[Greenbuilding] Solar Oven

[gromette at frontier.net]

Our solarium is our primary heat source; a sunny midday in winter is  
typically 85 to 95 degrees F there. I figure the solarium glass may be  
cutting some of the gain to the cooker but the ambient heat of the  
room probably makes up for it.

A 20 degree F day in Gunnison in January is a heat wave, so we don't  
set the cooker up outside in winter. Afternoon showers this time of  
year (July-Aug) has kept me from using the oven outside in summer. (We  
seldom get above 85F in summer, but thanks to climate change that is  
changing.) That's my excuse, anyway. I really should give it a  
try--setting it up off the ground or deck to thwart the neighborhood  
critters.

I really need to use it more...maybe this post and converstion will  
inspire me.

--Cate
Gunnison, CO
(current temp @ 5pm = 68F)



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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:46:15 -0400
From: Lynelle Hamilton <lynelle at lahamilton.com>
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Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Solar cooker
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Thanks. Cate. I hadn't thought of using it in the sunroom (I have one
here also). How warm is the ambient air in the sunroom when you use the
cooker? My sunroom is unheated, and not used November to March,
although it's the main entrance, so we go in and out through it all the
time.

Lynelle

On 02-aug-2011 10:32 AM, I wrote:

I've used our Sun Oven mostly for baking French bread and casseroles
and it works very well. We keep it in our solarium and therefore use
it for the most part in the winter months. Its max temp seems to
average about 335 degrees F.

Give it a try--it's a little pricey but worth it if you're really
going to use it on a regular basis.

Cate
Gunnison, CO
02-aug