Solar cooking

This summer I have been experimenting with solar cooking. What an amazing experience! I love solar cooking for so many reasons, and in this post I tell you why I love it, which oven I recommend, plus I clear up misconceptions about solar cooking and I share my best tips.

Solar Cookers, Ovens, and Stoves: Comparing The Options Solar cooking has been getting a lot of good press in the last months, and for good reason! Solar cooking is a great idea for anyone looking to reduce their fuel use, keep their kitchen cool or find a more convenient alternative to a conventional stove. Luckily, if you're searching for a solar cooker, you now have more options than ever. From an oven that can bake a Turkey, to a stove that can cook a meal under clouds and snow, the…

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Parabolic solar cookers can make your life easier when camping. Here’s what to know about solar cooker types and benefits.

The CooKit was PEP tested with a double Pyrex bowl glazing enclosure. Panel-style solar cookers are the first solar cookers that are truly affordable to the world’s neediest. In 1994, a volunteer group of engineers and solar cooks associated with Solar Cookers International developed and produced the CooKit, based on a design by French scientist Roger Bernard. Elegant and deceptively simple looking, it is an affordable, effective, and convenient solar cooker. With a few hours of sunshine…

The Sun BD Corporation offers an solar electric ovens that combines the convenience of a household oven along with a high efficiency solar oven. In 2004 David Chalker started the Sun BD Corporation and teamed up with Rohitas Electronics, a solar oven manufacturing company based in India to bring the Tulsi®-Hybrid Oven solar electric oven to America. In 2011 the Sun BD Corporation began manufacturing the full sized, made in USA SunFocus™ solar electric oven. As of February 2017 there is now…

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Make an easy solar box cooker, learn how solar cooking works, and try a few solar recipes.

Learn why solar ovens are a must have skill for preppers that you can use today. It saves money and helps keep the heat out of your kitchen in the summer.