Solar cooker cheap
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Topic: Solar cooker cheap
Posted By: Penham
Subject: Solar cooker cheap
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 1:32pm
| I found this site http://www.solarcooking.org - www.solarcooking.org and it has several different type of plans for making solar ovens/cookers for really cheap, alot of them are made with boxes and aluminum foil and black paint, there is one made with a tire inner tube, piece of glass and piece of wood, these are totally cool. It does take 2-3 hours to cook something in them but it would save on fuel and we have so much sun here in OK (except for today it is actually, finally raining) that I think this might work well for me. I am going to get the paint this week and try this out. If anyone else gets to try this out before I do, please let us know how this works. We are due for more rain tomorrow, so probably the middle of the week before I can try it out. |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 8:12am
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Hi, great site. I've thinking about a solar oven, here in Northern California it gets to 120 during the summer and this will be a great cooking source. I just looked up those box stoves, heck, even I can make one of those. I'm thinking banana boxes, they're sturdy, top already has a nice opening, just enlarge it. You know, even if BF doesn't hit this summer, this would be a fun way to prepare a meal. Thanks again |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 6:32pm
| They do look so easy and cheap anybody could afford to make some of these. I bought the car window shade foil thing and black paint today to make the car shade cooker one, supposed to be able to bake bread, cook and boil and pasteurize water. I will try it out when the sun shines again, we have not had rain since Oct and have been under a burn ban forever, it has rained for 4 days now (thank goodness) but of course there is no sun when I want to try this out. |
Posted By: omega
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 9:51am
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I read somewhere or another, quite recently, that in an emergency where you must conserve cooking fuel, that you can bring your soup/stew/cereal/whatever to a rolling boil, and then place the pot in an insulated box -- insulated with newspapers and/or blankets and/or styrofoam and/or "etc."
They said to leave it there for hours, until the next meal, and that it would be fully cooked. This seems to me to resemble thermos cooking, but in LARGE quantity, and seems to me that it might be important to experiment with, BEFOREHAND, with inexpensive ingredients, like oatmeal or tomato soup or whatever. If it works, then one might want a more "permanent" type of insulated energy-free "oven." |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 10:05am
Bake Bread??? OK, I didn't see that one. That definitely gets my attention. Would you please let me know how this works out???
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Penham wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 10:08am
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Which one of the pattern's are you using? I can't seem to find it.
You know one of the benefits of the solar cooker besides saving fuel, it's not so obvious that you have something to cook!! No need to advertise.
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 6:39pm
| Femvet, on the main page click on panel cookers, it is the third row down, the first cooker, the Windsheild Shade Solar Funnel Cooker. |
Posted By: Fruit Loop
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 7:29am
| Hi Guys- Just butting in! I also like this idea of solar cooking and also looked at that website. I like the sunshade cooker idea and the solar funnel cooker. Not too sure how to go about baking stuff. What kind of cookware would be needed to do oven stuff like baking? I will be getting the black pot today to boil, heat up stuff like you would on a stove. Do you think it would work also for frying pan stuff like pancakes etc? Great find you all! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 8:50am
Found it, thanks. Doesn't tell how to bake bread. Just in the oven bag??What do you think? TIA
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 8:57am
sometime earlier I was looking at a site that sells commercial solar ovens and they said that you should ALWAYS use black/dark cookware. also, I'm sure if you can bake bread, it will cook pancakes. After all, they're thinner and lighter. Supposedly you can cook most anything in a solar oven. the commercial ones have the advantage that they don't need to be turned as often, but they're pricey. I relly am jazzed about the idea being able to make an oven for less than $10 including the bags, saving a ton of fuel. Overall, I'm trying to buy only things that we can use in any case (part of me is still hoping that this won't be so bad). so, not spending the $200 on a solar oven can be re-directed towards a camping stove and fuel.
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Posted By: phoenixrising
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 9:02am
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Femvet, Thank you! I'm going to purchase supplies today. I already own an expensive pot set that happens to be black--yes! About 9 years ago, my eldest and I made a small box variety solar cooker, and made cookies. I actually have pix somewhere. 2 cooking sources down, one to go...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 2:35pm
| Cool, you actually have some experience. Please, share. How did it go??? |
Posted By: Fruit Loop
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 3:18pm
| Any input would be great! Would you just wrap the plastic bad around a cookie sheet/bread pan within the Solar set up to bake? Femvet- I also like the idea of not spending money on a commercial solar oven! |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 4:12pm
| I was reading somewhere on the site that you can use mason jars to cook things in, just paint the outside black. I am going to try bread this weekend just in a dark metal loaf pan. I am not sure about frying things, I think the bag has to stay closed as much as possible to keep the heat in over a period of time. I can't read entire posts on the board anymore, it only goes down to 7 lines then it is cut off, so if you are asking me questions after line 7, I can't see them unless they are at the top of your post, I am not trying to be rude or anything. I have had this problem since yesterday, it is getting very annoying. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 3:30am
| Omega..... I Built an awesome "haybox" just for my pressure cooker and it works great. It will keep food piping hot for over 12 hours if I put it in when it is up at pressure..... and the food is very cooked. Also, if I don't pop the seal on it it will not spoil nearly as quickly as there is no way for bacteria to enter. Send me a personal note if you want more info. John. |
Posted By: merrittjohn
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 3:31am
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Forgot to log in for the above...john. ------------- willtolive |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 7:12am
| Penham, any idea if you need any particular kind of paint for the mason jars?? By the way, it looks like there all kinds of bugs since the upgrade. Please, be patient and give them soame time to work out the kinks. If this little stuff gets this much to you, how are you going to cope with BF? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 7:16am
| On the solar oven I made I painted the can black with tempura paint from the craft store. I guess tempura paint doesn't kick off bad chemicals? I just did what was suggested. -K |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 2:50pm
| The paint is supposed to be non-toxic after it dries, and flat black, I got the .97 cheap spray from Walmart, it has been cloudy here and rainy or snowy for the past week, LOL, of course we haven't had rain since October and when I want to try this out, I can't, oh well, I'm aiming for the weekend. As far as the being able to read the posts, it is still messed up, but I figured out if I hit the "quote" button I can read the entire post, so at least I am not missing important information. It was just frustrating reading 7 lines then not knowing what else was said, having no link to articles cause they are usually at the end of the post, but it's ok now. I am hoping I will do fine when the BF gets here, I work great under stress, having been a counselor for teenage gang members, also a counselor in a psych unit, also did child abuse and neglect investigations (alot of sexual abuse and court), also in a juvenile detention center, also in a juvenil drug/alcohol rehab, until suffering from burnout 15 years later. It's the little things that get to me, put me in a crisis situation (like a riot or send me with the SWAT team) and I do great! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 10:23am
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 10:25am
| Penham, are you planning on putting the bread pan inside a roasting pan? I may be totally wrong, but it seems to me that would more likely simulate an oven. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 11:39am
| Ok Guys- here it goes.....I'm experimentling today. I will post tonight what my results are! |
Posted By: Fruit Loop
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 5:54pm
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Here are my results!
At 9:25am the temp outside was 39 degrees, humidity at around 30%, snow on the ground in the shade, UV index of 4, slight breeze of 6 mph ESE, partly cloudy. This is in the foothills of Northern Colorado, just east of the Rockies. I put my solar windshield shade on my backyard trampoline (not on a bucket like suggested) with a small black pot with a black lid placed inside of a turkey-size oven plastic bag. In the pot, I put in one cup of water and timed it to see how long it took to boil. At 10:20am I looked in the pot and sure enough!!!! The water was boiling!!! I can't tell you how excited my girls and I were! It took approx. 50 minutes- I wonder how long it was boiling before that since I didn't even check it until 50 minutes into it. My second experiment was at 1:45pm, partly cloudy, temp of 55 Degrees, UV index of 6, Humidity of 31%, winds were 7 mph SE. I put 3 pillsbury crescent rolls on a small black frying pan with a tight fitting black lid and put it in the plastic bag. At 3:00 pm, the temp was 55 degrees, wind was 9 mph SSE, humidity 29%, UV index of 4, and partly cloudy. I checked the rolls after 1 hour and 15 minutes and they were FULLY cooked! Maybe not as brown on top as the oven nor as fluffy but tasted just the same! I am amazed that on a nice but not ideal day that this really worked! I hope this gives some insight on the solar oven idea- I'm sold! |
Posted By: omega
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 6:32pm
| Amazing. Just incredible... |
Posted By: oknut
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 4:57am
| Thank you for this information. I just printed off the directions for the sunshade cooker and ordered a 5 qt preseasoned dutch oven. Today I'll venture out to find the sunshades. This is such a great idea that I may end up using it a lot during our hot summers even if I don't have to. Thank you for posting this! |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 27 2006 at 7:44pm
| I tried out the car shade solar cooker yesterday, I baked cornbread in it, it took about 2 1/2-3 hours but the conditions were less than ideal, UV index of 4 and cloudy at times, 66 degrees, I wasn't even sure it would work with the weather at all, and the wind was 32MPH. I used a black non-stick round cake pan and put a black lid from another pan (it didn't fit, too large) over the top. I will try cooking/baking something different later in the week. I am wondering if this might work through a window, so as not to have to go outdoors and would avoid the wind? Will have to try that too. Also I started rather late in the day 2ish and it seems as though earlier in the day would be better with the sun. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 5:40am
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Penham, did you use a cooking bag too are just the pan and lid. I just purchased my sunshade last week thanks to your posts. |
Posted By: oknut
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 6:01am
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Penham - this has to be one of the best tips ever. I'm planning to use this as my backup plan for boiling water collected in my rain barrels and for cooking beans or baking breads. We may never lose gas to our home, but the oven won't work without electricity.
The idea of an absolutely free energy source for cooking with no major investment is fabulous. Who knows, a seasoned cast iron skillet might even get hot enough to cook tortillas. I plan try a few things too once I get feeling better and get my garden in. Thank you again for posting this thread! If it's 90 plus degrees with no air conditioning, I'd rather cook outside anyway. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 8:42am
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This is FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What good news! Oknut, where did you get your dutch oven from? I need one as well. TIA
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Posted By: oknut
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 9:00am
| Femvet - I ordered mine at amazon.com. I added a set of handle covers to put the purchase over $25 and got free shipping. I got one without a bail handle and it was just under the $25 and shipping is free. They have a 5 Qt preseasoned one with a bail handle that's $27.06 and ships free. |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 3:21pm
| Yes, I used the cooking bag and did it just like they said, on top of a bucket, I did have to put rocks in the bucket though to weigh it down cause it was so windy, the bucket was plastic and very light. I think I am going to try the tire oven, only instead of using the innertube, I think I will just try a regular tire, since I have one in the shed and I think I already have an old window and piece of wood out there too. Will have to wait until the weekend though, supposed to rain for the next couple of days. |
Posted By: Ironstone
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 3:29pm
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I read somewhere to paint a canning jar on the outside with black paint and to put the lid on for a pressure cooker. Have been wanting to try it. This is wonderful news! I have the tinfoil and need to construct one yet. Thank you all for the information. ------------- Ironstone |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 28 2006 at 6:31pm
| On the solar cooker that was designed by the BYU professor, it does say he uses a mason jar painted black. It's the other solar funnel cooker on the site, has 12 printed pages of info (I printed some of it out). I hope to not have to buy anything special, I did get the black paint, and will paint the outside of a regular pan black and try the mason jar too. |
Posted By: Ironstone
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 4:57pm
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Am really happy today. I found the perfect pot for the solar funnel oven. I think it was meant to be a cannister in a kitchen but the shape is perfect. Sort of a cylinder with about a 6 inch bottom and a lid in a cobalt blue. It paid to keep looking for just the right thing. ------------- Ironstone |
Posted By: Fruit Loop
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 8:24pm
| Have you guys read the one solar funnel cooker instructions where at the end of it, it said that you can also make ice at night in like 50 or so degree weather? I'll have to try that as it gets warmer out! |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 8:28pm
| Yes, I did read that one, it is the BYU professor that designed that model, it is has the 12 pages of printout, a solar freezer as well as the solar oven. |
Posted By: Fruit Loop
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 8:56pm
| Whoever lives in a warmer state than me, try it and tell us if it works! It sounds like a great idea. |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 10:20am
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Southern AZ here ... they say any time of year you could make ICE? Sorry, hot summer nights here are around 7o+ degrees - too much asphalt in this cement jungle to make it any cooler! Could try it out in the desert where it's alot cooler... it's been said to get cold out in the desert at night! A couple of suggestions for breads ... breads have been made in tin cans before - why not paint a can black and try baking in one of those. Also, the terra cotta pots (pretreated for heat) could work as well. Line with aluminum & bake. ------------- "When an emergency arises, the time for preparation is past." |
Posted By: Fruit Loop
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 10:34am
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Hi sweetpea!
I think if it only stayed around 50 degrees or so ay night it says it would work. I think any hotter it probably wouldn't make ice. I am looking forward to trying it soon! |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 10:40am
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I think I did read that post at one time - interesting reading at that time, but we didn't have any thoughts of BF back then ... thought it might have been something interesting to try while out camping ...
Anxious to hear your results!! ------------- "When an emergency arises, the time for preparation is past." |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 15 2006 at 9:22pm
| Anybody else try to cook something yet? |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 17 2006 at 11:08am
| Ok, DD and I just finished cooking Ramen noodles, the outside temp was 91 degrees, UV index 8, 13 MPH winds, so pretty much perfect conditions for cooking. It took 25 minutes for the Ramen to cook, in an uncovered black cake pan (they recommend using a lid, but I am experimenting, so didn't use one). DD said they taste the same (I don't eat them) as cooked on the stove. I have a pan of brownies in now, so will see how long it takes and how they come out. |
Posted By: 2ifbyC
Date Posted: April 17 2006 at 11:18am
Ummmm. Now that's a test! ------------- Survival does have an 'I'! Dodging 'canes on Florida's central Gulf Coast |
Posted By: oknut
Date Posted: April 17 2006 at 11:35am
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Wonderful Penham!
I'm ashamed to say that although I picked up 3 sunshades, velcro and the turkey bags, I haven't even put mine together yet. I'm really watching these tests to get a feel for how it will work. |
Posted By: Calico
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 2:54pm
| I hope to try the sunshade cooker this weekend. I wonder if the glue on self-stick velcro would melt in the heat. I don't just want easy cooking, I want REALLY easy cooking! |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 9:06pm
| I didn't even use the velcro. I just funneled the sunshade into the bucket and put the rack over the center of the bucket so it forces it open and it is all the way open at the front. |
Posted By: 2ifbyC
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 7:59am
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Hey Penham,
[impatiently tapping foot] We're still waiting on those brownies...[/impatiently tapping foot] ------------- Survival does have an 'I'! Dodging 'canes on Florida's central Gulf Coast |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 5:31pm
| LOL, the brownies, never finished cooking, I ended up having to take DD to her softball game and I didn't want to leave them unattended, so they only cooked around the outside and were gooey in the middle because I couldn't leave them in long enough, I thought I had enough time, but didn't, they were in for 2 hours and still weren't done, I thought that would have been enough time, they were rising up though and were "brownie like" around the outside edges. |
Posted By: 2ifbyC
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 5:43pm
Easy solution: Send me the 'brownie like' outside edges and toss that gooey back out there!  ------------- Survival does have an 'I'! Dodging 'canes on Florida's central Gulf Coast |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 7:58pm
| There has been alot of discussion on other threads about solar cooking so thought I would bring this thread back to the top. Also, need to find the recipe thread, people are asking about recipes and I know there was a really good thread about cooking with prep items somewhere. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 9:19am
| Try http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com - www.hillbillyhousewife.com , especially under the home-made convenience foods section. I have to admit, I am nuts about that site. So many terrific recipes, whole menu plans, calorie info etc. |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 2:06pm
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Should bring up the Tin Can Alley recipes as well ... those has some good recipes in it using canned goods. ------------- "When an emergency arises, the time for preparation is past." |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 2:08pm
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Oops, see that somebody already brought it up ...
ATTENTION Newbies, check out the recipes from the Tin Can Alley Challenge ... test out some of your own recipes and add to the list ... ------------- "When an emergency arises, the time for preparation is past." |
Posted By: oknut
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 2:12pm
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I'm very glad to see this thread back in the main page.
It's one of my favorites and something I'm counting on if TSHTF during our long OK summers. Gas service or not, if the air conditioning is out - no power, I'm cooking outside. Thank you Penham for starting this thread and all the wonderful information that has developed. |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: June 18 2006 at 8:05pm
| I think this is what you were looking for. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 3:46pm
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Thank you
God bless
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Posted By: Seishin
Date Posted: June 22 2006 at 4:13pm
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ive done a bunch of solar cooking over the years. When
backpacking I always carried a box of alimnum foil becuse you can make
a great oven for roasting fresh fish. Its a bit difficult to
explain, but here is an easy one you can try. Find an old
sattellite dish and cover it in aliminum foil. Then using the sun
find the focus point of the dish (where the light collects) and set a
small pot of water there. You might be suprised at how quicly it
will reach boiling. The larger the dish (reflector) the faster it
will heat up. Little experimation and you will have it down in no
time! Here are some slightly more complicated designs to look at. http://www.cookwiththesun.com/solar.htm Remember, the key is to focus the light. The heat will come! |
Posted By: davidrstack
Date Posted: June 26 2006 at 11:49am
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Penham,
I was wondering, did you make AND try the Windsheild Shade solar Funnel Cooker? Did you cook anything? If so how did it turn out?
I have all the necessary materials for the cooker and it certainly would be easy even for me to put together in a moments notice. The price is certainly right and an excellent heat source for cooking during an emergency. And if it really works as described, an excellent way to save on cooking fuel.
Dave
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: June 26 2006 at 9:10pm
| davidrstack, yes I have cooked a few things in it and it worked great, I cooked corn bread, Ramen noodles and brownies. Although I had to take the brownies out early, because we had to go somehwere and I didn't leave enough time for them to cook. I hope to do some more testing this week since I am going to be at home most of the week. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 04 2006 at 5:14pm
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Hi,
Commercial solar cookers seemed a bit pricey (one was over $200) and I was going to revert to the double sunshade method until browsing a new catalog. Taylor Gifts has an "insulated duffle" that looks like it might work if turned inside out. Here is a picture of it:
 http://www.taylorgifts.com/largerview~prodName~SMALL+%26+LARGE+THINSULATES~ID~16184.asp - http://www.taylorgifts.com/largerview~prodName~SMALL+%26+LARGE+THINSULATES~ID~16184.asp
Since I've never done solar cooking before, I thought to solicit the advice of those who have done it. Please let me know what you think. At $15, the price looks right.
Thanks,
K.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 6:56am
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Greetings, My boys and I last weekend took a simple box lined it with aluminim foil and painted a glass jar black. We cracked an egg in the glass jar with lid (I drilled a small vent hole in the lid) and put a "baggie tent" over the glass jar. Set the jar on a bleach bottle cap in the bottom of the box. 1/2 hour later in full sun, hard cooked egg! I was so surprised at how hot the jar was - steaming hot on a hot afternoon! They cooked eggs all afternoon and had a blast. Total cost $.15 for the foil and $.10 per egg. |
Posted By: davidrstack
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 7:46am
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Cruiser, I am delighted to read your cooking experiment with the box, bag and glass jar. I have to laugh at myself. I have been dutifully collecting "material" to build a solar box cooker. Although the cooker I am going to construct seems simple enough to construct, your cooker is truly low teck I must say I really like the simplicity of your cooker. I am thinking as I type, with a reflector or two the heat inside the bag will increase considerably. I am interested in cooking rice. I will copy your directions and experiment with boiled water and room temperature water to see how well it cooks AND how long it takes to cook the rice. What size was your jar and what size was the bag? Thanks for posting your results. David |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 9:40am
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Hello David,
I got my ideas from this link - http://solarcooking.org/plans.htm#box-style - http://solarcooking.org/plans.htm#box-style
The box was 10" deep, 8" depth by 12" wide. Just a box I had in the garage. I cut the long side flap (front) of the box down about 4 inches to expose more of the inside lower section of the box and felt it helped function better as a reflector. The jar was small about 3" diam by 1" deep. The baggie was a sandwich baggie. I'm convinced this Rube Goldberg contraption would cook anything - Boil water? not sure. 1/2 dozen of these set-ups and I'm preparing a whole meal. Next sunny day though I will take some temp readings and go from there. I'm also interested to see how well it does though a window.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 10:00am
Thank you for this link! I'm sure I've seen it before, just wasn't ready to delve into it.
If you click on the Solar Cooking Archive link located in the top right corner of the page, it will take you to the entire site, which includes RECIPES to use in these cookers!
I'll probably be there all day reading. Thanks again
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 11:55am
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Well, I've been cruising around the solar cooking site for a while now and, again, I have to say thank you! Just about any question you could have is answered there. It is worth a look if you are considering this option of cooking. |
Posted By: davidrstack
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 1:38pm
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Cruiser,
Thanks for the link. Yes, I've been there but it is good to have again. And who knows there may be a new comer to this site who hasn't seen that site yet.
I have purchased a great deal of liquid fuel for my Coleman 2 burner stove but then again maybe not enough. I want another alternative to liquid fuel. And solar is the perfect alternative.
Thanks,
Dave
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 20 2006 at 7:04pm
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It's all good,
After all there is a very good chance we will all have some extra free time on our hands to experiment with all the fun things we have learned.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 8:50am
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In addition to the solar cooker, you can also built a haybox to conserve fuel. I'm planning on both.
Sturdy box lined with newspaper as insulationg material. Prep your food, bring to a boil, then quickly put it in the box and wrap completely in a blanket or hay or some other material and close it. Food will finish cooking and still be hot after 12 hours. Perfect for beans!!!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 25 2006 at 5:44am
| The haybox reminds me of stories my mom told me that when she was a kid they used to bury potatoes in the sand, build a small fire over it, go play for a couple hours and dig up according to her the best baked potatoes she ever had. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 30 2006 at 6:21pm
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Update,
My homemade solar cooker hit 150 degrees today cooking another egg. I noticed it definitely needs sunshine though, any clouds at all really shuts it down to incubator temp levels.
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: October 20 2006 at 1:12pm
| Anyone tried any solar cooking lately? |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: January 14 2007 at 4:16pm
| Moving back to the top. |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 1:40pm
| I think I will try the black jar cooking idea, I would also like to try the tire cooker on that website. Hopefully we will have a sunny day soon! Great ideas here. |
Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: March 04 2009 at 8:21am
| The link in the original post is still good. They also have cheap ways to do solar water pasteurization and solar food drying. Since the weather is starting to get haot again it might be a good time for some experimentation with solar cooking. It's supposed to be 90 here tomorrow. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 10 2009 at 10:26pm
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I am going to try bread this summer. I will also try rice on the web sites they say it is easy to make as a first dish. I really want it to make bread. If it works in the summer I will try it in the winter to see how it works.
Penham keep us posted on your results! |
Posted By: crazzycat
Date Posted: July 17 2009 at 1:51am
This way of cooking is so new and unique, perhaps i will try it
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Date Posted: July 19 2009 at 2:08pm
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Hello! just wanted to add that we tried the car shield cooker and i made meatballs in it! we used a small sun shade but think i will go back and get the larger one like for a truck. We made the meatball mix just like i do for the oven and then put the balls in my small black speckled roaster with the lid on and in a turkey bag, we put it out back at noon and it got to about 170 degrees, we moved it to the front of the house and in less then 10 min it zoomed up to over 200 my thermometer that i was using only went to 200 degrees so dont know for sure how hot it got, but by 5:30 pm was still pegging over 200 and meatballs were cooked through and browned just like in the oven, was very impressed, we are in el paso tx and so far the avg temps here are about 90 something and very sunny, i think this week i will try making beans and corn bread as i do have a dark pan for the cornbread and if i get the other shade will have 2 so will post back after i do that and let you all know!! oh and wanted to add that i bought a thermometer that goes to 450 so will also be checking that!! |