Comments on: Can your solar cooker do THIS??

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:07:21 +0000

Thanks for this post. We recently built our own solar oven and have been enjoying a variety of foods cooked in it. I'm anxious to try the boiled eggs!

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:44:00 +0000

You can easily construct a reflective insert, which I've detailed here. http://www.solarcooker-at-cantinawest.com/reflect... so that during low sun angled days (Winter) or hazy conditions, you can get another 100-150F out of your Global Sun Oven (or any other for that matter). I covered the math in another post. http://www.solarcooker-at-cantinawest.com/solar-o... and the spreadsheet for the oven calculation, is found as a link on this post (second sheet). http://www.solarcooker-at-cantinawest.com/focal-p... Enjoy.

By: Char

Char — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:06:20 +0000

Thanks for your response! I'll check it out. Otherwise I'm stocking up on propane for a while.

By: LizLong

LizLong — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:40:42 +0000

LOL. I'm with you. I live in VA and by mid-September, the main thing we could use it for is boiling water, MAYBE reheating something already cooked because the sun just doesn't give direct enough rays here then. I think the maps they have showing where you get enough vitamin D in the winter are good for the sun oven. If you get enough vitamin D in the winter, then you get enough direct rays to use the sun oven. If not, guess what? The Cobb Oven might be a better bet for you – it uses charcoal and can be used indoors.

By: Char

Char — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:38:24 +0000

Hm.. I live in Oregon! We don't SEE the sun from October to April and then it is overcast until May or June. Does it only work on sunny days?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:14:19 +0000

After the last big storm hit my home and knocked out the power for – get this – SIX days, I knew it was time to get a solar cook. After reading this, I'm now convinced that I absolutely MUST have one Thanks TheSurvivalMom!

By: Chrystalyn Trimble

Chrystalyn Trimble — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:21:15 +0000

I had a fun experience with the Global sun oven this weekend. My sister's freezer went out and she had 2 whole chickens and a turkey breast in it. They had thawed but were a little icy, so we had to cook them. We had to sun ovens available and a crook pot so in the ovens went one chicken and a turkey and in the crock pot another chicken. It took 2 1/2 hours to cook the chicken, we did refocus to get it done quickly and the crock pot took a few hours more. We got to taste the meat from both the oven and the crock pot and I truly could not believe how much moister and better tasting the one in the oven turned out. I was thrilled. I've used mine everyday since. : )

By: TheSurvivalMom

TheSurvivalMom — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:21:52 +0000

My suggestion re: purchasing a solar oven is to research the different varieties out there, talk with people who use them (or read about their experiences online) and decide which features are most important to you. The inventors of the Global Sun Oven have thought of all types of little details that make their oven effective and easy to use, but then, the price is around $250-300. With some research, you may decide that a $75 oven will suit you just fine and that you don't really need this or that feature. The lower price being a more important factor. Just BE SURE the oven will get up to 350 degrees, at least. Otherwise, your cooking times will be longer, less convenient, and you'll likely stop using the oven.

By: Morris TN

Morris TN — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:21:46 +0000

Thanks for the info. A solar oven was the next thing on my prepardness to get list. (BTW, I cook frozen chickens in my crock pot and they turn out wonderful!)

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