Cooking food with a buddy heater?

[joneshat11]

I thought someone had a post last year with ideas on how to cook or have reciepes for cooking with a buddy heater. If anyone has any ideas that would be great??

[McGurk]

I tried the coat hanger and brats thing, and it was messy! They spit the whole time and my heater now smells and has a greasy film on it. I don't think I'll try it again without some sort of tin foil shield or something. They did cook, though. Let me know what works.

[Surface Tension]

You don't want to get the ceramic burner dirty or else it won't burn clean.

I wrap stuff in tinfoil and heat it up, just lay it on top and flip every minute till the inside is hot. Hmmm smells good too.

Hot sandwiches are great. Ruben sandwiches, ham & cheese, the skies the limit.

[eyebjim]

I cook all kinds of ready to eat canned food on it. You can set a can on top of the grate and lean it agains the red housing. I leave the can closed while cooking. You can then pick it up and shake it from time to time to make sure it is cooking evenly. If you leave it on too long it will start to deform from pressure so dont fall asleep or you may have a rude awakening. Once the can is good an hot after shaking it is done. Just open and eat from the can with a fork. No need for bowl or plate. It is clean and easy food while fishing.

Jim

[picksbigwagon]

Jim, do you heat things up with the white PVC lining in the cans? That would scare me, eating something that has been heated up inside a can with a pvc lining.....

[MNice]

I made a rack out of a heavy coat hanger & it works great. Pop tarts, warming leftovers in aluminum foil, etc. For any real cooking I bring my white gas Coleman single burner.

[eyebjim]

None of the cans I have heated up have a white lining, just metal. Dinty more, cambels chunky etc. Same Cans I've been heating in campfires for years with no problem.

[irvingdog]

I found a great 2cup measuring cup at Target 3 years ago. It is Stainless steel and had a wire bail handle. I bent the handle in such a way that it hooks onto the handle of the heater, and the cup sits on top of the heat diffuser plate. I can get water to boil in about 12 minutes. Perfect for soup, coffee tea or cocoa, etc.

[JIGGS]

I've done this - works great. Use a 7" frying pan, you can hook the front edge of the fry pan under the handle, thus the center fo the pan is directly above the heat coming up from the burner. The pan rests on the top of the front grate. I've done burgers, brats, venison sausage - handy!

[Eyehunter2]

I tryed this with a couple pieces of flat metal stock,it worked to make coffebut took forever,so then I lowered it by welding a round 1/4 in rod to the flat stockon each piece so I could put the end of rod in holes just above burner(closer to the heat)and this worked much better,dont have finished pic but will post later [image][/image]

[ilovehardwater]

WOW...I never would have thought of cooking on the buddy, Great ideas and thanks for shareing, I might have to try the frying pan trick...thanks BT

[irvingdog]

Nice idea "Eyehunter2". I'm going to tinker with that idea.

You're an ice-fisherman like the rest of us. That photo looks like it was taken in your garage. Off season icefishing practice.

[Lure Lightning]

I use a small bread pan and placed two 1/2 circle eye screws near the top lip of it and it hooks onto the grate and leans against it too. I then toss in a couple of brauts in beer and let is do its thing. The only issue I have this year is I have to find my heater. Looked everywhere must be at the deer shack.

[Surface Tension]

Eyehunter2, now why didn't I think of that!

If you heat a sealed can you better keep a close eye on it like eyebjim said. They will explode and with a lot of force.

[Eyehunter2]

Yea had it set up in garage but couldnt get a very big hole in the floor,really just getting it readdy for last week