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Last edited: 13 July 2025
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Sam Erwin adjusts his Solar Chef.
The cooker maintains a level cook pot tray.
The Solar Chef was designed and first patented by Sam Erwin in 1978. He sold over 3,000 ovens up through 2011. The solar panel cooker incorporates a sturdy framework with a swivel base to allow positioning towards the sun. The central cooking chamber has a small fan to assist distributing the heat evenly.
Sam was trained as a carpenter before he began production. Now, as of 2013 (at the age of 89), he found a partner to produce and distribute the cookers.
- See Solar Chef International for access to the Star Flower solar cooker.
Audio and video[]
- May 2025: History of Sam Erwin and the Solar Chef and StarFlower - Janie McNutt
- February 2012:
Articles in the media[]
- Febrary 2012: Tracyton couple uses sunshine to cook food - Kitsap Sun