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Last edited: 15 December 2015      

A simple box cooker to build is the Easy Lid Cooker. Another popular model is the "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker. An example of a popular well-constructed commercial solar box cooker is the All American Sun Oven.

Easy Lid Cooker

The Easy Lid solar box cooker

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The "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker

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All American Sun Oven

Advantages and disadvantages

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General characteristics
  • Can cook multiple pots simultaneously
  • Can be built from many different materials
  • Can cook large quantities of food using multiple pots simultaneously
  • Most modes rarely have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking
  • Can be used to bake breads and cakes
  • Can't fry foods
  • Simple box cookers may lack adequate reflector area.
  • The box may shade the cooking pot when the sun is lower in the sky. Manufactured box cookers often have a mechanism to tilt the cooker forward, while maintaining a flat cooking tray.

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