Favorite recipes for the Model T Cooker by Frank & Carole Fenton

Pot Roast

Line the cooker with wide Aluminum Foil. The best way seems to be to use the foil lengthwise, with a piece of foil about 3 times the length of the cooker.

Cut good roasting beef, potatoes, carrots and onions into small pieces (cubes no larger than ¾ inch work well).

Start with the beef on the bottom, then a layer of potatoes, carrots, onions, then start over with the beef, potatoes, etc.

Fill the foil with water, fold over and seal. Try to get some water between the foil and the cooker also. Put the cover on the cooker and drive about 50 miles adding water if necessary to keep it from boiling dry.

Rhubarb Ice cream topping

Line the cooker with foil as above, slice fresh rhubarb into small pieces, add a handful or two of sugar, drive to an ice cream store at least 20 miles away, buy a dish of ice cream, put the topping on it and enjoy the best topping yet cooked on a Model T manifold.

Corn on the Carb (thank you John Plante, for the name)

Stop at a roadside vegetable stand, buy fresh corn, place corn still in the husk in the cooker, fill with water, drive for 20 to 30 miles or until the corn is tender.

Remove the husk and enjoy with butter, pepper, or whatever is your choice.

Fowled Plug Chicken (get it?)

Place washed chicken legs, breasts, etc with skin still on them into a clean cooker. Drive 20-40 miles to cook the chicken.

Meat Loaf (this is the most popular recipe we have made on the manifold)

Mix one pound of lean ground beef with one package of frozen Potatoes O’Brian, one package of frozen Mexicorn and a jar of Salsa (you choose mild, medium, hot, or acetylene torch-like). I always dump all the ingredients in a big zip lock bag to mix them…..since my hands are always greasy.

Anyway, mix well and then dump it all into a big piece of wide Aluminum foil and wrap it into a loaf that will fit into the cooker. Drive about 40 miles or so and it will be done. This recipe is so good that dogs and people will follow you.

Cherry Ice Cream Topping

Buy fresh cherries at a farm stand….be sure to remove all the pits. Add a handful of sugar if you have large hands and two if you have small hands. Drive as with the Rhubarb Ice Cream Topping to an Ice Cream Stand, buy a dish of Ice Cream, pour on the topping and enjoy.

Hot dogs and Brats

Place these directly into a clean cooker or wrap in aluminum foil with water or sour kraut. Drive about 20 miles, serve them up.

Steamed veggies

Wrap your choice of veggies (cut into small pieces 1 inch or smaller) in aluminum foil with some water inside with the veggies. Pour some water into the cooker, put in the foil package and drive 20-40 miles….depending on how well cooked you like your veggies.