Would it be OK to cook beans in a can directly on the grill w/top off?

[NFS4]

I've never tried this before, but could I take some Bush's baked beans, stick them in a smaller can used for canned vegetables (top off, paper off of course) and just heat them directly on the charcoal grill while I'm grilling some burgers?

It's just a regular metal can without any lining or anything on the inside. I'm just asking because we got one of those side cut auto can openers and I have all of these cans laying around that I could put to good use

 

[Sealy]

most definitely

 

[silverpig]

Sure. You're approximating a pot on a stove that way. Grill flame = gas stove flame. Can = poor man's pot.

 

[IGBT]

the heat will release chemicals from the mfgr.process used on the inside of the can.

 

[videogames101]

There's another way?

 

[mattpegher]

It works, but remember that most baked beans are precooked so it doesn't have to be directly on the flame, that upper shelf many have is fine to warm them.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Yup, it'll work, but you have to be careful of the heat because if it gets too hot some of the beans on the bottom will get seared to the bottom of the can.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: IGBT
the heat will release chemicals from the mfgr.process used on the inside of the can.

yeah thats the only thing id worry about.

i say get a gun and use the can for target practice

 

[TonyG]

It is only acceptable to heat a can of beans on the grill if the can has not yet been opened. Just throw the unopened can with the paper still on it on the grill and go about your grilling... Close the grill lid for a little while and you will shortly marinate everything else on the grill with the beans.

 

[SlickSnake]

100 out of 100 train hobos polled would agree with this consensus.

Just put the can off to the side of the flame, otherwise you might melt away the solder on the can holding the bottom on, unless the bottom is solid and part of the can sides, then you have no worries.

I didn't think about the chemicals on the tin can. I know soft drinks use chemically coated cans when they are aluminum cans, but I'm not so sure what they use on a tin can. Some metal/tin cans are painted on the insides, though.

 

[Squisher]

NSF4 is getting in touch with his inner Hobo?

Cool.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I've seen some cans of beans with a plastic lining on the inside, I'd be reluctant to do this with modern beans, back in the day, there was no such lining.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Squisher
NSF4 is getting in touch with his inner Hobo?

Cool.

You know it. I'm watching Bobby Flay on the Food Network with his grilling show and I'm in a grilling mood now

 

[Farang]

mmmmm eatin sum bush's grillin beans

 

[Chronoshock]

Just don't cook it in an unopened can for a long time then put your face directly above it...

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Farang
mmmmm eatin sum bush's grillin beans

They produce nice exhaust emissions as well

 

[sjwaste]

I was under the impression that most canned goods were first canned then cooked. Not sure if baked beans go that way, but many canned vegetables are actually cooked in the can. It's probably a gentler heat than the grill, though, so you probably don't want the can resting directly on the coals or anything.

 

[Phokus]

i bet NFS4's woman will appreciate his farts after he eats all those beans

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
I was under the impression that most canned goods were first canned then cooked. Not sure if baked beans go that way, but many canned vegetables are actually cooked in the can. It's probably a gentler heat than the grill, though, so you probably don't want the can resting directly on the coals or anything.

Well, it's gonna be on the grill grate, off to the side -- not directly on the coals

 

[Farang]

the trick is to put some beans in going the other way and they meet in the middle to cancel eachother out. granpda taught me that one

 

[MovingTarget]

Only if you are male.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I've seen some cans of beans with a plastic lining on the inside, I'd be reluctant to do this with modern beans, back in the day, there was no such lining.

Just good 'ol lead-based solder...mmmmm.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I find this cooking method to work best with trash can fire.

 

[0roo0roo]

not so sure cans have no lining,...sometimes not obvious

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
I was under the impression that most canned goods were first canned then cooked. Not sure if baked beans go that way, but many canned vegetables are actually cooked in the can. It's probably a gentler heat than the grill, though, so you probably don't want the can resting directly on the coals or anything.

Anything in a can is already cooked and safe to eat. It's not possible to can un-cooked food. Bacteria would go to work and the can would explode.

That's why you should never eat anything from a can thats bulging even in the slightest. It means there are nasties growing in it; the canning process failed to kill everything.