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Words of wisdom: “….the solar oven is a very good mimic of a crock pot slow cooker” - Bob Wells1)
Solar ovens are devices that concentrate and retain heat from the sun to cook foods or disinfect water.
The ovens may have integral cooking containers but more commonly a black pot is placed into the oven.
Advantages: * free! * “Low and slow”2) techiques adapted from crockpot recipes may be useful.
Disadvantages:
The acronym CARD describes what is necessary for solar cooking:3)
One might add S for Sunshine.