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#Redirect[[Solar box 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]].
 
 
*Scroll down for links and photos of other various solar box cookers. See also [[:Category:Solar box cooker plans|all available box cooker plans]].
 
 
<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|252px|[[All American Sun Oven]]]]</td></tr></table>
 
 
===<span style="font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal">Advantages and disadvantages</span>===
 
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| width="45%" align="center" style="background-color:#cef2e0" | <span style="font-size:12pt">'''Advantages'''</span>
 
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* 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 [[bread]]s and cakes
 
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* 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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==Documents==
 
*{{NewDec15}}'''1990''': [[Media:Kammen-Lankford-SolarOven-Solar&WindTechnology1990.pdf|Comparative Study of Box-Type Solar Cookers in Nicaragua‎]] — ''[[Daniel Kammen]] and William F. Lankford. Published in Solar & Wind Technology''
 
 
==See also==
 
*[[:Category:Solar box cooker plans|Box cooker construction plans]].
 
 
[[Category:Solar cooker designs]]
 
[[Category:Solar cooker designs]]

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