Lunch by Sol

[Paul Bailey]

I had actually picked this up on another forum. This is another heating device that had interested me but I've never tried. Anybody tried this with success. Not my recipe or pic...Paul

Chicken stew kissed by the sun! Toss in 1/2 cup of rice, carrots, celery, potatoes quartered/sliced & lots of chicken. Add water & broth to suit. Set to face sun's rays, turn to adjust once an hour. BTW, it takes a few blinding moments to get to know how to set up and approach without needing welders glasses!

Started at noon.

After 30-minutes: glass dome started to exhibit signs of thermal activity.

1-hour: occasional bubbles indicating we'd hit 212F.

2-hours: actively boiling & giving off delightful odors.

2.5-hours: ready to eat, but decided to let-er-run & see if the lit was right about not burning food.

4-hours: tender & juicy & hot as blazes..

[Mark Parsons]

Doesn't the pot have to be black?

[Ric Murphy]

Guys,
A buddy of mine made a number of these "solar cookers". They work quite well according to him (never had lunch with him though!!!). He was just using cardboard lined with tin foil so it doesn't have to be too complicated. They're used a lot in 3rd world countries where there is no access to electricty or firewood.
Ric

[Rob Beckers]

Home Power Magazine had an article of a 'build-in' solar cooker. Seems some off-grid people build them into their kitchen wall (south facing of course), with an oven door on the inside (kitchen side). If I recall the author claimed it worked very well. If anyone is interested I can dig through my stack of HPMs and find the issue number.

-Rob-

[Joe Blake]

Something else to make from recycled CD's eh?

A link to a built-in solar oven.

http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/kitchen.html

Joe