Love your videos i love to see another woman being so creative.´ I have thought that bits of cork might do to stand things on instead of racks so the heat does not get lost through the bottom of the cardboard. Have you looked up earth ovens? I reckon you can get ideas about insulation from them. Also masonry stoves, about retaining heat. One man wondered if you could heat masonary with the sun instead of with fire and retain the heat and so cook at night.rose macaskie madrid Spain.
I have wanted earth or masonry ovens for years. I have indeed actually thought about mass heat storage by using stone and brick, painted flat black, and using large flat reflectors to concentrate heat onto the brick. I thought this would be useful especially for greenhouses in the winter where the sun is out more.
Panel cookers and my oval shaped ovens with the curved reflectors do great. Rice and beans can sometimes be old and thus don't want to cook quickly. I done an experiment the other day by heating the water first in one cooker and rice in its dry state at the same time in another cooker. once the water got good and hot, I put in the hot rice, and IT COOKED IN AN HOUR! I have been having problems with bad rice not cooking, this batch cooked fast using that method.
I built a plywood, insulated oven; if I keep it turned to the sun, it seems to cook the rice & beans; if I miss a turn, it stews them (smells nice) but doesnt cook them; I'll try soaking overnight, but I'll make your panel cooker and roaster pan oven with curved reflector - that seems simplest.
Parabolics are great for extreme temps, but, you have to stand over the food or it burns. Plus you MUST make sure you never stare into the focal point, ALWAYS wear sunglasses.
Soaking beans overnight helps them to cook better too.
Very good video !
mygreenneighborhood 2 years ago
Love your videos i love to see another woman being so creative.´ I have thought that bits of cork might do to stand things on instead of racks so the heat does not get lost through the bottom of the cardboard. Have you looked up earth ovens? I reckon you can get ideas about insulation from them. Also masonry stoves, about retaining heat. One man wondered if you could heat masonary with the sun instead of with fire and retain the heat and so cook at night.rose macaskie madrid Spain.
jbloch69 3 years ago
Hi,
I have wanted earth or masonry ovens for years. I have indeed actually thought about mass heat storage by using stone and brick, painted flat black, and using large flat reflectors to concentrate heat onto the brick. I thought this would be useful especially for greenhouses in the winter where the sun is out more.
solarcookingnut 3 years ago
Panel cookers and my oval shaped ovens with the curved reflectors do great. Rice and beans can sometimes be old and thus don't want to cook quickly. I done an experiment the other day by heating the water first in one cooker and rice in its dry state at the same time in another cooker. once the water got good and hot, I put in the hot rice, and IT COOKED IN AN HOUR! I have been having problems with bad rice not cooking, this batch cooked fast using that method.
solarcookingnut 3 years ago
I built a plywood, insulated oven; if I keep it turned to the sun, it seems to cook the rice & beans; if I miss a turn, it stews them (smells nice) but doesnt cook them; I'll try soaking overnight, but I'll make your panel cooker and roaster pan oven with curved reflector - that seems simplest.
cowboyswami 3 years ago
thanks for all the great videos!
which of the designs cooks hottest?
i use it for rice & beans mainly - my solar cooker takes 4 hours to cook them - sometimes it still doesnt cook fully
cowboyswami 3 years ago
Parabolics are great for extreme temps, but, you have to stand over the food or it burns. Plus you MUST make sure you never stare into the focal point, ALWAYS wear sunglasses.
Soaking beans overnight helps them to cook better too.
solarcookingnut 3 years ago