Manifold brisket
Bill Bender, owner of Independent Motors in Boulder Colorado recalls a time back in the 1980s when a customer brought in his Datsun for repairs. “When we opened the hood, we discovered a strange aluminum foil configuration wrapped around the exhaust manifold. I called the customer about it he said it was how he prepared his meals.
In fact, he was writing a car-cooking cookbook,” Bender says. Bender was so intrigued he got a recipe for “Denver to Colorado Springs Brisket” and tried it. “It turned out to be really good! He clearly knew what he was talking about, as odd of a specialty as that is.” Sadly, car-cooking days are pretty much of a thing of the past now that there is more sophisticated access to exhaust manifolds.
