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--- food:cooking:solar_oven [2021/06/18 13:10]
frater_secessus [commercial ovens]
+++ food:cooking:solar_oven [2021/06/18 14:58]
frater_secessus [DIY ovens]
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 ====== Solar ovens ======
-Solar ovens are devices that concentrate and retain heat from the sun to [[food:cooking|cook]] foods.  They can also used to reheat or to [[water:start|disinfect water]].
+Solar ovens are devices that concentrate and retain heat from the sun to [[food:cooking|cook]] foods.  They can also used to reheat or to [[water:start|disinfect water]].  The ovens may have integral cooking containers((as with thermal tube designs)) but more commonly a black pot is placed into the oven.
-The ovens may have integral cooking containers((as with thermal tube designs)) but more commonly a black pot is placed into the oven.
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   * box - a box with reflectors
+  * bag - like a box, only made from flexible matrial like neoprene with mylar lining
   * funnel - a rough parabolic shape
   * thermal tube - horizontal clear tubes into which food is placed
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 ===== commercial ovens =====
-  * Global Sun Oven (aka Burns Sun Oven), used by Bob Wells of Cheap RV Living and Nomadland fame.
+Commercial ovens tend to be expensive.  See also DIY overns below.
+  * Global Sun Oven (aka Burns Sun Oven), used by Bob Wells((https://www.cheaprvliving.com/cooking-solar-oven/)), jimindenver((https://cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=22611&pid=272592#pid272592))
   * [[https://amzn.to/3zBB5J9|Go Sun]] (thermal tube), used by zenerbufen((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/inl7xi/are_van_dwellers_really_using_go_suns_solar_oven/g4a52ij/)), biobennett((https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/idcljq/do_these_solar_ovens_actually_work/g28dqx2/)), AbsintheFairyGirl(((https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/idcljq/do_these_solar_ovens_actually_work/g28wdpw/))
-  * [[https://amzn.to/3xrsVB2|Sunflair]] (bag), used by jimindenver((https://cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=22611)
+  * [[https://amzn.to/3xrsVB2|Sunflair]] (bag), used by jimindenver((https://cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=22611))
   * [[https://amzn.to/35NUMjr|Sun Oven All American]] (box), used by PrairieFire_withwind((https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/idcljq/do_these_solar_ovens_actually_work/g2eetp7/))
   * SOS Sport, used by used by PrairieFire_withwind((https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/idcljq/do_these_solar_ovens_actually_work/g2eetp7/))
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   * backwoodshome [[https://www.backwoodshome.com/making-and-using-a-solar-cooker/|DIY solar oven]]
   * open design [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Permaculture/comments/ly5h03/took_down_an_abandoned_antenna_from_the_roof_and/|made from a satellite dish]]
-  * [[http://solarcooking.org/plans/|solarcooking.org]] solar oven plans
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