Cooking With the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar CookersSolar cooking is easy, free, and clean, and you can build a solar oven and a solar hot plate with a few dollars' worth of materials and hand tools.
Cooking With the Sun gives simple directions for both, along with a host of recipes -- pizza, chicken, pecan pie -- that will convince you that low-tech is the way to go. Endorsed by the American Solar Energy Society and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Solar Oven Cook Food Using the SunStop a minute and check out how to use sunlight to cook food. NO flames, no electricity. Save money and have fun doing it! This amazing tool can cook just about anything using the sun. Great for camping, RVing, fishing, outdoor parties or just trying it out for fun in your own backyard. As the heat builds up, temperatures inside the pot can reach up to 300 F. It's light and easy to use.
Made of a lightweight mylar type of material. It can accommodate up to a 12" pan, rectangular pans, and even dutch ovens. The sides, back and front fold up around and reflect the sun back into the pan. This whole unit folds back up into a square measuring roughly 12" x 13" x 2" and weighs under 10 oz. People love this oven because it is so easy to use and is inexpensive. Comes with directions, some recipes, bag for pot. All you need is sunshine.
**For every purchase of a Sun Chef Solar Oven, $1 is donated to help build water wells in developing countries like Kenya.
Sun BD Corp. Tulsi-Hybrid Solar Cooking OvenOne look at us, and you'll see why the Tulsi-Hybrid is the #1 hybrid solar oven in America! Solar cook beef & pork roasts, whole chickens or cakes, pies and breads. It'll bake whatever you want: Features: Heats up to 400degrees F. Rugged 95% reflective one-piece reflector panel (Higher reflectivity than a standard glass mirror). Double paned oven window instead of the typical single pane(Condensation virtually eliminated). Double rubber oven seals instead of a single seal (Better long term heat retention). Attachable Temp. Booster reflector panels for (Higher Temperature Cooking). Larger internal cooking chamber (Cook 4 different foods at one time). Accessories (Everything you need to get started solar cooking from day one). 24/7 electric back-up system is energy efficient using typically 75% less electrical energy than your standard in-house oven (The cost to operate is pennies). Rugged suitcase design offers clamshell like protection to internal parts. (Sets up in seconds: Simple as opening a suitcase). Portable for easy transporting (Fits in the trunk of your vehicle). Larger cooking range: Canada to the tip of South America (You cannot out travel the Tulsi-Hybrid). Peace of mind: Solar-Electric/Daytime/Anytime (Always in case of an emergency.). : Specifications: Cooker size: 540 x 540 x 200 mm. / 21.25 in. x 21.25 in. x 7.87 in. Material: Molded body made of UV resistant fiber reinforced plastic. Cooking capacity: 2 Kgs. or 6-8 Kgs. per day / 4 Lbs. or 13 to 17 Lbs. per day. Total weight: Approx. 13 Kgs. / 28 Lbs. including cooking pots. Tray material & coating: Aluminum sheet, black painted for high UV heat absorption. Cooking pots w/Lids: 4-Stainless steel pots w/lips, hard black coated for UV heat absorption. Energy source: Solar & electric power for backup. Electrical consumption: Approx. 0.15 to 0.4 KW/h. depending on quantity & ambient conditions. Power source: Solar and backup electric 120 volts / 60 cycles.
