solarcooker

I went a little crazy with solar cooking. I tried to make a solar cooker that was big enough and fast enough to cook a pizza. It collects just over 4 square meters of sunlight. It will cook about anything for six months out of a year. For winter months, I just cook in the house. The waste heat from the natural gas burners help to heat the house anyway. I have a picture and story, if you are interested at: solarcooker.livejournal.com I have 3 other smaller oven style cookers that I made and tend to work better in the winter. One really small solar oven will only cook about a half a cup at a time. I like to heat up some frozen corn kernels in it. I put a couple of slices of butter on top of the corn. Adding about 15 minutes to the heating time after the butter melts into the corn is about right. I will try to take some more pictures later. I would be interested in hearing about others who have made solar cookers.