Adding thermal mass to tin can to improve cooking
O:K: We have more or less come to the conclusion that at least some modern cans are safe to cook with . If you will notice most quality cookware has at least a thick base to evenly distribute heat and...
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good idea, ill try it real soonthanks
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Without actually having tried this out myself, I would think that if you dropped a flat rock into the can it would have to be able to conform perfectly to the bottom of the can in order for the heat...
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It would certainly work best with a liquid lunch . It does not matter so much where it picks up the heat as long as it has the heat to redistribute in times of need . I may br wrong . The proof is in...
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Personally, I'd put the flat rock onto the bed of coals and then set the can on top of that. Or one could make a "grill top" from several stones and then shovel coals beneath it, putting the can on...
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Hootie all that sounds great . Especiaally the heapinhg of coals underneath part . The idea behind the added thermal mass is to compensate for those coals when they die down . If I,m gonna spend the...
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If you add a rock to keep it hotter longer, it must take longer to get it hot, right? Because there is more mass to heat up.So it would be good for cooking something for 5 hours but not for heating up...
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What about coating the exterior with mud or clay? That way, the inside is clean, yet your mass is achieved?Mike
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From what I've experienced with cooking in clay pots, it seems to me like clay would insulate the inside a bit so that might or might not be good, but maybe if you mixed it with a good portion of...
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My experience with the heated stone is ...by the time the stone gets hot enough to heat and cook the contents in your can , you could of cooked the meal 4 times.. I have cooked many times by heating...
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If you're cooking something in a liquid base, the water itself is a thermal mass, so the stone is redundant and useless. In addition, a liquid base would go under the stone and heat directly from the...
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It sure sounds like the voice of experience and reason has spoken . My original idea was to circumvent the shortcoming that thin cookware has . I just went from there to what I remembered aboriginals...
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bad idea. Many rocks are loaded with toxic minerals. As a rock colector, one of the things we have to constantly do is teach newcomers to stop licking the rock to see what it looks like. Some are...
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There is danger to everything ...even cooking...and not cookingPrimitive peoples have cooked with stones for thousands of years...Ive cooked with stones using the tummy of a deer... In a foam cup that...
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