[GOVT1911]

I have a 7.62 M240 ammo can bolted near manifold of my Jeep. throw in a couple foil wrapped frozen burritos or MRE entrees before hitting the trail, nice and hot when ya stop for chow.