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dianaji
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ecomujeres
Diane:
We cooked with a number of different solar ovens that we made from nested cardboard boxes. We had a few prototypes and the last one we made, we used
for 3-4 years while living on the beach near Mulege.
A good book is: Heaven's Flame: A Guide to Solar Cookers, available on Amazon.
You can buy the pre-fab ones, but they are expensive. We probably spent about 10-15 dollars, all of that on buying two pre-cut pieces of glass that
to fit the top of the oven and for the oven thermometer and aluminum foil. We used good, thick, recycled boxes, one that fit inside the other with a
gap of a few inches. This space was stuffed with pieces of cardboard for insulation and sealed. There are a number of designs out there.
We then made our own reflectors and lined them with aluminum foil. The above mentioned book gives good plans and designs, talking about the ideal
size & proportion for your oven (too small or too big won't generate enough heat) as well as how to make the reflectors.
We cooked rice, beans, stews, soups and even brownies in our oven.
You have to monitor and adjust the oven to keep the temp. up at maximum, but we easily achieved 320-360 degrees for 5-6 hours on a sunny winter day on
Bahia Concepcion.
Think: slow cooker. Once you make it and adjust to using it, no more gas or electricity.
Just make sure to figure a way to fasten your reflectors so they dont fall over. Rocks work well to prop the oven, with a string tied to the
reflectors. Putting it in a protected place also helps. Amazingly, we never had problems with dogs wandering by to raid the oven, even though it sat
right on the sand in front of the palapa and we commonly went away for a few hours. But, quien sabe?
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yes, i do want to make my own...that's part of the adventure of it. do u live anywhere near la mision? i have never really seen a real one. or see
how it works. although have joined a solar cooker forum...lots of good ideas, but i still want to SEE one to understand it.
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ecomujeres
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Diane: sorry to say that we no longer use or have an oven. We stopped eating rice, beans and such so we gradually stopped using it and eventually
after a few years, recycled it. I am looking for a photo of ours, but no success yet. Will continue...
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BajaHawk
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Kind of hard for cooking dinner. 
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dianaji
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaHawk
Kind of hard for cooking dinner. |
according to the forum, u can cook meat loaf, potatoes, veg all at one time. and i heard it's great!
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Bob and Susan
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your window for solar is kinda of small in ensenada...
weather is kinda of weird there...
you'd have to cook dinner between
12pm and 2pm to make sure you had enough sun
i think i'd stick with propane... 
our regular stove uses one of those medium size propane tanks you see everywhere...
it costs $35usa to fill and lasts about 6 months
doing the math...that's about 20 cents usa a day...
yesterday martha made susan a chcolate cake
with cream cheese frosting...
i got ONE piece 
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dianaji
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
your window for solar is kinda of small in ensenada...
weather is kinda of weird there...
you'd have to cook dinner between
12pm and 2pm to make sure you had enough sun
i think i'd stick with propane...
our regular stove uses one of those medium size propane tanks you see everywhere...
it costs $35usa to fill and lasts about 6 months
doing the math...that's about 20 cents usa a day...
yesterday martha made susan a chcolate cake
with cream cheese frosting...
i got ONE piece |
i'm getting propane tank, as soon as it is converted from gas...maybe this week. don't really cook a lot, but just wanna play with the solar oven
for the adventure.
why only one piece...does she eat the rest?
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