Toaster Pockets - fireproof?

[mountainm]

So those toaster pockets:

They must be heat resistant to work in a toaster - but are they fireproof?

thinking a very small packing lightweight cooking container....

 

[mrcharly]

I dunno, but they could be just the ticket for baking potatoes, in the fire ashes. Heck, I bet you could do a toasted sandwich that way.

Good thinking there, young man.

 

[mountainm]

I was thinking, given it says turn em inside out to clean them, and they must be sealed to stop grease escaping into your toaster _ you could do beans, rice, bacon...practically anything. The convenient hole on top is how you hang em.

 

[gregor-scott]

great shout! I have a pair and I'm definitely taking them out with me next time now, let us know if you test them out before I do, would love to know if they work ok, I'm sure they will.

 

[rickyc]

There you go!

http://www.youtube.com/user/seanandfreddie1#p/u/33/J7BTw2vGQro

 

[mountainm]

blimey, there's no such thing as an original idea anymore is there?

 

[Big E]

Bushcraft Toasties coming up! I can't wait to try this.

Good shout

 

[rik_uk3]

Nigel is king of camp toasties. Make up sandwich and 'toast' in a dry frying pan, works like a charm, no need for bags.

 

[mountainm]

Nigel is king of camp toasties. Make up sandwich and 'toast' in a dry frying pan, works like a charm, no need for bags.

Aye, but the point is I don't want to carry a frying pan...

 

[Greg]

I've got some of those, I'll think I'll give it a go too! Thanks

 

[789987]

Aye, but the point is I don't want to carry a frying pan...

wonder if you could do the same thing if you heated a big flat stone. looks more bushy carrying in a big flat stone.

 

[rik_uk3]

Aye, but the point is I don't want to carry a frying pan...

You can use an army billy can, any billy can you can fit the bread in, not tried a hot stone but see no reason why it would not work if hot enough. I'm taking a generator on the next trip, think I'll take my toastie machine with me

 

[mountainm]

wonder if you could do the same thing if you heated a big flat stone. looks more bushy carrying in a big flat stone.

I want to suspend the toastie pocket off a tent peg down the middle of my volcano stove - this means I can extend it's use to cooking bacon, sausage, eggs etc. without having to pack a billy for when I'm on a bimble.

 

[789987]

i look forward to detailed pictures of your experimentation!

 

[mountainm]

Wow - how's this for customer service. I emailed the manufacturer of the bags informing them of my idea and asking if they were fireproof. The response was they're not flameproof but she sent me 2 packs to play with (but not experiment with flames!)- one pack of the 300 use (2 pockets) and one pack of the 100 use (2 pockets). Brilliant!

Many thanks to Caroline at planit products
http://www.planitproducts.co.uk/?uid=E96F5943FC7BD9DCEDF7BE5B7D9B821D

 

[Chambers]

Thats fantastic, proof that there are still some companies out there who are interested in the customers and not just their money

 

[nunzionuk]

They aint flameproof but work wonders if you hang them lowdown and next to the fire, just remember to turn them.

 

[satosato]

Ordered some today, will try them out Bank holiday weekend . Thanks for the tips guys!

 

[maddave]

Ordered some today, will try them out Bank holiday weekend . Thanks for the tips guys!

Let us know how you go on

 

[Gagnrad]

So I guess the point of these is that the filling in the sandwich heats through because the plastic protects the bread from the radiant heat to some extent. With a grill rather than a toaster you'd just move the food further from the grill: you can't do that with a toaster. Also, I guess the bag is necessary, because the filling would fall out in a toaster—because in a toaster, the heat comes from the sides, so the sandwich must be stood up.

But with an open heat source, a fire—or rather embers—your heat source is horizontal like a grill not vertical like a toaster. The sandwich should really be parallel to the heat source. I wouldn't fancy heating food in plastic myself, even supposedly food-safe plastic, but that the pockets would orientate the food at 90° to the heat source seems a disadvantage of the pockets. Better a frame that can hold it parallel to the heat:

http://www.divertimenti.co.uk/Cookware/Griddles_and_grill_pans/Crostini-grill-25x25-cm.html