If you like home made bread, and sunny days, you may want to consider a solar oven. Lord of Wealth (GAB as I call him) shows us just how bread practically makes itself if you leave dough out in the sun (in an easy to obtain box).
- An example of a solar oven at an “eco-fair” in Regina this Spring.
While I would recommend the Sun Oven as a quite a useful contraption, for non portable use or a large family I might suggest people attempt to build a larger one that has bigger reflectors, a more stable tilting mechanism (the worst flaw of the Sun Oven) and perhaps the turntable I mentioned. I would also consider any charity project delivering Sun Ovens or some other variant of a solar oven to be a good, long term solution to fuel costs, carbon emissions and deforestation in the 3rd world.
I now know I can make cheaper, better bread with a lower carbon footprint than a commercial bakery. Now I must find a source of locally grown, organic hard wheat and a quality hand mill.
- When cooking you must leave the lid closed to maintain the trapped heat level
-This clever design lets you rotate the oven directly toward the sun without difficulty.
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huffb1 | 17-Aug-08 at 9:36 pm | Permalink
I heard about one of these being set up in Saskatoon a few weeks back. Anyone was welcome to come out and use it.
John Murney | 17-Aug-08 at 10:18 pm | Permalink
That’s awesome - how much are these ovens selling for?
Megan | 18-Aug-08 at 7:37 am | Permalink
Now THAT is cool.
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Zach Bell | 18-Aug-08 at 10:54 pm | Permalink
John, you can get a solar oven for anywhere between $15 and $500 depending mostly on where you buy from. There are some real scam artists out there.
Alternatively, (and much more enjoyably in my opinion) you can just build your own with some fairly cheap materials. Plans are all over the web.
http://solarcooking.org/plans/
Heather | 28-Aug-08 at 12:41 pm | Permalink
Is this a solar oven that you made? If so can you send me the instructions on how to build it. I’ve been looking for a solar oven with a moveable rack and this one looks perfect. If its not homemade please let me know where you got it from. Thanks
Saskboy | 29-Aug-08 at 5:55 pm | Permalink
Info from comment above:
“Thanks for the reply, I’ve actually discovered they are from a Saskatoon company called Soar Freedom International and they offer workshops to construct the solar ovens. If you are interested in posting the contact info for others who are interested in attending the workshop tell them to contact Craig at 652-1442 in Saskatoon. Thanks for the original post on solar oven- it was helpful in actually tracking the supplier down.”