GreenJoyment: Solar Cookers http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/ en Copyright 2009 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:51:48 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fun solar cooker from old Satellite Dish

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/fun-solar-cooker-from-old-satellite-dish.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/fun-solar-cooker-from-old-satellite-dish.html Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:51:48 -0700 Solar Heated Water: Create Your Own Evacuated Vacuum Tube Awesome videos about evacuated tubes... how you can create your own and how it will heat water to a boiling point using the sun and a mirror.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-heated-water-create-make-solar-evacuated-tube.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-heated-water-create-make-solar-evacuated-tube.html Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:19:52 -0700 Evacuated Solar Cooking Pot This is a really cool cooking concept that eliminates the need to replace oven bags in solar cooking.

Just take this pot and place it into a funnel of mirrors or a funnel of aluminum and it will easily sterilize or even boil water in direct sunlight.

For project 10 to the 100th my idea is a solar cooking oven that uses double-lined evacuated glass for the cooking food and disinfection of water.

Now all we need is a manufacturer. Anyone have any leads there?

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/evacuated-glass-solar-cooking-pot.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/evacuated-glass-solar-cooking-pot.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:12:34 -0700 Fantastic Solar Cooker Another FANTASTIC solar box-type cooker on YouTube!

He built this from scraps from a construction site. Nice!

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/fantastic-solar-cooker.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/fantastic-solar-cooker.html Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:02:06 -0700 Roasting a Marshmallow (with Nothing but the Sun) How to roast a marshmallow:

Step 1: Stick marshmallow in center of parabolic cooker.
Step 2: Point parabolic cooker at the sun.
Step 3: Enjoy!

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/sun-cooking-a-roasting-marshmallow.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/sun-cooking-a-roasting-marshmallow.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:50:18 -0700 Butterfly Community Solar Cooker from TinyTechIndia

Tiny Tech India has come up with a new version of a parabolic solar reflector called the Butterfly Community Solar Cooker.

According to the web site, it's advantages are:

  • As there are two equal reflectors - one on each side-, weight is balanced and hence it does not require foundations in the ground. It is mounted on 4 castor wheels and can be revolved and shifted in any direction at any moment even while cooking. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to fix the cooker with ground by RCC foundations.
  • It is not necessary to find out north south direction. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to fix north-south line and fit the cooker on that line.
  • It does not require to install on polar axis. So no latitude of the location is necessary to know. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to fix entire structure to revolve around polar axis and hence latitude of the location must be known.
  • It does not require any seasonal adjustment. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to make seasonal adjustment every week.
  • It is dispatched in dismantled condition and it can be assembled at site very quickly without any expert guidance. So installation staff is not necessary. In Scheffler Reflector, it is essential to send expert person for installation.
  • 100% reflector area is utilized as aperture area as against 70 to 80 aperture area is used in Scheffler reflector. So 8 sq mt butterfly is equivalent to 10 sq mt Scheffler reflector.
  • Both wings (reflectors) can be folded vertically on hinges very quickly. Hence when not in use, it will occupy very less space.
  • It can be quickly adjusted against focus by any layman without any training.
  • The cost of Butterfly cooker of equal capacity is only 50% of Scheffler reflector.

Learn more about TinyTechIndia at http://www.tinytechindia.com

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/butterfly_community_solar_cooker_from_tinytec.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/butterfly_community_solar_cooker_from_tinytec.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:16:53 -0700 John Grandinetti's Indirect Solar Cooker Mr. Grandinetti's oven can be made for about $21 dollars and here's the kicker: he is giving it away. He doesn't want to sell the plans, he wants a company to take it and mass produce it for third world countries so that forests won't need to be cut down for things like cooking fires. A noble idea indeed. It will be interesting to see if any company, anywhere steps up and takes him up on his offer.

John Grandinetti is a solar contractor out of Honolulu, and the owner of Grand Solar Inc. This isn't his first foray into the solar cooking/pasteurization field. He also has created similar devices for the purpose of pasteurizing water in the late 90's for third world installations in Tanzania and Guatemala.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/john-grandinettis-indirect-solar-cooker.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/john-grandinettis-indirect-solar-cooker.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:58:40 -0700 Solar Water Heating and Solar food drying We wish they would have offered a little more instruction and a little less music in this video, but nonetheless, looking at their models, you can start to get some good ideas for both drying your food in a solar dryer, and heating your water using nothing but the sun.

Frankly, the music gets a bit annoying after a bit... but did you see how simple the model is for solar heating of the water? Pretty cool.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-water-heating-and-solar-food-drying.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-water-heating-and-solar-food-drying.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:49:22 -0700 Solar Pizza Box Cooker Failure: Chocolate Chip Cookies I sped this video up to make it go a bit quicker. But basically, this is my last attempt at using this pizza box cooker. I was attempting to make chocolate chip cookies using the pizza box solar cooker, but it just didn't work, and I ended up cooking them inside in the oven.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-pizza-box-cooker-failure-chocolate-chip.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-pizza-box-cooker-failure-chocolate-chip.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:23:32 -0700 Baked Apples: Solar Cooker Desserts Baked Apples
Baked apples can be cooked in a solar cooker too
Carrie has made us baked apples on a few occasions, and I have absolutely loved it. Now, too much sugar (or really, even a medium amount of refined sugar), may not be all that good for you, or for the environment, depending on where the sugar, apples, and cinnamon came from, and depending on how they were grown. So do a little research to know what you're eating before you're eating it.


  • Apples

  • Sugar, brown and white

  • Cinnamon

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/baked-apples-solar-cooking-desserts.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/baked-apples-solar-cooking-desserts.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:36:54 -0700 Pizza Box Solar Cooking Another great video about how to make a pizza box solar cooker

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/pizza-box-solar-cooking.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/pizza-box-solar-cooking.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:43:35 -0700 Solar Cooking Workshop in Nyala, Darfur

Nyala was the headquarters of the Daju empire, which was established around Jebel Um-Kurdós, until the fall of the Daju rule at the end of the 15th century, according to an account of sultan Daju Kassi Furok or Kassifrogé who mounted the Antelope from Darfur then perished in Dar Sila.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-cooking-workshop-nyala-darfur.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/solar-cooking-workshop-nyala-darfur.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:33:57 -0700 Green Power Science: Pasta Cooked through a Fresnel Lens

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/green-power-science-pasta-cooked-through-a-fresnel-lens.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/green-power-science-pasta-cooked-through-a-fresnel-lens.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:29:36 -0700 Bander Beyla: Successful Solar Cooking in Somalia Bander Bayla was the first village in Somalia to be helped after the tsunami with solar cookers. Stoves were distributed to over 950 people. See pictures of this beautiful, remote, tsunami affected village.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/bander-beyla-successful-solar-cooking-in-somalia.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/bander-beyla-successful-solar-cooking-in-somalia.html Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:20:44 -0700 Bander Beyla: Successful Solar Cooking in Somalia Bander Bayla was the first village in Somalia to be helped after the tsunami with solar cookers. Stoves were distributed to over 950 people. See pictures of this beautiful, remote, tsunami affected village.

]]> http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/bander-beyla-successful-solar-cooking-in-somalia.html http://www.greenjoyment.com/solar-cookers/bander-beyla-successful-solar-cooking-in-somalia.html Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:20:44 -0700