Dashboard Chilli

Sick and tired of sharing a microwave oven with co-workers at the office? Do you heave a little bit everytime you look into one of these?

I have always felt that these ovens suffered from an acute case of microwave diarrhea, as can be seen here. The mere thought of placing my lunch in this putrid box of a thousand freckled meals made my stomach turn. I needed a better way to heat my chili.

Step 1 A Little Forethought

Enter the sun. My most favorite ball of exploding helium nuclei. There was plenty of it to harness and go around, but I could not simply leave my chili out in the elements for a would be squirrel or illegal immigrant to snatch up.

It was then that I figured that a simple apparatus fashioned from readily available stuff around the office might work. Furthermore if I could place the apparatus on the dashboard of my van it would protect everything from the elements.

Comments

[arpoky]

Why not just make a stand for the cigarette lighter and make a stove? Sounds like fun to me!

[sadunpererarules]

i left our dog in the car and it died

[m3harri]

I once painted a can of soup black and set it on my dash in a pie tin and found it worked quite well.

[l8nite]

Great idea ! ! With a little fore planning you could probably make it more efficent (and you got my mind engaged now! ) A deeper foil pan from the dollar store cut to the angle of your windshield, or a foil lined cardboard box cut to fit and properly supported , i.e. small legs to lift the box of the dash and prevent warping etc .... hmmmm I can see this being used in a lot of parking lots and construction sites ! !

[lemonie]

Use 0506080951-00.jpg as image #1 it looks much better as a thumbnail.

L

[lemonie]

Oh yea, what a good idea. Sit in your car with the doors open listening to music while you munch-lunch? L