|
|
06-11-2016, 15:51
|
#1
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Whoo! Finally made it back to Mexico!
Boat: Cheoy Lee Offshore 38
Posts: 1,458
|
Solar oven?
Do you use a solar oven on board? Which brand do you have? Does it work well?
Do you use it oten enough to make storing it worth while?
What don't you like about your oven or solar cooking in general?
Have you made a solar oven? How did you design yours?
Obviously I am tempted to try a solar oven but I'm not sure buying a commercially made oven is worth the cost or storage (some are bulky!). I'm thinking about using fan core cut along the lines of a parabolic reflector and lining it with mylar "space blanket". I would love to hear your ideas!
__________________
If toast always lands butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped toast to a cat's back and dropped it? - Steven Wright
|
|
|
06-11-2016, 16:14
|
#2
|
Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Solent, England
Boat: Moody 31
Posts: 18,398
|
Re: Solar oven?
Ha, wish we could but at 50 North a slow cooker and stews are more likely to be needed than a BBQ. Interestingly running the slow cooker off solar panels is an option as the cooker is only 120w.
Pete
|
|
|
07-11-2016, 11:49
|
#3
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Left coast.
Posts: 1,451
|
Re: Solar oven?
We're going to try a Gosun Sport. It sure seems like a great concept; I hope it works!
|
|
|
07-11-2016, 12:04
|
#4
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Up the mast, looking for clean wind.
Boat: Currently Shopping, & Heavily in LUST!
Posts: 5,629
|
Re: Solar oven?
If you do some searching (mostly online, not on CF specifically), you'll be able to find some for backpacking & camping, that are designed so that they fold flat when not in use. Usually these are primary made using flat metal plate stock. Though some also use various "fabrics", & clear "glass" (of various materials).
Mostly I just bake on the stove top. We started doing it when I was about 5, including dad letting my brother & I do it mostly unsupervised from age 10. So it's fairly easy. Though there's a small learning curve. But you can make almost anything but for gourmet dishes this way. Cakes, bread, scones, muffins, biscuts, & bannocks. All turn out well, & are delish! Just use low heat, & allow the retained heat of the pot to do most of your cooking for you.
Sometimes using a bundt cake pan with a hole in the center is best, especially when used with a metal plate atop it. The hole & the plate help the heat to radiate & bake some things a bit better than do regular cook pots. And large cooking pots that you can put baking tins into also can be used. Ditto on big cast iron ones which hold heat well, & re-radiate it into your creations slowly, if you're using baking tins inside of them. Though usually I'll just bake right in a dutch oven, or standard pot which has been properly greased.
It's a bit easier to do such things on a gas burner, as you can more easily control the heat input.
Edit: Look for books on cooking & baking from the 1970's, they tend to have more info in them on such things. Ditto periodicals like Mother Earth News.
__________________
The Uncommon Thing, The Hard Thing, The Important Thing (in Life): Making Promises to Yourself, And Keeping Them.
|
|
|
07-11-2016, 12:40
|
#5
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Germantown, TN
Boat: 1985 S2 9.2C
Posts: 87
|
Re: Solar oven?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Training Wheels
We're going to try a Gosun Sport. It sure seems like a great concept; I hope it works!
|
The Gosun Sport is used on s/v Uma.
In the credits:
-GO SUN (Solar cooker)
http://www.gosunstove.com
(use promo code SailingUma for $25 off)
They have used their Gosun solar in other episodes. Here's a link (look at 04:24) where Dan is using it to roast some peanuts.
|
|
|
07-11-2016, 13:02
|
#6
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Whoo! Finally made it back to Mexico!
Boat: Cheoy Lee Offshore 38
Posts: 1,458
|
Re: Solar oven?
Quote:
Originally Posted by UNCIVILIZED
If you do some searching (mostly online, not on CF specifically), you'll be able to find some for backpacking & camping, that are designed so that they fold flat when not in use. Usually these are primary made using flat metal plate stock. Though some also use various "fabrics", & clear "glass" (of various materials).
Mostly I just bake on the stove top. We started doing it when I was about 5, including dad letting my brother & I do it mostly unsupervised from age 10. So it's fairly easy. Though there's a small learning curve. But you can make almost anything but for gourmet dishes this way. Cakes, bread, scones, muffins, biscuts, & bannocks. All turn out well, & are delish! Just use low heat, & allow the retained heat of the pot to do most of your cooking for you.
Sometimes using a bundt cake pan with a hole in the center is best, especially when used with a metal plate atop it. The hole & the plate help the heat to radiate & bake some things a bit better than do regular cook pots. And large cooking pots that you can put baking tins into also can be used. Ditto on big cast iron ones which hold heat well, & re-radiate it into your creations slowly, if you're using baking tins inside of them. Though usually I'll just bake right in a dutch oven, or standard pot which has been properly greased.
It's a bit easier to do such things on a gas burner, as you can more easily control the heat input.
Edit: Look for books on cooking & baking from the 1970's, they tend to have more info in them on such things. Ditto periodicals like Mother Earth News.
|
Thank you for your thoughts. I might try some stove top baking one day but we do have an oven. My real motivation is to save fuel and keep heat out of the cabin. I've been looking at all kinds of ideas. Solar cooking is one, thermal cooking another. For thermal cooking I have pretty much decided to use my pressure cooker in a collapsible ice chest with towels or blankets to increase the insulation. Easy to break down and store, as well as free because I already have the goods.
I looked at the gosun...I really like the idea, except the price! Being cheap, er, um "frugal", I hope to find an idea closer to the thermal box idea. If anyone has more ideas, bring em on!
__________________
If toast always lands butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped toast to a cat's back and dropped it? - Steven Wright
|
|
|
07-11-2016, 23:40
|
#7
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 1
|
Re: Solar oven?
well i have read all the views but my friends if you see this video then in actually you can feel how solar oven works properly.i have made video on it
|
|
|
08-11-2016, 00:51
|
#8
|
Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Greece
Boat: Custom steel cutter, 15m
Posts: 649
|
Re: Solar oven?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sea Dreaming
Thank you for your thoughts. I might try some stove top baking one day but we do have an oven. My real motivation is to save fuel and keep heat out of the cabin. I've been looking at all kinds of ideas. Solar cooking is one, thermal cooking another. For thermal cooking I have pretty much decided to use my pressure cooker in a collapsible ice chest with towels or blankets to increase the insulation. Easy to break down and store, as well as free because I already have the goods.
I looked at the gosun...I really like the idea, except the price! Being cheap, er, um "frugal", I hope to find an idea closer to the thermal box idea. If anyone has more ideas, bring em on!
|
I use a Wonderbag for thermal cooking, works very well, not expensive and squidgy so easier to store than a rigid box.
I often use it in conjuction with my pressure cooker, bringing the pc up to pressure for a quick, very hot burst and then letting the pressure drop to normal before tucking it in the Wonderbag for a slow cook using retained heat.
Home page
__________________
Sail repairs by cruisers for cruisers
|
|
|
08-11-2016, 01:20
|
#9
|
Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,103
|
Re: Solar oven?
I recently saw a posted photo of a solar oven and the bread loaf baked in it while used on a sailboat. It looked GREAT. I was impressed.
From what I have read, the Thermal Cooker, Solar Oven, and Pressure Cooker will all have a place on my boat. And, since I like tea, I will add "Sun Tea" jug too.
|
|
|
08-11-2016, 09:39
|
#10
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Up the mast, looking for clean wind.
Boat: Currently Shopping, & Heavily in LUST!
Posts: 5,629
|
Re: Solar oven?
Quote:
Originally Posted by NornaBiron
I use a Wonderbag for thermal cooking, works very well, not expensive and squidgy so easier to store than a rigid box.
I often use it in conjuction with my pressure cooker, bringing the pc up to pressure for a quick, very hot burst and then letting the pressure drop to normal before tucking it in the Wonderbag for a slow cook using retained heat.
Home page
|
$70 for an insulated pot cover, no thanks
__________________
The Uncommon Thing, The Hard Thing, The Important Thing (in Life): Making Promises to Yourself, And Keeping Them.
|
|
|
08-11-2016, 09:58
|
#11
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Whoo! Finally made it back to Mexico!
Boat: Cheoy Lee Offshore 38
Posts: 1,458
|
Re: Solar oven?
That's a really nice vise Viviaan. Thank you for posting. You rather prove my point that a solar oven does not have to be complex or expensive to work well. I am not a student engineer, but I did win the engineering egg drop contest in high school. Ha ha!
Steady - the wonder bag is a great ready made contraption. But it really is "just an insulated bag". I don't knock the product at all. Wonder bag has been donated to women across the globe to help with fuel issues. They have a great message and promote sustainability in poorer communities. However, extra insulation can be made with items you might already have on your boat, blankets, a sleeping bag, soft sided cooler etc. Less to store, more uses for what you have on board.
And don't forget cold breed coffee...
__________________
If toast always lands butter side down, and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if you strapped toast to a cat's back and dropped it? - Steven Wright
|
|
|
08-11-2016, 10:45
|
#12
|
Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Greece
Boat: Custom steel cutter, 15m
Posts: 649
|
Re: Solar oven?
Quote:
Originally Posted by UNCIVILIZED
$70 for an insulated pot cover, no thanks
|
It's a bit more than an insulated pot cover, more like a power free slow cooker. And significantly cheaper than the Shuttle Chef and Mr D's equivalents that also need special pots.
__________________
Sail repairs by cruisers for cruisers
|
|
|
29-11-2016, 11:29
|
#13
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Oriental, NC
Boat: Skookum Monk ketch 47
Posts: 23
|
Re: Solar oven?
We use a Sun Oven on land. We are going to try it on the back deck of our ketch. The most concern we have is the effect of the wind on the reflectors.
I can attest to the cooking of the Sun Oven for soups, tough cuts of meat, bread, muffins, root vegetables. When cooking a tough cut of meat we find that 5 hours makes it fall-apart tender. If the sun is not hindered by cloud the oven will run at maybe 350+*F. If cloudy, depending on the amount of cover, 225* to 275* is a normal range.
Doug & Anne
|
|
|
29-11-2016, 12:40
|
#14
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, cruising in Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 28,400
|
Re: Solar oven?
Sea Dreaming,
Fellow CF'er "Mike OReilly" will also have some input, perhaps send him a PM?
Ann
__________________
Who scorns the calm has forgotten the storm.
|
|
|
29-11-2016, 16:56
|
#15
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Boat: Nicholson 38
Posts: 80
|
Re: Solar oven?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete7
Ha, wish we could but at 50 North a slow cooker and stews are more likely to be needed than a BBQ. Interestingly running the slow cooker off solar panels is an option as the cooker is only 120w.
Pete
|
We use a slow cooker - when our batteries are mostly charged and the 200W of panels are just trickle charging them, we use the excess capacity to run our slow cooker. Make sure you get one that has a rubber gasket on the lid and clamps to hold the lid in place. We use it on the gimbaled stove. They're made for taking food to potlucks. Starting with boiling water helps.
But I really like the solar oven idea! I'm going to have to try it. :-)
__________________
Why do so many sailors motor most of the way from Seattle to Alaska? Because they don't have this reference book: "Taken By the Wind: the Northwest Coast". Find it on Amazon.
|
|
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Advertise Here
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor Spotlight |
|
|
|