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There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than USD 5.00. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table are all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also [[buy a solar cooker]] from a variety of companies.
   
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==Types of solar cookers==
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*[[:Category:Solar panel cooker plans|Solar panel cookers]]
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There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than US$5. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table are all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also [[buy a solar cooker]] from a variety of companies.
  
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*[[:Category:Parabolic solar cooker plans|Parabolic solar cookers]]
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*[[:Category:Evacuated tube solar cooker plans|Evacuated tube solar cookers]]
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*[[:Category:Solar array cooker plans|Solar array cookers]]
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==<span style="font-size:18pt">Selected designs</span>==
  
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===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">[[Panel cookers|Panel-style cookers]]</span>===
  
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* Easy and cheap to make
  
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* Can be collapsed for storage or transport
  
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* Lower temperatures.
  
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* Can't fry foods.
 
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* Cooks only 1-2 pots of food.
  
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* Built in about an hour from one large cardboard box or from two medium-size sheets of cardboard
  
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* Doesn't require a large flat sheet of cardboard like the [[CooKit]] does
  
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* Easy to adjust for different sun angles
  
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* Great cooking power
  
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* Very good for winter cooking in temperate regions
  
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* Not waterproof
  
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* Might be difficult to use in equatorial climates where sun rises to straight overhead.
  
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* Fastest cooker to make.
  
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* Waterproof
  
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* Only feasible where windshield shades are sold
  
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* Folds to the size of a large notebook for storage or transport
  
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* Not waterproof
  
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* Cooks best when the sun is high in the sky.
  
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* Uses less cardboard than other panel cookers
  
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* Not waterproof
  
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* Might be more difficult to use at mid-day in equatorial climates where sun rises to straight overhead.
  
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===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">[[Box cookers|Box-style cookers]]</span>===
  
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* Can cook in multiple pots simultaneously
  
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* Can be built from many different materials
  
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* Can be built any size to cook large quantities of food
  
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* Don't have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking
  
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* Construction time longer than panel.
 
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* Can't fry foods.
 
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* Simple to build from two cardboard boxes
  
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* Not waterproof
  
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* Same as [["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker|"Minimum" Cooker]] but there is no need to construct a lid since the top of larger box becomes the lid
  
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* Not waterproof
 
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* Extra power due to multiple reflectors
  
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* Can heat multiple pots simultaneously
  
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* Must be turned a bit more often to follow the sun
  
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* Bottom of oven not level as cooker tilts toward sun
  
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* Cook as fast as a conventional electric burner.
 
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* More expensive than other models
  
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* Tricky to make without imported materials.
 
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* Requires periodic realignment to the sun.
  
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* Can't bake bread
  
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* Can damage eyes.
 
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* Can be made out of cardboard
  
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* Doesn't require the pot to be in a heat resistant plastic bag
  
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See all [[:Category:Parabolic cooker plans|Parabolic cooker plans]].
  
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==<span style="font-size:20pt">All cookers</span>==
  
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Below you will find links to all of the different plans for solar cookers found on this wiki.
  
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* For a discussion of all major cooker types, see the [[Compendium of solar cooker designs]].
  
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* [[:Category:Solar cooker designs|All solar cooker designs found on this wiki]]
  
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* [[:Template:ArabicPlans|Plans in Arabic]]
  
   
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==External links==
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* [http://solarcooking.org/plans/default.htm?redirect=no The original "Plans page" in the Solar Cooking Archive]
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* [http://solarcooking.org/research/Dormio-report.htm Evaluation of Several Original and Commonly Used Solar Cooker Designs] - ''Dane Dormio and Steven Jones''
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*{{NewJul19}}[[Media:Construction_of_solar_cookers_and_driers_-_Christelle_Souriau_&_David_Amelin.pdf|Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers]] - ''Christelle Souriau & David Amelin'' (This is an excellent overview of solar cooking basics and simple solar cooker and dryer construction methods.)
   
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==<span style="font-size:20pt">All construction plans</span>==
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* [http://solarcooking.org/plans The original "Plans page" in the Solar Cooking Archive]
  
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Scroll down to find links to all of the different plans for solar cookers found on this wiki.
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* [http://solarcooking.org/research/Dormio-report.htm Evaluation of Several Original and Commonly Used Solar Cooker Designs] - ''Dane Dormio and Steven Jones''
  
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There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than USD 5.00. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table are all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also buy a solar cooker from a variety of companies.

Types of solar cookers

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