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Guidelines and cooking tips
Note: These guidelines have been developed by Solar Cookers International for solar box cookers and solar panel cookers. Recipes may need to be adapted when cooking with parabolic solar cookers, which cook at much higher -
Solar cooking pots
The best solar cooking pots are typically made of thin, dark metal with a lid. Pots with polished finishes, which reflect light away from the pot instead of absorbing it should be avoided. Unless you -
Introduction to solar cooking
Depending on where you live and how you cook, solar cooking can save you time, effort, and fuel. It is also environmentally friendly, and a fun way to prepare your meals. All foods can be -
Minimum Solar Box Cooker
The Minimum Solar Box Cooker is a simple box cooker that can be built in a few hours for very little money. Using ideas developed by many different people, Tom Sponheim and Mark Aalfs attempted -
Promoting solar cooking
Determine whether solar cooking is appropriate in your area[] Evaluating solar cooking potential for a locality, Countries with the greatest solar cooking potential, Cultural variables to consider, Solar radiation maps, Quick Needs Assessment for Solar -
South Sudan
Archived articles Heliso AS Magnar Totland The entities listed below are either based in South Sudan, or have established solar cooking projects there: Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network Kawesa Mukasa Solar Connect -
Solar restaurants and bakeries
Solar restaurants and bakeries have been established in various parts of the world as income-producing enterprises. Not only do they provide clean culinary options to communities, they also as they offer unique business advantages -
Testing
Various methods of testing are available to compare solar cookers. Solar Cookers International responded to requests from cooks, manufacturers, and organizations to create an objective, scientific process to evaluate solar cookers - the Performance Evaluation Process -
Heat-retention cooking
Heat-retention cooking saves cooking fuel because after food has been heated to cooking temperature using a conventional stove or solar cooker, it is placed into an insulated container where it continues to cook until -
Kenya
Underline See other most significant solar cooking projects worldwide. Kenya has been the center of solar cooking activity in East Africa. A number of organizations have endeavored to promote the technology in this country, which -
Heat storage
Heat storage for solar cooking typically refers to adding mass to store additional heat for cooking, increasing a solar cooker's efficiency. The most common approaches use either'sensible' or'latent' mediums as storage devices -
India
Underline See other most significant solar cooking projects worldwide. Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources -
Windshield Shade Solar Cooker
Kathy Dahl-Bredine developed the Windshield Shade Solar Cooker while experimenting with various designs of cookers to introduce in the indigenous communities where Kathy lives and works in southern Mexico. She hit upon an utterly -
Refugee camps
There are more displaced people living in refugee camps and IDP camps than at any time in human history. People who live in camps have limited access to most things they need for daily life -
Tips and tricks
There is very little different about cooking in a solar box apart from doubling cooking time and leaving water out when cooking fresh vegetables or meats. All foods are cooked in dark covered pots except -
Solar Cookers International
Solar Cookers International (SCI) helps lead global efforts to promote solar cooking. Solar cookers have no emissions and use free solar energy accessible worldwide for cooking and water pasteurization. SCI raises solar cooking knowledge and -
Solar tracking
Solar box cookers and solar panel cookers normally do not need to be turned to follow the sun unless you are cooking beans or an especially large amount of food, or if you are cooking -
Principles of Solar Box Cooker Design
By Mark Aalfs, Solar Cookers International - aalfs@yahoo.com People use solar cookers primarily to cook food and pasteurize water, although additional uses are continually being developed. Numerous factors including access to materials, availability of -
Bread
See also: Solar restaurants and bakeries Use your favorite recipe, or frozen bread dough from the store. After dough has raised in a well-oiled dark pan with lid, put it into preheated solar oven -
Glazing
Glazing is the term used in this article and throughout the solar industry to describe the glass or plastic coverings used in a solar cooker or collector. (In other industries glazing may refer only to -
Cultural variables
This article discusses the cultural variables that play a part in solar cooker dissemination. These perspectives should be of interest to solar cooking promoters, and emphasize the importance of seeking local partners when possible. Food -
CooKit
The CooKit was PEP tested with a double Pyrex bowl glazing enclosure. Panel-style solar cookers are the first solar cookers that are truly affordable to the world’s neediest. In 1994, a volunteer group -
Water pasteurization
Contrary to common belief, biologically-contaminated water does not need to be boiled to make it safe to drink; it only needs to be brought to a temperature that is sufficient to kill all disease -
Solar cooking frequently-asked questions
If you can't find the answer to your question below, use the above search box to explore other pages on the site. You can also email us at paul@solarcookers.org. New solar cooks
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