Solar Chinese Style Ribs and Rice

Memorial Day weekend Sunday May 24 - I had a wonderful surprise after a rainy morning and early afternoon. The sky broke and was completely cloudless once again around 2:30PM. By 3:00PM I had jumped at this opportunity and it paid off good. Two hours of decent cooking yeilded a deliciuos meal. The ribs I bought preseasoned from George's Banana Stand. The rice was plain white rice with one can of chinese vegtables and soy sauce added to taste.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• solar
• cooking
• sun
• green
• oven
• cooker

[Beepinsqueekin]

Yummy ribs! Im in eastern Nebraska and it seems we have a fair amount of sunny summer days but I wonder about winter. Where abouts are you and have you tried winter solar cooking?

[Lashon3D]

I am located in central Maine. I have solar cooked in the winter, but cooking time is short. Still, there is enough time to cook fish as well as reheating leftovers.

[deezynar]

That's pretty neat how such a simple device is able to get the job done. The cooker w/ the ribs looks a bit bigger than the one w/ the rice. Does that explain why the ribs were hotter than the rice?

Are you happy w/ those units, or would you like to get something more substantial?

[Lashon3D]

Both cookers are about the same size. The temperature difference can be atributed to the two different methods of measuring. I amhappy withn them, but I do want to build a more permanent box oven on my deck for winter cooking.

[deezynar]

Thanks for the reply. I've been thinking of making a solar cooker for home use and have been looking at various designs on YouTube, gathering ideas and information. You said you're thinking of going with a box oven, is there a YouTube video that shows the one you want?

[Lashon3D]

I haven't seen a design on youtube that is really what I want for a box oven. But I am thinking of a design that hipofalcon has except optimized for my lattitude, so the angles might be a bit different.

[lumpfish99]

im on the costa del sol......!!! i'll be fryin me up some of these things for sure......should go well with the old melonoma......

[deezynar]

Thanks. I'll look at hipofalcon's channel. I may send you a personel about the latitude calc.s. Take care.