In the 1970’s and 1980’s there were several books the either had characters that did it or promoted it.

Why is there no cooking tray in my new car’s engine bay?

Is it dangerous? (It would be less physically dangerous if there was a specific spot for it.)

  • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
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    13 hours ago

    Cause the oil to have near your food is NOT motor oil, cause the exhausts could kill the entire family reunion, cause it’s incredibly wasteful… and so on.

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      I do not think we have the same idea of the process.

      This is not running the car at the reunion to cook. This is cooking while driving to the reunion and using the waste heat. The process is similar to baking on a campfire.

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        9 hours ago

        Not who you’re replying to. But yeah, there’s plenty of vehicles that old on the road. We’re a couple, and we get by with just a single '06 Toyota Carola. So why not an old Subaru? Cars were better then! They have buttons!

        Anyway, it definitely gets dirty enough in that engine bay that I wouldn’t want food in there.