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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #150 on: Feb 05, 2011, 06:17 PM »
I did my mod, ordered an other grill for my Buddy and altered it for my cooker.


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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #151 on: Feb 05, 2011, 07:06 PM »
Looks great Bart!

Those tins are perfect fit.

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #152 on: Feb 06, 2011, 08:53 AM »
That's a great idea too Bart! How much did the extra grill cost you? Smitty
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #153 on: Feb 06, 2011, 08:57 AM »
Looking good Bart! Did you do the Pilot Shield too or are the new ones coming with them now?
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #154 on: Feb 06, 2011, 04:43 PM »
Smitty, $6.50 for the grill, with shipping $11.50. I though it was reasonable and a lot cleaner finish than the paint roller things?

Gamalot, I made the pilot shield, works great.

Can't wait to try the Buddy "Cooker".
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #155 on: Feb 06, 2011, 04:52 PM »
Looks like you talked me right into getting a buddy heater.
thank for the info

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #156 on: Feb 06, 2011, 06:25 PM »
Do you guys find any time to fish, When we are out we usually dont get that much time to eat, we are busy jigging and the tipups are a pain sometimes when you just want to concentrate on jigging, no time for cooking
      

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #157 on: Feb 06, 2011, 09:31 PM »
Just set it, and forget it!

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #158 on: Feb 06, 2011, 10:01 PM »
way to many years under the belt not to  eat  a warm lunch on a cold day you youngsters can have your cold sandwiches. we just had back straps sliced thin fried up on the ice saturday for lunch. even the guys wife who didnt know it was venison , when he told her she still liked it . dont think she would even have tried a cold one. so ya its easy to make time to enjoy a geart meal on the ice.  JJZFlash     ;D

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #159 on: Feb 06, 2011, 10:15 PM »
Smitty, $6.50 for the grill, with shipping $11.50. I though it was reasonable and a lot cleaner finish than the paint roller things?

Gamalot, I made the pilot shield, works great.

Can't wait to try the Buddy "Cooker".

I still don't know where "Out There" is but we can fish together! I did that same pilot shield years ago. I think I was there but I can't remember! ;D
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #160 on: Feb 06, 2011, 10:20 PM »
Necessity is truly the mother of invention !!!!!

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #161 on: Feb 06, 2011, 10:41 PM »
Necessity is truly the mother of invention !!!!!

AMEN Reb! I used to sit in my trap saying "Blow on this"!

With a good pilot shield it will take a stiff wind to shut mine off.
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #162 on: Feb 07, 2011, 06:29 PM »
I have been cooking or for a better term heating up my meals on my Buddy for a few years now. I disagree with anyone who seems to think you could add a grill and fry up burgers and dogs on your buddy. I have never had to clean it since nothing ever drips down on to the ceramic and if it ever did you will probably be replacing the entire heater.

My idea was to make a shelf to place already prepared food on for reheating and nothing more. I can use the little meal size aluminum pans or wrap a sandwich in aluminum foil and have a hot meal in a flash while sitting in the middle of the frozen lake. A buddy heater was never designed as a cooker and should not be altered in any way other then to heat something up that is wrapped or in a pan.

Defeating the tip switch is a very bad idea. My shanty got blown over on Monday while I was catching a fish. The buddy did what it was supposed to do and shut off so I did not burn my ice house down.

I guess if what you want to do is cook hot meals from scratch out on the ice then you ought to just buy a Coleman stove and lug that gear with you. For warming up my stew or an already grilled cheese sandwich the buddy does a pretty fine job and with no adverse safety issues.

There is plenty of heat going straight up from the front that you won't need to tip the heater at all. You could boil water but it might take a bit longer then on a real cooker. I just figure it is a heater and I can heat up my prepared foods while I heat up the shack, 2 for the price of one.

When the shanty flipped my old grill screen got crunched. Stopped at the hardware store and they had a different type. Took me half an hour and cost me $2.29. Just a couple bends and some copper wire soldered to hold it on.

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #163 on: Feb 12, 2011, 04:39 PM »
Tried my modified Mr. Heater/Cooker today, worked luck a charm. Nice warm mac & cheese was a great treat. No mess, no fuss. The pilot guard worked great also. It was like a hurricane out there today, couldn't see the snowmobile at one time 15 feet away.

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #164 on: Feb 12, 2011, 04:45 PM »
That's awesome Bart! I've used mine a few times, and each time it gets better. Today I used it to dry my hand towel...lol  That Mac n cheese sure looks good! It sure is nice to have extra uses for the Buddy heater  ;)

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #165 on: Feb 12, 2011, 06:05 PM »
we sit the foil with brkf.  burritos on flip twice and watch the sun rise over the  flags!!   But i like that  Patten time!!
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #166 on: Nov 05, 2011, 01:06 PM »
does anybody have any pictures cooking with mr.buddy heater.some type of modified grill  for warming coffee etc.

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #167 on: Nov 05, 2011, 01:09 PM »
On the community page on the bottom in ice shack tips, there are a bunch of heater pictures and posts !

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #168 on: Nov 05, 2011, 01:17 PM »
I saw one on here somewhere they modified a grate to hold food or can. Not sure where I saw it at though.
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #170 on: Nov 05, 2011, 01:45 PM »
Ya modify a paint roller tray...works great. Pics on here somewhere from a year or two ago, use the search function, it works well.  ;D
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #171 on: Nov 15, 2011, 04:39 PM »
dang I only eat hotdogs on the ice and Im lucky if I have onions or ketchup.  :'( This year I think I am taking spagettios or soup in a theromos.
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #172 on: Nov 17, 2011, 01:27 PM »
After looking at all these innovative ideas you guys came up with, I decided to give my idea a try.  I used to have a blind heater with a 9" grate that I never used, so I decided to adapt the grate  to my Buddy Heater.  It had 4 legs on it, 2 of which I cut off and used the other 2 as hinge pins.  I mounted a piece of 3/8" copper tube between the handles.  The tubing has 2 end slots to except the 2 hinge pins (legs) and is attached with 2 small sheetmetal screws.  To attach the grate all you need to do is hold the grate vertically, rotate it forward, and snap it over the cross bar on the wire guard on the Buddy.  It makes a very solid attachment, and can be attached and removed in less than 5 seconds. 






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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #173 on: Nov 17, 2011, 07:40 PM »
 I cant wait to try this mod with my buddy heater but I was wondering about the coffee mugs put on there. they dont break from the heat do they?

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #174 on: Nov 17, 2011, 11:23 PM »
any ideas on doing this with a little buddy heater??  It doesn't have quite the btu's but it should be able to keep brats warm... right?

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #175 on: Nov 18, 2011, 06:14 AM »
any ideas on doing this with a little buddy heater??  It doesn't have quite the btu's but it should be able to keep brats warm... right?

Most of these cooking mods shown here are on the little Buddy heaters and I rarely ever have mine on the high setting when I re heat a meal in the tin trays.
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #176 on: Nov 18, 2011, 06:44 AM »
No modifications needed if the Mrs has the right size pan in the cupboard. ;)


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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #177 on: Nov 18, 2011, 07:38 AM »
Ok,I am going to update my heater,I have a Frabil Predator,and the old heater I have just don't cut it.Which one should I buy? Small or big? I have seen the big ones really cook you out.   Jerry

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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #178 on: Nov 18, 2011, 08:39 AM »
Ok,I am going to update my heater,I have a Frabil Predator,and the old heater I have just don't cut it.Which one should I buy? Small or big? I have seen the big ones really cook you out.   Jerry

I have a Clam Guide 2 man pop up and it is very rare that I ever need the high setting on my little Buddy heater.
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Re: cooking with mr.buddy heater
« Reply #179 on: Nov 18, 2011, 08:44 AM »
haha sorry, by little buddy, i meant the base camp

 



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