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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2512
Location: New Jersey, USA
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 Posted: Thu Jun 27, 24 2:22 pm Post subject: Solar Cooker |
 
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I have a faint memory that once upon a time Himself made a solar cooker for me. Did a search here on Downsizer but nothing on solar cookers came up. Perhaps the climate is not suitable?
Why has this come to my mind? Daughter and son-in-law have bought a tiny, 768 sq ft cabin in Colorado as a vacation get-away. Rustic, to say the least - listing indicated it had 3/4 of a bathroom - there's an outhouse and they use a bucket st night.
Their location in Colorado is rather arid, at 6,600 ft elevation, near many huge scenic areas. Out there our daughter is trying to be stingy with electricity. I had the idea that a solar cooker might be just the thing.
Solar cooker is supposedly able to reach similar temps to a slow cooker. No good for high heat stir fly, no good unless the sun is shining. Simple materials at its most basic - cardboard, piece of glass or plexiglass, some insulation, black paper, tape.
Here's a picture of one from a local green fair back in 2013.
Any experience with a solar cooker, comments, suggestions? TIA for your thoughts. |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45808
Location: yes
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handy for slow cooking if the sun shines and you ensure that the food has reached a safe temp(electric probes are cheap and effective)
is there any bio fuel? frass and twigs, dried dung, timber? etc? available
for personal/family off grid cooking, my choice is now wood gasification stove and gillie kettle
re pans etc, steel wok, cast iron pot(+hay box or i spose "solar haybox"), skillet, steel mug*
best kit i have used real world in assorted "settled" circumstances 
technical but simple, and they work all year round, not expensive, my stove and gillie kettle were less than $100, and they work with assorted fuels
*if moving, the gasification stove and a pint mug are plenty and very light |
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