Solar+cooking

[] [] [] [] || The box container can be made of virtually any material, from high tech polymers to simple plywood to extremely low cost and light cardboard construction, and the solar face is transparent, usually glass but can be other comparable materials. || || ||  These are usually highly efficient and the addition of reflectors will increase performance. These cookers can be made to be portable with collapsible reflectors of aluminum or mirrored foil glued to a sturdy backing, folding onto the cooker for easy transport. || || || || || []
 * < Solar cookers come in all sorts of sizes, shapes, and construction. There are commercial products and there are home made ovens. The simplicity of a solar cooker reflects the simplicity of its use and designs fall into some basic categories. ||
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/34_small1.jpg width="110" height="49" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 34" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/34.jpg"]] Box cookers, are simple, insulated boxes with a heat resistant transparent cover which can be a removable lid as the oven "door". The interior is black, for fuller solar absorption.
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/35_small.jpg width="110" height="72" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 35" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/35.jpg"]] It provides slow, even cooking of large amounts of food, with temperatures 140 - 225 degrees depending on construction. Addition of reflectors achieve the higher temperatures. ||
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/36_small.jpg width="110" height="33" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 36" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/36.jpg"]] Slant faced cookers. With the slanted face pointed directly at the sun, this type of cooker puts the collector glass in a more perpendicular orientation to the sun's rays while maintaining a level interior.
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/38_small.jpg width="110" height="28" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 38" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/38.jpg"]] Multi-faceted, cone shaped cookers. A faceted conical shaped interior covered with many small mirrors, this cooker brings more reflected light directly to upon the cooking pots reaching temperatures of 300 - 450 degrees F, and operates the same as a conventional kitchen oven. The larger size (generally 4' in diameter), it is large enough to roast a turkey. ||
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/39_small.jpg width="110" height="72" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 39" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/39.jpg"]] Instead of a totally contained oven and cooking utensils, this cooker, developed in France, has reflector panels, separate from the cooking utensils, directing sunlight directly onto a dark colored pot inside a plastic bag or under a glass bowl. These cookers are extremely portable and easy to assemble and use. ||
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/40_small.jpg width="110" height="29" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 40" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/40.jpg"]] Concentrating cookers. A curved, sometimes concave, reflective surface (aluminum foil, etc.) that focuses the sun's energy to a single focal point at which is placed a pot sitting on a separate stand. Temperatures exceeding 600 degrees F have been attained. This cooker requires more continuous attention in order to keep the focal point on the cooking utensil at all times since the sun angle is continuously changing as the sun moves across the sky. ||
 * < [[image:http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/41_small.jpg width="69" height="110" caption="WHAT'S COOKING - SLIDE 41" link="http://www.azsolarcenter.org/images/articles/cooking/41.jpg"]] These cookers can be complicated to make and because of the high heat generated at the focal point, can cause burns and eye injury if not used correctly. ||

NOTE: Make a pot from used olive oil can.