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===<span style="font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal">[[Box cookers|Box-style cookers]]</span>===
 
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A simple box cooker to build is the [[Easy Lid Cooker]]. Another popular model is the [["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker]]. An example of a popular well-constructed commercial solar box cooker is the [[All American Sun Oven]].
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*Scroll down for links and photos of other various solar box cookers. See also [[:Category:Solar box cooker plans|all available box cooker plans]].
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<table align="center"><tr><td>[[File:Easy_Lid_Cooker.JPG|none|thumb|200px|The [[Easy Lid]] solar box cooker]]</td><td>[[File:Minimum_Solar_Box_Cooker_Photo_large.jpg|thumb|200px|none|The [["Minimum" Solar Box Cooker]]]]</td><td>[[File:All American Sun Oven image, 12-11-13.jpg|thumb|200px|[[All American Sun Oven]]]]</td></tr></table>
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===<span style="font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal">Advantages and disadvantages</span>===
 
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* Can cook multiple pots simultaneously
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* Can cook multiple [[pots]] simultaneously
 
* Can be built from many different materials
 
* Can be built from many different materials
* Can cook large quantities of food
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* Can cook large quantities of food using multiple pots simultaneously
* Don't have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking
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* Most modes rarely have to be turned to follow the sun while cooking
* Can be used to bake breads and cakes
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* Can be used to bake [[bread]]s and cakes
 
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* Can't fry foods
 
* Can't fry foods
* Simple box cookers can lack adequate reflector area.
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* Simple box cookers may 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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* The box may shade the cooking pot when the sun is lower in the sky. Manufactured box cookers often have a mechanism to tilt the cooker forward, while maintaining a flat cooking tray.
 
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*Scroll down for photos of the various solar box cookers.
 
 
[[Category:Solar cooker designs]]
 
[[Category:Solar cooker designs]]

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A simple box cooker to build is the Easy Lid Cooker. Another popular model is the "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker. An example of a popular well-constructed commercial solar box cooker is the All American Sun Oven.

Easy Lid Cooker

The Easy Lid solar box cooker

Minimum Solar Box Cooker Photo large

The "Minimum" Solar Box Cooker

File:All American Sun Oven image, 12-11-13.jpg

All American Sun Oven

Advantages and disadvantages

  Advantages Disadvantages
General characteristics
  • Can cook multiple pots simultaneously
  • Can be built from many different materials
  • Can cook large quantities of food using multiple pots simultaneously
  • Most modes rarely 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 may lack adequate reflector area.
  • The box may shade the cooking pot when the sun is lower in the sky. Manufactured box cookers often have a mechanism to tilt the cooker forward, while maintaining a flat cooking tray.

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