Solar box cooker designs

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	Advantages	Disadvantages
General characteristics	Can cook multiple pots simultaneously Can be built from many different materials Can cook large quantities of food Don't have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking Can be used to bake breads and cakes	Can't fry foods Simple box cookers can lack adequate reflector area. The box may shade the cookpot when the sun is lower in the sky. Manufactured box cookers often have a mechanism to tilt the glazing forward, while maintaining a flat cooking tray.

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+===<span style="font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal">[[Box cookers|Box-style cookers]]</span>===
+{| border="1" cellpadding=5
+| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">&nbsp;</span>
+| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#cef2e0" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Advantages'''</span>
+| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#F9CCCA" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Disadvantages'''</span>
+|-
+| align="center" style="background-color:#fcfcfc" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''General characteristics'''</span>
+| style="background-color:#cef2e0" |
+* Can cook multiple pots simultaneously
+* Can be built from many different materials
+* Can cook large quantities of food
+* Don't have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking
+* Can be used to bake breads and cakes
+| style="background-color:#F9CCCA" |
+* Can't fry foods
+* Simple box cookers can lack adequate reflector area.
+* The box may shade the cookpot when the sun is lower in the sky. Manufactured box cookers often have a mechanism to tilt the glazing forward, while maintaining a flat cooking tray.
+|}
+*Scroll down for photos of the various solar box cookers.
 [[Category:Solar cooker designs]]