Solar box cooker designs

Solar box cookers typically cook food at temperatures between 90 °C (194 °F) and 200 °C (392 °F). They can often accommodate multiple pots, and usually take between one and three hours to cook various foods. The sides and bottom are insulated to retain cooking heat. Worldwide, they are the most widespread. There are several hundred thousand in India alone.

Simple solar box cooker designs to build are the Easy Lid Cooker and the Minimum Solar Box Cooker. An example of a popular well-constructed manufactured solar box cooker is the All American Sun Oven.

Popular box cooker designs[edit | edit source]

Characterisitics[edit | edit source]

• Capable of cooking with multiple pots simultaneously
• Can be constructed from a variety of simple materials
• Most models rarely have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking
• Can be used to bake breads and cakes
• Cooking temperature range is 135 - 200 °C (275 - 392 °F)
• Tipping the cooker towards the sun can eliminate partial shading of the cook pot

Documents[edit | edit source]

• May 2020: The 250-year saga of solar box cookers - Ashok Kundapur
• Box Cooker Glazing: Sloped or Horizontal? A Study of the Optical Efficiency - Daniel Feuermann
• January 2018: Thermal Performance Evaluations, Energy Savings, and Payback Periods of a Box-Type Solar Cooker in Ibadan, Nigeria - Ademola K. Aremu, et al
• January 2018: Lazola Sheet Metal Solar Box Cookers - Michael Bonke
• October 2017: Rethinking the Box Oven - Dar Curtis
• February 2015: Comparative assessment of two different designs of box solar cookers under Algerian Sahara conditions - F. Yettou, et al

• December 2013: Réalisation et expérimentation d’un cuiseur solaire boîte à surface réceptrice inclinée muni d’un réflecteur plan - F. Yettou, B. Azoui, A. Malek, A. Gama, M.A. Rouissa et O. Benzeggouta

• May 2013: Manufacturers of Box Type & Dish Type Solar Cooker - Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

• September 2009: Contribution à l’amélioration des performances d’un cuiseur solaire boîte - Arezki Harmim, M. Belhamel, M. Boukar et M. Amar

• Solar box cookers - Dr. Ashok Kundapur

• Various ways to prop open the back reflector on a box cooker

• January 1990: Comparative Study of Box-Type Solar Cookers in Nicaragua‎ — Daniel Kammen and William F. Lankford. Published in Solar & Wind Technology

All construction plans[edit source]

• Colavito Solar Cooker
• Collapsible Solar Box Cooker
• Cornell Foldable Oven
• Dierkx
• E&S Solar Oven
• Earthen Solar Cooker
• Easy Lid Cooker
• Easy Solar Cooker
• Heaven's Flame
• Hot-Box Solar Oven
• Lazola 3
• Low-cost Wooden Solar Box Cooker
• Minimum Solar Box Cooker
• Newton Solar Oven
• Newton Solar Oven 2.0
• SOPAC Hand-Made Cooker
• Sol Cooker
• Suspended Box Solar Oven
• Tetra Brik Solar Box Cooker
• Tire Cooker

All designs[edit source]

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