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Old 10-11-2011, 01:20 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Old 10-11-2011, 10:40 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I run heavy equipment and it is a common practice, especially with canned soups and ravioli.
I heated ravioli on the exhaust manifold on one of these a couple of days a week to break up the sandwich boredom.
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Old 10-11-2011, 04:30 PM   #13 (permalink)
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^ Skyking, you should really add a fairing to those headlights, they're killing your aero

Have you tapped the heater core for your coffee yet ? 190deg is a perfect temp. Some copper line wrapped around a camping percolator........
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Old 10-11-2011, 11:03 PM   #14 (permalink)
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^ Skyking, you should really add a fairing to those headlights, they're killing your aero

Have you tapped the heater core for your coffee yet ? 190deg is a perfect temp. Some copper line wrapped around a camping percolator........
Hey, that would not be bad for a coffee warmer
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Old 01-24-2012, 04:57 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Google Muffpot,it's a cooking pot for bikers and snowmobilers that clamps on your exhaust pipe.it has a cooking pot with a gasketed lid.
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Old 01-28-2012, 06:23 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I'd really like to try this too. I don't know, would it be safe with a diesel?
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I'd hazard a guess that more food gets cooked by guys like me out in the woods, on diesel excavator/dozer/backhoe/stationary engines than any other method.
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When I operated the forklift all day I would leave cans of chunky soup under the motor of the machine. Wasn't bad in summer but in winter it didn't get hot. Decided subway was less effort.
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I just made an imitation "muffpot" by taking a small metal box I was going to recycle. I made two holes in the bottom for a stainless steel screw clamp and then clamped it to a hose beside the exhaust manifold. Much better looking than my previous version, but probably not as effective, since it does not make direct contact with the exhaust manifold. Still, I can move it if I think of a better location.
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Old 01-29-2012, 12:02 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Wow... A water heater would be a great addition to my car... That way, I could take hot showers while on the road. This is brilliant!

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