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food:cooking:solar_oven [2021/06/18 13:00] frater_secessus [Solar ovens] |
food:cooking:solar_oven [2021/06/30 12:10] (current) frater_secessus [further reading] |
====== Solar ovens ====== | ====== Solar ovens ====== |
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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. |
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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 | * box - a box with reflectors |
| * bag - like a box, only made from flexible matrial like neoprene with mylar lining |
* funnel - a rough parabolic shape | * funnel - a rough parabolic shape |
* thermal tube - horizontal clear tubes into which food is placed | * thermal tube - horizontal clear tubes into which food is placed |
===== commercial ovens ===== | ===== commercial ovens ===== |
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* 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. |
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| * 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/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/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/)) | * [[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/)) | * SOS Sport, used by used by PrairieFire_withwind((https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/idcljq/do_these_solar_ovens_actually_work/g2eetp7/)) |
* backwoodshome [[https://www.backwoodshome.com/making-and-using-a-solar-cooker/|DIY solar oven]] | * 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]] | * 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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===== further reading ===== | ===== further reading ===== |
* Heaven's Flame book on solar cooking (PDF) ([[http://web.archive.org/web/20201119120100/https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/solarcooking/images/f/fe/Heavens_Flame_-_Joe_Radabaugh.pdf/revision/latest?cb=20200621174500|from the wayback machine]]), [[https://amzn.to/3gGYqQV|out-of-print paperback]]. | * Heaven's Flame book on solar cooking (PDF) ([[http://web.archive.org/web/20201119120100/https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/solarcooking/images/f/fe/Heavens_Flame_-_Joe_Radabaugh.pdf/revision/latest?cb=20200621174500|from the wayback machine]]), [[https://amzn.to/3gGYqQV|out-of-print paperback]]. |
* warming food [[https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/cjuzcl/solar_oven_vanstyle_between_the_front_windshield/|between windshield and reflector]] | * warming food [[https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/cjuzcl/solar_oven_vanstyle_between_the_front_windshield/|between windshield and reflector]] |
| * [[https://vandwellerforum.com/user-184.html|jimindenver]] is the most famous nomadic solar cooker user. |
| * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPpTyX1hew|jim reviews solar ovens]] |
| * jim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-mlBvceHEM|demonstrates]] the Dr. Solstice solar oven |
| * jim [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uai-HTE2S5w|compares]] very small solar ovens |
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