Solar Oven Fail

by Prepperjim | Sep 28, 2011 | Cooking, Personal, Preparedness

This week­end I had an “epic fail” (as the kids say) with my new solar cook­er. I tried to make a sim­ple dish, Arroz con Pol­lo (chick­en with rice), but did not get past 100F. Why? The sun! As it turns out, Sat­ur­day morn­ing and after­noon was the time moth­er... Read more

DIY — Make a Simple Cardboard Box Solar Oven

by suburban | Jul 13, 2010 | Cooking, Improvised Gear, Stoves

The sun is arguably one of the human­i­ty’s most impor­tant tool for sur­vival. It gives off prac­ti­cal­ly unlim­it­ed amounts of light that is used by plants to gen­er­ate ener­gy and ani­mals for heat. It can be used to gen­er­ate elec­tric­i­ty with solar pan­els,... Read more