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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
India
Underline See other most significant solar cooking projects worldwide. Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources -
Uganda
See other most significant solar cooking projects worldwide. A number of small- and medium-scale projects have been initiated in Uganda, a country frequently touted as making good development progress, economically and politically. Welfare Society -
Nepal
Solar Cookers International has rated Nepal as the#12 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in -
Kenya
See other most significant solar cooking projects worldwide. Solar Cookers International has rated Kenya as the#13 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar -
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 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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Desserts
Filling cooked in solar oven while making crust... 3/4 cup org. strawberries sliced/minced -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Sri Lanka
EMACE Foundation A solar cooking project was established in Sri Lanka in 2001 by E. Abeyrathne of that country's non-profit organization, the EMACE Foundation. The country is very suitable for solar cooking, with -
Water Pasteurization Indicator
The Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI) is a simple indicator that shows water has reached pasteurization temperature and is safe to drink. It was invented by Fred Barrett and Dale Andreatta. Pasteurization destroys all microorganisms that
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