Can you heat food on an Apex or Viper?

[Berg570]

I have to admit it looks pretty nice when we see people pulling hot food out from under the hoods of there two smokes.

Is there a "secret" spot on the motor, or some other location to place a food warmer on either my Apex or her new Viper?

 

[Viper_Dave]

Double wrap whatever you want in foil and leave it in the trunk of your Apex. My gloves, balaclava and stocking cap are always toasty warm when I pull them out of there.

 

[Mileage Quest]

I've brought full frozen bottles of water back to life in the trunk

 

[vodoo child]

I can "" COOK "" a ski doo real nice on a long lake run!! Sorry couldn't resist !!

 

[Sasquatch]

I have to admit it looks pretty nice when we see people pulling hot food out from under the hoods of there two smokes.

Is there a "secret" spot on the motor, or some other location to place a food warmer on either my Apex or her new Viper?

I can only question why! Thats what fires, warmup shacks and restaurants are for!

 

[Decepticon Blackout]

look on ebay. there are a few of those "muff-pots" around for 5-10$.

 

[gytr done]

I can only question why! Thats what fires, warmup shacks and restaurants are for!

Why not!

 

[Koenig]

"Red Green" lives!!!! Don't forget the duct tape!

 

[Berg570]

I can only question why! Thats what fires, warmup shacks and restaurants are for!

We only have two restaurants the can be ridden to. And the areas around them are not the best riding due to low elevation (thin snow), high traffic and low grooming intervals.

I know Idaho has warming huts, and I THINK the Chelan area in the northern part of the state has a warming hut, but generally they don't exist around here.

My first sled was a two stroke skidoo, and it had a muff pot. My wife loved the hot snack while 20 miles from anything. We bring chili in a thermos now.

I just cant figure out where you might install one on our 4 strokes?

 

[Sasquatch]

We only have two restaurants the can be ridden to. And the areas around them are not the best riding due to low elevation (thin snow), high traffic and low grooming intervals.

I know Idaho has warming huts, and I THINK the Chelan area in the northern part of the state has a warming hut, but generally they don't exist around here.

My first sled was a two stroke skidoo, and it had a muff pot. My wife loved the hot snack while 20 miles from anything. We bring chili in a thermos now.

I just cant figure out where you might install one on our 4 strokes?

Makes sense! On a Apex the only place that gets hot is the trunk (You can't get to the exhaust without pulling the tank). Maybe not hot enough to cook any thing but more then hot enough to keep something warm. I have taken the tool kit out of my trunk and used it to warm my hands. Its hot enough that you can't hang onto the steel directly for a long time. Guessing 130 range! So things like pizza pops dogs ect. if precooked and wrapped in foil will stay toasty warm in the trunk. Id drop them in and lay some gloves or towel on top and beside them but not under them. Never tried this so your on your own.

In the flatlands we have warmup shelters all over the place with wood stoves you have to try Kielbasa on bread smothered in mustard. You bring the food and aluminum foil in a back pack or saddle bags. Lay out foil on stove and cook! The other thing I enjoy is stopping and building a fire. Dead wood is easy to find and it takes no time at all to get a fire going and food roasting on a stick. When your done lots of snow to put out the fire. Only thing to pack is the dogs sausages condiments and buns. When I had a rack on the back of my touring sled I had a fold up grill that I brought so you could cook burgers or boil snow water for coffee. Instead of a fire you could bring a portable cook stove. Tons of small light cookstoves out there. This one interests the hell out of me, cook and charge your phone gps ect.

http://www.biolitestove.com/products/biolite-campstove

 

[nydiver]

Hate to burst your bubble, but the Biolite sucks big time. Go to any backpacking forum and ask if anyone has one to sell, you'll get people asking for an address to give you this giant turd. You feed the twigs in right where the pot goes, so you have to pull the pot off every 2 or 3 minutes to feed a few very small twigs in. The pelltier device that generates the power needs tons of heat for long periods to make even a small charge. A test showed it took 10 hours on an iphone 5 to raise it from 50 to 75% battery. They're straight up junk. Get an Esbit stove or make your own hobo stove with a few scrap cans for free. Even a alcohol stove would be great and cheap. Seen plenty of people do sterno stoves on the trail

 

[gytr done]

It is easier to get at the hot spots on the RX1 with that hood style acess, hell you could roast a chicken if you really wanted to impress your buds trail side. But you guys are pretty creative, and it's always nice to have a snack trail side.
Post some pics of your trailside lunches. : )

 

[rangermike14]

If you ride with any Arctic Cats just being your hot dogs and roasting sticks....wait for their sled to start on fire and whip out your hot dogs and roasting sticks and you've got hot food!

 

[4StrokeAddict]

If you ride with any Arctic Cats just being your hot dogs and roasting sticks....wait for their sled to start on fire and whip out your hot dogs and roasting sticks and you've got hot food!

That's been our experience with no less than 3 Polaris sleds... If you are riding a viper, the right side panel come off easy exposing the exhaust. You also have clear line of site to the top of the motor from the right side. With turbo, my exhaust is really hot. Put a can on the pipe and it will cook quick. may need a pan, grill or something to set it on. There is plenty of space. I'm sure one could be fabed up easy enough...

 

[yamahaguy]

We usually stop and build a fire. Don't forget to bring a shovel so you can build your fire on the ground. If the kids are along for the ride they demand a camp fire lunch.