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Luther Krueger, Photo credit: Michael Bonke
Luther Krueger has been collecting, designing, and promoting solar cookers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA since 2004. As host of "Saturday Solar Cooking Brunches," instructing through community education courses, and setting up demos at farmers markets in south Minneapolis, Luther hopes to reach the tipping point for solar cooker adoption in Minnesota and beyond. Luther has installed a variation of the Barbara Kerr "through-the-wall" cooker in his south-facing garage wall, called the Sun Portal.
Beginning in 2020, Luther began traveling the path of solar cooking video interviewer. While working full-time, he has found time to travel several times across the USA, stopping to create video interviews with notable pioneers and practitioners of solar cooking. His library of video interviews can be seen at: Luther Krueger's YouTube solar cooking channel, The Big Blue Sun Museum of Solar Cooking
News[]
- NEW: April 2024: Luther Krueger is interviewed - Podcaster Nate Hagens is given a solar cooking overview by Luther Krueger. They discuss the basic science of solar cookers, the various types of cookers available, as well as the growing importance to encourage the adoption of solar cooking. The quanity of traditional fossil cooking fuel resources continue to dwindle. Their use is linked to respritory health problems and deforestation. Using the sun to cook food relieves a portion of our demand for global energy, especially in areas of the world with the fewest resources.
- April 2021: Complete First Season - Solar Cooking Video Podcast series, 20 solar cooking notables in 14 episodes, interviewed September to October 2020.
- October 2020: American Solar Energy Society, Solar Today magazine: "Cookin' in the Sun" on page 16, featuring Krueger's collection of solar cookers.
- August 2020: Minnesota Renewable Energy Society: "Solar Cooking in the Variety Weather Belt"
- July 2020: Podcast: "Star Flower Solar Cooker by Sam Erwin," with Janie McNutt, Solar Chef International.
- May 2020: Consolfood 2020's third webinar surveying Luther Krueger's "Museum of Solar Cooking" collection.
- March 2020: SunPod-Interview Luther Krueger, CONSOLFOODS 2020 - Michael Bonke
Audio and video[]
- November 2023: Luther Krueger interview - Michael Bonke first interviewed Luther Krueger at CONSOLFOOD 2020 in Faro, Portugal. Luther usually interviews others, and has produced a substantial collection of videos of his visits to solar cooking notables in the USA and Europe. They both attended CONSOLFOOD 2023, in A Coruña, Spain this past July, and Michael audio interviewed Luther to hear his perspective on the progress being made in the field of solar cooking. Hear the audio interview
- July 2023: Luther on the state of solar cooking communication and collaboration
- May 2023: Luther relates his solar cooking experiences
- November 2022: Encore visits with a few previous interviewees - Luther returns to speak again with Sharon Clausson, Craig Bergland, and solar tracking master Stan Wells, with his miniature working tracker.
- January 2022:
External links[]
- Playlist: Solar Cooking Examples -Videos made by solar cooking enthusiasts around the world. "Curated" as much as possible, to show best practices, unique designs, and committed promoters
- Luther Krueger's YouTube solar cooking channel
- The Krueger "Museum of Solar Cookers"
Contact[]
Luther Krueger
Tel: +1-612-290-9450
Email: kruegerian@gmail.com
Web: https://kruegerian.net
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SolarCookingMuseum