Down the hole...

[Neil McCauley]

RIP: Can-of-Beans 2017-2018. 



It had just started bubbling and been ready to eat when the cans holding up the grate began to lean, toppled, and it slid off onto the ice. I watched horrified as it then rolled, almost as if magnetically attracted, toward the hole and then into it... diving right down, leaving a contrail of maple flavored beans behind it.

[bus33]

I was just thinking about how I could cook brats on my buddy heater....thanks!

[North]

What about the dogs...??!!  Did you save the dogs!?

[Stickhick86]

The question is.........Did it have a chumming affect

[DR.SPECKLER]

I remember back in my drinking days knocking my freshly opened bottle of jack down the hole.that was a tragedy.lol

[Neil McCauley]

What about the dogs...??!!  Did you save the dogs!?

Yes, the dogs were rescued! Then eaten.

[captain54]

That not going to work. Make a grill out of a metal paint roller.

[Bucket Rump]

The question is.........Did it have a chumming affect

Would explain all the intermittent bubbles surfacing to the hole....

[rivereddy]

You know,  It just had to happen that way didn't it. I like the idea though and am going to
try to make a brace for the grill on mine.  Beans and dogs on ice. What could be better?

fish on, do you have any gray poupon?,fish off

riveredy

[ajv5148]

RIP Neil's beans. Hopefully fish like maple

[Captn66]

Lost my cell phone down a hole once.  Had it sitting on my lap & reached over to turn the heat down in the shanty from the lazy boy ... phone slid off my lap ... hit the floor ... bounced ... hit the ice and started doing like a toilet bowl swish around the lip of the hole as i watched afraid to try and grab it.  by the time i figured out i should try and do something it plopped into the water.  That was on a monday of a week long trip ... luckily i was due for an upgrade so we took a ride to town the next day and the verizon store. 

I think i'd be more upset about the beans ....

[flagup!]

On top of spaghetti,
 All covered with cheese,
 I lost my poor meatball,
 When somebody sneezed.

[Fat Boy]

   Thanks for the laugh guys!

[FrankM]

Anything that CAN fall down the hole WILL if not properly restrained. Ice holes do have a gravitational pull just like black holes.

[grababrewski]

I lost a phone too. 5 feet away from the hole, bounced right in. I pulled it out just to check the time. I didn't even get service where I was at.

[lefty2053]

It is always nice to see people feeding the fish. Must have been a real treat to them.

[sodakdave]

The wife was nice and got me one of these for Christmas!

[Sandalsnsocks]

My old frabil tent had 2 rectangular frames to hold the thing “popped up “ and a ten inch or so brace in between to hold them apart, we’ll in the Wyoming wind on day the brace popped out and... nothing but net! Right down the hole

[CoachWalleye74]

That hot rack looks great.  $30...  I know people make their own but I am not real skilled as a craftsman which is why I am considering the $30...although I think that is too high (1/2 a new buddy heater).  Any other premade options out there that are a bit more economical?

[Tinker]

Picture in original post is the way to go with cooking on the buddy, instead of cans for a prop one can use some coat hanger wire to create a couple of supports from the grate back down to the face of the heater.  The painted metal surrounding the ceramic on the face of the buddy conveniently has lots of holes for the supports to hook into.   

[Chris338378]

On the bright side you didn't gas yourself out of your hut when the beans started working on you.   

[ActiveTrapChecker]

Picture in original post is the way to go with cooking on the buddy, instead of cans for a prop one can use some coat hanger wire to create a couple of supports from the grate back down to the face of the heater.  The painted metal surrounding the ceramic on the face of the buddy conveniently has lots of holes for the supports to hook into.

I am partial to the beer can kickstand

[slipperybob]

Whoah...LOL.

I had once had a plastic bottle with juice.  Now there was some air in that bottle too.  But when it slid into the hole with the ice melt on floor and took a dive.  I only realized...juice is heavier than water.

One time my coleman duel fuel lantern did the same on the floor with ice melt.  I heard a water splash, a hissing sizzle, and light's out.  "Fire in the hole!"  I fished for that lantern in deep water.  Can't remember if it was 50' or 80'.  Biggest fish I ever fought, I mean lantern.  The jigging rap saved the day.  Lucky the plastic bag with spare mantels at the base of the lantern on stand wasn't open as of yet. 

[MNpup]

A $3 paint roller grate is my method of choice for cooking on my Mr. Buddy. Skip to 5 minutes in to see it in action.

[dangle]

http://s1359.photobucket.com/user/1dangle/media/20150901_162203_zpsqee1sagg.jpeg.html?sort=3&o=3  I attached a paint grid to mine. Works good and is compact . The beans and dogs looked good. There is always next time.

[chukkrok]

I just wrap them dogs in foil,then I can place it on the buddy heater guard near the top,on the slight bend,foil kinda let's dogs sit there.2 at a time...small grill for larger crowds

[MochaMay]

Here's mine. Works great! The metal box has an open mesh bottom so heat goes straight up!

[Spider1]

I had a can of chunky clam chowder fall off my little buddy heater one time. Bullseyed the hole. I pulled the can out of the hole but it was empty! Dang I got hungry that day. Figured with all that chum I was gonna have a hot hole but I didn't get a fish out of that hole for the rest of the day.

The next day I picked up a little lp camp stove.

[eriksat1]

Was camping once a friend was cooking a can of beans by the fire but one thing he forgot... to open the can first. The can exploded beans flying  everywhere. He looks over and says looks like the beans are ready.

[FG Steve]

Last week I was cooking chili in the shelter when I jumped up for a bite and tipped it over.  Wish it had gone in the hole!