How To Make a Solar Oven or Cooker - Books

 

Solar ovens and cookers have come a long way, it could be said that they've come of age... using today's high-tech reflective and insulation materials it's relatively easy to make a solar oven or cooker and harness the amazing power of the sun (nuclear fusion!), efficiently and effectively. Here are 2 top notch books covering the how to of construction of various cookers, tips and recipes. Find complete cookers from Amazon below.

1.		Cooking With the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers from Morning Sun Press Price: $36.00 Customer Review: Cooking with the Sun is the only book that gives a brief history of solar cooking and explains how to construct with clear text, line drawings, and photos an oven that is as efficient as the expensive commercial solar ovens. You can build it for under $25 in materials and it will reach 350 to 375 degrees F. The "hot plate" just like the burner on your stove top is also easy to build and will reach temperatures of 650 degrees F within minutes. You can fry, steam, grill, poach with instant heat The book offers all you need to know to use solar cookers and over 90 recipes with resources... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Solar Stove Top Cooker : Pattern, Instructions, Recipes from Morning Sun Pr Price: $9.95 Customer Review: I've been using a commercially produced solar oven for a while and it's superb as an oven. I bought these plans because I wanted a hob - and it works. Being retired I've got time I could put aside to building it and made it a couple of times before I got it how I wanted it. Unfortunately... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

 

Buy Solar Ovens and Cookers

Building your own solar cooker does take time and many people have found that home-made solar ovens and cookers simply do not reach the temperatures claimed or expected - check out these ready-to-go units if you can't spare the time to make a solar oven and just want to get pollution-free, environmentally friendly cooking happening at your place fast!

 

Global Sun Oven - Solar Cooker

The global sun oven is claimed to be the most widely used solar oven on the planet, now used in more than 126 countries worldwide. It's use of advanced materials make it a sturdy and highly efficient solar appliance, easily able to overcome heat losses and cook in places of very low ambient temperature including Mt Everest! Reviews of this solar oven at Amazon are almost unanimous in high praise for usability and durability of the unit...

Customer Review:
"The Global Sun Oven, Solar Cooker is one of the best products out there. The quality of the materials and ease of setting it up this oven makes it appealing to me. It folds up easily making it easy to transport. The product I ordered was exactly what was delivered. It was delivered on time and in good order. You can't go wrong!"  more reviews or further information click here

 

Hot Pot Solar Cooker

The HotPot solar cooker easily reaches temperatures up to 350-400 degrees, it comes with a 5.5 quart capacity clear tempered glass bowl which surrounds a strong black steel pot. The air space between the two containers enables heat retention. The ultra-shiny reflectors fold flat for storage. A very good design.

Customer Review:
This cooker works great. It is lightweight, easy to unfold and fold up, and the food cooked in it is terrific. You can feel the heat that the panels generate the moment you open up the panels. The great thing about it compared to the Sun Oven is that you do not have to constantly go outside to move it to get the best of the sun. It cooks surprisingly well. It is also easy to clean both the cooking pot and the solar panels. I can only recommend it, with no caveats. It works well in windy weather, too; I made a clear plastic cover for it, and hook the plastic down with sticky velcro dots to keep the wind out. So I can use it anytime the sun is shining, even if the wind is blowing. more reviews or further info here

If you're interested in how to make a solar oven you might be interested in how to make a solar hot water system.