Creating solar cookers at a DIY workshop
Cooking outdoors with a solar oven is one way to save energy, and also keep the indoor of your home cooler during warm months. Solar cookers use the energy of the sun to fully heat meals to safe temperatures. You don’t need solar panels, wiring or expensive supplies.
There are various DIY solar cooker instructions on the Internet from which to choose. Depending on your skill level and resources, you should be able to create a simple solar oven for your next camping trip, scout outing, or simply to use in your own backyard!
Bread baking in a solar oven
While there are solar cooker kits available for purchase on line, you can also create your own completely out of ordinary materials. Consider these options:
- A mirror-line (or foil-lined) wooden box cooker, as described on Adventures in Life.
- Re-purposing an old refrigerator into a solar cooker, via instructions at Penniless Parenting.
- College students eat a lot of pizza – so why not re-use those pizza boxes as a solar cooker? See instructions from Simon Fraser University.
Step-by-step instructions for DIY solar cookers are illustrated on several videos, too.
The pizza box solar oven:
Or this one made from a cardboard box:
This solar cooker is more sturdy, created from wood:
Using a solar cooker will help you minimize electricity or natural gas use, and is 100% renewable and natural. Get out of the hot kitchen, and cook your meals outdoors in a solar oven!
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