I'm not going to knock it before I try it. I happen to have all the materials needed, except maybe the black paint, but I do have some questions like does the board have to be square or just cover the hole? Would it help to paint the board black or would that heat up the ground so much that it might start a fire? I happen to have two tires that need to be used for something, and if need be can get more which is why I asked about 2 earlier.
Here's the thing, if SHTF, people are going to use inventive things to survive or they are going to suffer. This project is something that CAN be achieved using parts lying about the place, and I am sure that if there is something really bad that happens, no one is going to worry about a little off-gassing if they are trying to bake bread and make soup for their family. I think all the people who are complaining ARE MISSING THE POINT. This is simple, and it works for what it needs to do.
Hey good idea... how about cutting the top off of the tyre and lining the tyre with aluminium foil, this would alow more light/heat to penetrate and also act as a solar collector, cheers.
While the intent is noble and the concept is very sound; the use of a tire is a poor choice. As jib1000 alluded, the tires are toxic and when hot they do outgas some of these toxins.(check out the MSDS on tires) The choice of paint needs to be considered carefully, too. Most paints are also very toxic and yes, despite your assumptions, they will outgas and contaminate the food. Tempera paint is OK. A few meals= no prob. A decade of food cooked in tires.....don't wanna be that guy.
I read somewhere it's best to use a tire inner-tube but I guess those are hard to come by these days. The inner-tube forms a seal on the glass and traps the heat inside. You're supposed to be able to cook a pot of beans or a stew in it.
well? how well does it work? what kind of temps can it reach? how long does it take to reach those temps? how long does it take to get to and sustain 200' in the pot? morning light? afternoon light? evening light? cloudy? more details please!
People, people..this is a safe and ingenious idea. It would reach the same temperatures as any other solar cooker and cook your food perfectly safely. Any fumes that might come off the tire will not contaminate the food if the lid remains closed, which it has to in order for the cooker to work. Paint poisons are not going to get into your food unless you paint the inside of the pot, like a dumbass. This is just common sense. Jeez...some people will gripe about anything.
is the girl high? also, you give zero information about temps that can be achieved in this method, how long to cook, etc. I can leave a pot full of chicken out in the sun and get food poisoning w/o lugging around a tire, glass and a board.
@jib1000 A. none of the things you listed are an accurate description of the quality of food the solar tire cooker produces. B. This devise is a great cheap method to cook food without electricity that millions of people all over the world would love to have this to cook their food in over their current open flame methods. Some of us are not as lucky to have any luxury more than the Earth we live on.
@jib1000 How is that cheaper than cooking on an open fire? I could take that board and break it up and cook a meal on it. Hell you can always gather enough combustible, nontoxic materials to make a small cooking fire, if you know how. And don't try to tell me that a pane of glass grows on a tree, or that paint is environmentally friendly. The process for producing glass is also not environmentally friendly. And yes if its hot enough to cook food, its hot enough to denature that tire.
@jib1000 You could break the board and cook one meal on it. Maybe two with the left over heat from the coals. But keeping the cooker means you have an infinitely available resource instead of something like wood that runs out (yes, burning wood is much more resource intensive than funneling the sun's power) ensuring that a means of cooking is always available. Additionally, with a solar cooker there is no fire, meaning no smoke (no lung or eye inflammation). A tire, a glass pane and a pot are
@jib1000 ...a tire, a plane of glass can easily be found in the piles of junk laying around in developing communities and teaching or providing a reason to reuse these discarded materials is also a great way to implement and encourage cleaning up communities that have no trash service. Are you convinced yet? Or do you still have to be right about being against a very popular very practical and sustainable way underprivileged people all over the world have to cook their food.
@GlobeAware I guess i need to start going to the trash pile you go to. The one you go to has fresh cans of paint, clean unbroken panes of glass, and tires that meet automobile inspection criterion.
Communities that have no trash service should be burning their organic trash and cooking on it. The smoke from a small cooking fire is much less harmful than paint and rubber infused food. Its not sustainable, or practical at all. Its harmful, and non-sustainable.
@jib1000 The glass doesn't need to be unbroken, the tires do not have to meet any criterion and I didn't say you could find paint in the trash. It sounds like you think that developing communities around the world who are ravished by poverty automatically work together to come up with the group solution for their problems...but in reality all most people are trying to do in these communities is secure their next meal. Stay alive. That involves cooking. I don't know why you think...
@jib1000 think...the material from the tire or the paint leaks into the food. That does not happen, it is actually a very safe very sustainable method. If u r still having a big issue with painting the pot black or sticking it in a tire you can line the inside of the pot with foil and stick it in another foil lined box rather than the tire. There are tons of methods and you can do some research and find out the truth from various sites across the internet that promote solar cooking as well.
@jib1000 No, your right, nor would they be looking on the internet to find ways to create solar cookers. But I'm sure they would graciously accept a cooker or some materials and instructions on how to build and maintain a cooker. Helping other people is what we are about!
@jib1000 Unless they've already used up all the trees .. or the trees are an orchard that they need.
Sadly this happens in many places around the world. In some places they started by harvesting wood from trees at the edge of their camp/village and now they have to walk a mile or more to get to a tree.
@jib1000 This is the end of the reply I have typed, they are meant to be read from bottom to top starting with "You could break"...and ending with...Please direct your hate mail somewhere else. We are only trying to help ppl here.
My concern would be the toxic off-gases generated from the hot tire and the paint.
herviews 5 days ago
i will try this , if it works then i will give a prize
vijay6543211 5 days ago
you need aluminum not glass all this will do is keep your food warm during camp outs and free from flys
narcovice 1 week ago
Hate to be negative but is this supposed to save the enviroment.. ? Lol who has the time these days to cook with 265/75r14 anyways??
Canadianmancan 1 week ago
I'm not going to knock it before I try it. I happen to have all the materials needed, except maybe the black paint, but I do have some questions like does the board have to be square or just cover the hole? Would it help to paint the board black or would that heat up the ground so much that it might start a fire? I happen to have two tires that need to be used for something, and if need be can get more which is why I asked about 2 earlier.
Looking2marryU 1 week ago
Could 2 or more tires be used?
Looking2marryU 1 week ago
Please, only use non toxic black paint(where to find that???)
anisuthideyakoindu 1 week ago
Dang I'm going to make pot roast I'll start cooking it now so it will ready by sat
discoonelove 1 month ago
Toxic.. unless your using a sealed pressure cooker watch out..
josephdupont 1 month ago
How much time does it take to cook in this? I'm really curious...
MsTruth617 1 month ago
@MsTruth617 what if it's raining?
PyR0Star 1 month ago
That's great for sunny summer days, but for winter it just doesn't work.
HumbleWillis 2 months ago
If i get food poisoning from eating undercooked meat im gonna be pissed..
UnnamedThinker 2 months ago
Here's the thing, if SHTF, people are going to use inventive things to survive or they are going to suffer. This project is something that CAN be achieved using parts lying about the place, and I am sure that if there is something really bad that happens, no one is going to worry about a little off-gassing if they are trying to bake bread and make soup for their family. I think all the people who are complaining ARE MISSING THE POINT. This is simple, and it works for what it needs to do.
Melanievf 2 months ago 3
i rather just make a fire lol
iSMITH4life 4 months ago
@ :32 ( @ )( @ )... NICE!!
300bum07 4 months ago
EAT RAW
clonepaste 4 months ago 2
Hey good idea... how about cutting the top off of the tyre and lining the tyre with aluminium foil, this would alow more light/heat to penetrate and also act as a solar collector, cheers.
bigrsoul 5 months ago
While the intent is noble and the concept is very sound; the use of a tire is a poor choice. As jib1000 alluded, the tires are toxic and when hot they do outgas some of these toxins.(check out the MSDS on tires) The choice of paint needs to be considered carefully, too. Most paints are also very toxic and yes, despite your assumptions, they will outgas and contaminate the food. Tempera paint is OK. A few meals= no prob. A decade of food cooked in tires.....don't wanna be that guy.
WurledPeas 5 months ago
Don't throw out your flints and/or matches...
burchified 6 months ago
I read somewhere it's best to use a tire inner-tube but I guess those are hard to come by these days. The inner-tube forms a seal on the glass and traps the heat inside. You're supposed to be able to cook a pot of beans or a stew in it.
greenpilgrim50 9 months ago
Why not paint the wooden board a nice oh I dont know pink or green. Here's a thought. How about black ?
windowpane0 10 months ago
well? how well does it work? what kind of temps can it reach? how long does it take to reach those temps? how long does it take to get to and sustain 200' in the pot? morning light? afternoon light? evening light? cloudy? more details please!
nerys71 1 year ago 21
oh dang..thanks for this idea guys...this will serve me and my buddy nicely when we go camping..
deathpiggy89 1 year ago
People, people..this is a safe and ingenious idea. It would reach the same temperatures as any other solar cooker and cook your food perfectly safely. Any fumes that might come off the tire will not contaminate the food if the lid remains closed, which it has to in order for the cooker to work. Paint poisons are not going to get into your food unless you paint the inside of the pot, like a dumbass. This is just common sense. Jeez...some people will gripe about anything.
ahnaknits 1 year ago 4
is the girl high? also, you give zero information about temps that can be achieved in this method, how long to cook, etc. I can leave a pot full of chicken out in the sun and get food poisoning w/o lugging around a tire, glass and a board.
kenfo0 1 year ago
solar cookers don't work in england.
pok282 1 year ago
@pok282 oh, that is sad...why not? overcast weather?
heather3howard 1 year ago
Yummy, paint and tire flavored luke-warm food!
jib1000 1 year ago
@jib1000 A. none of the things you listed are an accurate description of the quality of food the solar tire cooker produces. B. This devise is a great cheap method to cook food without electricity that millions of people all over the world would love to have this to cook their food in over their current open flame methods. Some of us are not as lucky to have any luxury more than the Earth we live on.
GlobeAware 1 year ago
@jib1000 How is that cheaper than cooking on an open fire? I could take that board and break it up and cook a meal on it. Hell you can always gather enough combustible, nontoxic materials to make a small cooking fire, if you know how. And don't try to tell me that a pane of glass grows on a tree, or that paint is environmentally friendly. The process for producing glass is also not environmentally friendly. And yes if its hot enough to cook food, its hot enough to denature that tire.
jib1000 1 year ago
@jib1000 You could break the board and cook one meal on it. Maybe two with the left over heat from the coals. But keeping the cooker means you have an infinitely available resource instead of something like wood that runs out (yes, burning wood is much more resource intensive than funneling the sun's power) ensuring that a means of cooking is always available. Additionally, with a solar cooker there is no fire, meaning no smoke (no lung or eye inflammation). A tire, a glass pane and a pot are
GlobeAware 1 year ago
@jib1000 ...a tire, a plane of glass can easily be found in the piles of junk laying around in developing communities and teaching or providing a reason to reuse these discarded materials is also a great way to implement and encourage cleaning up communities that have no trash service. Are you convinced yet? Or do you still have to be right about being against a very popular very practical and sustainable way underprivileged people all over the world have to cook their food.
GlobeAware 1 year ago
@GlobeAware I guess i need to start going to the trash pile you go to. The one you go to has fresh cans of paint, clean unbroken panes of glass, and tires that meet automobile inspection criterion.
Communities that have no trash service should be burning their organic trash and cooking on it. The smoke from a small cooking fire is much less harmful than paint and rubber infused food. Its not sustainable, or practical at all. Its harmful, and non-sustainable.
jib1000 1 year ago
@jib1000 The glass doesn't need to be unbroken, the tires do not have to meet any criterion and I didn't say you could find paint in the trash. It sounds like you think that developing communities around the world who are ravished by poverty automatically work together to come up with the group solution for their problems...but in reality all most people are trying to do in these communities is secure their next meal. Stay alive. That involves cooking. I don't know why you think...
GlobeAware 1 year ago
@jib1000 think...the material from the tire or the paint leaks into the food. That does not happen, it is actually a very safe very sustainable method. If u r still having a big issue with painting the pot black or sticking it in a tire you can line the inside of the pot with foil and stick it in another foil lined box rather than the tire. There are tons of methods and you can do some research and find out the truth from various sites across the internet that promote solar cooking as well.
GlobeAware 1 year ago
@GlobeAware People looking for their next meal will make a fire, not buy glass and tin foil.
jib1000 1 year ago
@jib1000 No, your right, nor would they be looking on the internet to find ways to create solar cookers. But I'm sure they would graciously accept a cooker or some materials and instructions on how to build and maintain a cooker. Helping other people is what we are about!
GlobeAware 1 year ago 5
@jib1000 Unless they've already used up all the trees .. or the trees are an orchard that they need.
Sadly this happens in many places around the world. In some places they started by harvesting wood from trees at the edge of their camp/village and now they have to walk a mile or more to get to a tree.
Charlesincharge42 1 year ago
@jib1000 This is the end of the reply I have typed, they are meant to be read from bottom to top starting with "You could break"...and ending with...Please direct your hate mail somewhere else. We are only trying to help ppl here.
Thank you
GlobeAware 1 year ago
Was posted on my birthday, too! :)
TheShirEl 1 year ago
very interesting! good video!. i built my oven from an old junk oven ...solar ovens work much better than folks can imagine..
centervilletn 2 years ago