parabolic solar cooker

video of a parabolic solar cooker i bought a couple of weeks ago. it works very well, is very inexpensive, is lightweight (around 3.3 pounds) and when disassembled the dish fits in a (15.5" x 12.5 x 4") size box. *not much bigger than a large phonebook. when assembled it is only 3 feet across. it will cook just about anything that you would normally cook on the stovetop and in about the same time. i use various metal pots and pans that i painted with a high heat flat black barbeque paint. i try to always use glass lids when cooking to keep any splatter from hitting the solar cooker. Because this video is long, ive included a general timeline. this should make it easy to fast forward to various sections. the following is a general flow of the video in minutes and seconds. From 0:00 - 1:20 (1 minute and 20 seconds) i talk about the cooker itself. then from 1:20 - 2:35 I talk about the burner assembly I designed. At 2:35 I show focal point and water heating. At 3:55 I show water boiling. At 4:33 pasta cooking. At 5:55 heating sauce. At 6:40 cooking soup. Then 6:59 - 7:27 cooking grilled cheese. 7:33 - 8:21 frying eggs. 8:21 egg sandwich. Then at 8:27 - 9:18 caramelizing onions. And finally from 9:18 to 9:57, I show where I store the cooker and the box that it came in. I bought the metal stakes and some mounting hardware from home depot (about $11.00) and the flower pot holder and high heat flat black paint for painting the pots and pans from ace hardware. got almost everything for about $92.00. one point about safety, the soil where i live is practically hard as a rock. this is why i didn't need to secure the stake more. however, in many areas of the USA and many areas of the world (probably most areas) the soil will probably not provide enough support at all to hold a pot or a pan safely. For extra pics and info. - click on the website link on my youtube channel page

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[jeepers2655]

ok my dish network dish and some tin foil........

[desertsun02]

@jeepers2655 I tried that once using a dish from Direct TV (I think). I covered it with aluminized mylar. measured a temperature about 400 F.

[connieandbobby]

May I ask where you purchased for $49? Saw one on Ebay for $170.00 which I have no idea if this is a good cost.

Thanks

Connie

[desertsun02]

@connieandbobby i bought it from solarsizzler(dot)com. they had some for $49.00 and some for $69.00. unfortunately the website does not seem to exist anymore.

[kirtokosseamrica]

how much ?

[desertsun02]

@kirtokosseamrica only $49.00

[Colorado1derful]

Awesome video! Thanks so much for sharing. : )

[goosepeuk]

@EnavSounds May be a bit late (5 months) but these parabolic dishes can heat up water so.......if you use this to generate steam then you can then, with the right set up, convert this steam into kenetic energy (see steam engines) and this in turn can power a suitable generator etc etc.

So yes the chance of getting power into your house is good its just how you utilise the power :)

[thunderpower5]

@desertsun02 solarsizzler(dot)com doesn't exist!

[Zarr252]

Very very good but where can I buy it?

[EnavSounds]

i alway wonder my self if is possible to install some kind on optical fiber system to redirect the solar beam and use this green power inside your house, i appreciate your answer or even better a video explaining this

[tdiep]

I can't find this product... weird..