Actually, just placing it on top of the engine should suffice to get it good and hot.  Heard of this before.  Reminds me of the famous WWII cartoonist who pictured GIs with hot water in a helmet squatting in front of a jeep with a little steam drifting from the radiator.  One of the guys was saying, "run it up the hill again and it should be just right."  He had a razor in his hand.

DMc

---- "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> David Beierl wrote:
> > At 10:06 AM 5/3/2010, Loren Busch wrote:
> >> using a small 110v AC crock pot, w/inverter, while driving and then
> >> having a
> >> hot dinner waiting when you stopped at night.
> >
> > What ever happened to wrapping your dinner in tinfoil and wiring it
> > to the exhaust manifold before you set out?  That's a hallowed
> > tradition, and zero additional carbon toe-print to boot.
>
> I'll probably stick to cooking methods that don't require getting under
> the van to fetch the meal.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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