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The Basics ofSolar Cooking
Presented by Rose Marie Kern
Author of
The Solar Chef: A Southwestern Recipe Book for Solar Cooking
www.solarranch.com
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Solar Cooking in History 700 BC – Sunlit Fires
We know that all the way back to the 7th century B.C., humans figured out how to make fires by concentrating the sunlight with magnifying glass.
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Solar Cooking in History
1767 – Swiss Physicist Horace de SaussureCreated the first solar “hot box” cooker
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The main types of solar cookers
Box Style CookersParabolicTube Style CookersLens cookers
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Solar Box Cooker Uses
BakingBoilingBroilingSlow CookingEmergency CookingWater PurificationFood Dehydration
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Home Made Variations
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Pizza Box Style Cookers
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Various Home Made Cookers
Adobe box with glass lid
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All American Sun Oven The Ultimate Solar Cooking Appliance Temps of 360-400 degrees F
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What can you cook with a Solar Oven?
Stuffed Bell Peppers Christmas Turkey Red Rice and Beans Breads, Soups, Stews Quiche Potato, Rice or Noodle Casseroles Corn on the Cob Pretty much anything!
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Yes, You can solar cook in the winter.
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Parabolic cookers focus and reflect sunlight at a point above the unit. Great for frying.
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Parabolics can be unstable in high winds.
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Parabolic Design
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Some homemade Parabolic Cookers.
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Parabolic Cookers capture the sun but do not have a container to retain the heat.
Glass bowl or black pot set inside common reflective materials like a car sunscreen.
Disadvantage – no insulation means quick cooling.
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Pit lined with shiny metal and dark bottles on the bottom or a big Aluminum Bowl and black pot wrapped in heat resistant plastic.
Parabolic Alternatives.
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Good in the snow.
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Tube Solar Cooker
Good for broiling and frying.
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Fresnel Lens Cookers
Fresnel Lens is mounted and focuses light on pot behind it or…
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Fresnel Lens Cookers
…Under it on a cooking surface!
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Alternate Solar Cooker/dehydrator
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Solar Cooking can be a community experience!
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The Solar Villagercan cook
8 Turkeys or
6 trays of cookiesor
40 Ears of Cornor
20 loaves of bread at a time!
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Advantages of using Solar to cook.
Keeps your house cooler in summer
Does not use electricity or gas
Saves money
When emergencies take out all power, you can still have a hot meal.
Food tastes Fantastic!
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Can be used when camping when campfires or even propane campstovesare not allowed by the forest service.
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Know your cooking location, choose a place where shadows will not fall on the oven.
When placing the oven, know where the sun comes up, where it is at noon, and where it will descend.
Expect cook time to be 30% longer than in a convection oven.
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Tilt box towards the sun
Spin box to follow sun to keep temperatures high. Adjust every half hour for baked goods and eggs.
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When slow cooking aim the oven at where you think the sun will be in an hour…then walk away for the next four hours.
This is a good practice for roasts, soups, stews, beans, rice and casseroles.
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Solar CookingRequires thatYou pay attentionTo Mother Nature!
ESPECIALLY
CLOUDS AND WIND
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WEATHER.COM FORECAST
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WEATHER.COM FORECAST
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AVIATIONWEATHER.GOV
FEW
SCT
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Solar Cooking is still possible with a few clouds or a thin overcast cirrus layer – but stick to foods that need lower temperatures.
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Thin Black metal covered pots Clear Casserole Dishes Dark Pottery Dishes Dark metal baking dishes Do not use white casserole dishes Cast Iron? Not really. Too heavy and only use aluminum if food is covering
most of the surface. Will reflect sunlight back out.
Best dishes for cooking in a Box Cooker
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All American Sun Oven The Ultimate Solar Cooking Appliance Temps of 360-400 degrees F
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The All American Sun Oven has built in thermometer, 2 inches of insulation, a aiming device, heat tempered glass and folds up into a convenient carrying case weighing only 23 pounds.
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Casserole dishes can be stacked.
Dark Clay pots retain heat well.
Thin walled black pots
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General Information
Best Cooking TimesWinter 10am to 4pmSummer 8am to 6pm
Preheat the oven for half an hour prior to cooking
When using recipes written for convection ovens add 30% longer cooking times
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Hints and Tips
Use a roasting bag inside your pot for baking meats and turkeys.
Ove-Gloves work best when lifting the glass lids and removing hot cookware.
Treat the inside of the tempered glass with Rain-x to keep humidity from fogging the glass and lowering the temperature.
Tuck baking potatoes inside clean black socks and set around other dishes in oven.
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Dehydrate in partial shade with the glass open ¼ inch.
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Good book about Building Solar Cookers
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How to cook with solar and which has a wide variety
of recipes
Available today for $12.00
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All American Sun OvenManufacturer Price $349.00
Check online for discounted price at
www.solarranch.com
Free copy of The Solar Chef with oven purchase.
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The Basics ofSolar Cooking
Presented by Rose Marie Kern
LET’s EAT!