SUCCESSFUL pizza box oven, how to build, Part 1 of 4

[ThePastaManCan]

Ouch My Ears :(

[21simon09]

this is good im learnin about this

[cloudwisker]

wow that helps a bunch! i tried to make one of these before and it was hopeless i think i can start over now!

[spacerock7]

3:38 The light entering the cooker from the sun is predominanatly Ultra Violet, UV. As the Uv passes through the screen, it alters to Infrared light, IR. The IR CANNOT FULLY PASS back out of the box. The reflectivity may not absorb the heat, but it does not reflect back OUT OF THE BOX. The heat still remains in the box, just not absorbed by the metal. The IR is bounced around and will be absorbed by the food that is cooking or water that is boiling.

[solarcookingnut]

@spacerock7 May I ask you about how well your solar oven does if you have one? All the ones I ever made with only unpainted foil barely got warm enough to cook anything, because the foil acts as a MIRROR. this is why so many fail with their solar cooking when they just put foil inside and not paint it dark. Unpainted foil is great for reflecting the sun INTO the oven, BUT, if you put all unpainted foil inside the oven, it DOES reflect all what you are trying to capture, BACK OUT.

[spacerock7]

@solarcookingnut I'm sorry, I was just trying to say how the light/heat does PARTIALLY stay in the box. Forgive me if i offended you or came on too strong.

[solarcookingnut]

@spacerock7 Apology accepted, :) If you haven't tried solar cooking yet, you really ought to try it. Fascinating process. Have a great evening!

[tr8y]

how hot dose it get ??????????

[solarcookingnut]

yes. the foil, being metal absorbs and hold heat well. painting it black, adds more heat absorbing capabilities.

do a test. get some foil. on the left side, paint it flat black with some simple acrylic craft paint, then leave the other side unpainted, lay in sun. touch them after 10 minutes. the shiney part reflects heat away so you will notice its barely warm, but the dark side is hotter cause the rays of the sun absorb into the black.

[ZAXXON777]

Great idea! I gotta ask you though about the fumes and or harmful off gasing of either the glue or the paint fumes when operating the oven at cooking temperatures? Anyone test this with a meter or anything?

[solarcookingnut]

using NON toxic paints are important. if one uses bbQ paint, you have to let the oven sit out in the sun, with the lid ajar to let the heat gas it out. I personally use craft acrylic paints or tempera, both dry fast, give off very little to no fumes at all. when I paint anything with non toxic spray paints like pans and jars, I leave them out in the sun for several days till all fumes are non existent.

[menderfire9]

Okay s/cook/nut, that answers my questions. Thanks.

My angle comes from dealing with people who live with kids in their RVs without propane or electric & somehow have 2 cook for several people each day.

You and I are on the same page, just with a different audience. I.m not into baking breads, cakes & cookies, but I see it as a start . My people go 2 a food bank & come home with sacks of mac/cheese, potatoes, rice, beans, carrots, broccoli & a chunk of raw pork & no way 2 cook it.

Respect.

[solarcookingnut]

If you watch my other vids, you will see I cook casseroles, meats, rice, etc also. I try to encourage people to use this in camping, homelessness, traveling.... It would be nice to have people at food banks teach classes with panel cookers in tow to give to those who are struggling, especially if their utility bills are getting out of hand. I even feel when one is fixing emergency kits, they need to put panel cookers in them also. I may do a vid on that.

[menderfire9]

My question is why a pizza box? Why not a taller box so you can get a 2 to 4 qt kettle in there? Can't do 3 meals a day in a Pizza box!

[solarcookingnut]

The reason I used a pizza box is because many begin solar cooking principles by using pizza boxes first, especially school children. Teachers use these as teaching tools to introduce solar cooking to their students. I personally like an assortment of ovens so I can teach others how to cook in each different kind. If you watch my other videos, I do indeed have ovens that use pots. This is just for those who I found were failing using pizza boxes and just wanted to prove it can be done.

[solarcookingnut]

Another reason I went with this is so many homeless could easily carry one of these instead of a big bulky one. I use a wide variety of cookers and ovens. I want others to look into knowing how to use a wide variety of ovens and cookers so they have enough knowledge to make even the smallest ones to help in a time of crisis. One should never limit themselves to just one kind of solar oven or cooker. Alot of things can be cooked in a pizza box oven, especially breads, cakes, and cookies

[menderfire9]

very good video. And good advice, "don't treat this as a science project, treat this as something you NEED to succeed at! I taught solar box cooking in the Caribbean where wood for cooking was getting so scarce it was alarming. People think that forests have been stripped in some of these countries because of agriculture or lumber industry, but it is due mainly to the need for cooking. So solar ovens are a real help to multitudes of poor people in urban as well as rural areas of the world.

[solarcookingnut]

Thank you for your comment. Too many people treat this kind of cooking as if its just some nice science project and many times, fail even doing that. I want people to learn how to do this the right way so that when disasters hit, like tornadoes, hurricanes, etc, this kind of simple cooking can be done plus a way to steriilize water and surgical tools too. So many places have lots of sunlight, and its ashamed to see people waste this resource.

[xOHxLOVExOHX]

very nice :)

[mystykit]

I love your homemade cookers.