1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family - Gizmodo Comments

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

minjae0810 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:52:27 EDT

delicious!

minjae0810

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

electrikecho — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:43:56 EDT

@DeadWriter: If you throw it into the desert scrap yard it's currently sitting in, it just might from being heated by the sun.

electrikecho

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

thebear91 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:05:21 EDT

These exist, there's even ones that fit on the exhaust of ATVs, snowmachines, etc. They are heat exchangers.

thebear91

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

DeadWriter — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:50:36 EDT

What do you mean it wont work with my GM EV1.

DeadWriter

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

Gary_7vn — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:48:04 EDT

@GadgetPlay: Wow, I remember reading those too, my grandfather had a stash of PM and PS in his attic going back to 1939! I read em all, and clearly remember reading about this, it was quite a fad for a while. Some guys had it down to a science, using different areas of the engine for different temps, and cooking times.

Gary_7vn

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

OneEyedJack — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:11:59 EDT

"Ron Popeil and George Foreman's Hybrid-Electric Car-B-Q Grill."

OneEyedJack

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

kevman90 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:39:28 EDT

i remember this post a long time ago on here...

kevman90

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

LarrySheldon — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:25:13 EDT

Definitely some MSM "journalism" here.

No the exhaust gasses did not d\touch the food.

And the idea of using engine heat to warm food is very old.

LarrySheldon

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

Half off all shafts! — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:08:12 EDT

Mommy, not only am I not learning, i'm forgetting stuff I used to know!

Half off all shafts!

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

rdldr1 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:06:30 EDT

In arctic places like in Alaska, some adventurers cook their food within their snowmobile/car's engine block when in use. Of course, they know better; they put their food in a sealed metal box.

rdldr1

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

DestroyerMTL — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:53:07 EDT

I can't remember if it was posted here but there is a guy in Iran who is trying to patent something like this. Looks like he missed the boat by about 80 years.

DestroyerMTL

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

DeadWriter — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:46:32 EDT

Wow, now you don't have to drive to the grocery store and then cook your meal.
With this device the entire road is a free grocery store.

DeadWriter

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

GadgetPlay — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:42:30 EDT

@providehope: That idea's (engine block cooking)been around even longer. I remember reading about it as a kid in the 60's (probably in Popular Mechanics). The recipes called for cooking for so many miles per pound of meat, etc. I think you just wrapped the food in foil and hit the highway.

GadgetPlay

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

scarbrtj — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:31:32 EDT

Making good food via this method is pretty exhausting.

scarbrtj

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

providehope — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:16:32 EDT

Reminds me of Manifold Destiny
[en.wikipedia.org]

providehope

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

DeadWriter — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:01:44 EDT

It's also perfect for stoners. No longer will their marathon smoke out sessions end with a run to the A and P, because in the world of tomorrow, they can use the waste heat from the smoke out to cook a healthy meal.

DeadWriter

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

WD40 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:00:05 EDT

Would you like some fries with your CO2 John?

WD40

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

DeadWriter — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:58:28 EDT

In the world of tomorrow, the woman of the house can be exhausted and still have all the energy and time to do what she wants.

DeadWriter

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

Technogen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:56:58 EDT

These are actually still fairly popular for long trips. Alton Brown had one made up for his motorcycle when they 1st did that road trip food show.

Technogen

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

islandhopper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:48:36 EDT

[en.wikipedia.org]

islandhopper

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

islandhopper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:47:41 EDT

Dude it IS a heat exchanger, read the body copy on the ad - "a steam pressure kettle which is heated by the hot exhaust gases" so unfortunately, no poison meals, lol

islandhopper

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:45:19 EDT

It's okay. People were too busy standing in soup lines to be able to go camping to their deaths.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

archercc — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:43:40 EDT

Yeah, not even ignorance to health th flavor would have killed it.

Ive seen similar things setup for cross country vehicles and bikes, using a heat exchanger to heat up a vessel.

archercc

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

DucatiGuy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:43:27 EDT

Nothing like a little fresh CO to really bring out the flavor of your cookin!

DucatiGuy

1930s Steam Cooker Uses Car Exhaust To Cook For, Poison Your Family

islandhopper — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:37:24 EDT

I'm pretty sure this works like a heat exchanger, where the pipe goes THROUGH the cooker, without emptying INTO it... at least I sure as hell hope so!

islandhopper