Cooking with the Sun
This is a parabolic solar cooker at a Permaculture homestead in central Vermont. It is turned away from the sun in the photo, but rotate it 180 degrees and aim it at the Sun and within minutes, things are really heating up! There are different kinds of solar cookers and many are easy to make and even easier to use. These are saving lives in deforested regions and awakening people to the many uses of the free energy of the Sun.
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February 8th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
lovely to see the cooker getting some air time - it’s a wonderful thing. i haven’t tried it in winter yet - but on those hot summer days, it can’t be beat. just don’t forget to weear styley shades.
February 11th, 2006 at 10:44 am
From my experience, a welding mask would be in order! That thing is powwwwerful. If the piano were somewhere else, you could move the cooker indoors for the winter and add more windows. I guess it would be easier to build a winter shelter for the thing with a big window. Hey, a rotating passive cooker shed!
February 12th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Has anyone out there constructed their own solar cooker? Doing so is one of my fantasies. Why heat up the house in summer by cooking when nature already is doing it outdoors? (actually, we eat a lot of raw things in summer). I’m loving the idea of solar cooking in winter….wondering what would happen on a sunny day at 20 degrees!?
February 14th, 2006 at 10:30 pm
I have a solar shower bag that I leave on the dashboard in the winter and it heats up nicely. A solar oven could be placed inside a south facing window…or maybe a clear plastic or glass enclosure around the thing for extra insulation.
February 14th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
Hey Gaiawings, have you followed the link to the solar cooking archive? They have plans for and info on lots of different ovens. Rowan, where did you purchase your parabolic cooker kit?