Solar box cooker designs

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[[Image:Box-type.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Solar box cooker]]]]

'''Solar box cookers''' typically cook food at temperatures between {{Degree|110}} and {{Degree|150}}. They can often accommodate multiple pots, and usually take between one and three hours to cook various foods. The sides and bottom are insulated to retain cooking heat. Worldwide, they are the most widespread. There are several hundred thousand in India alone.

Simple solar box cooker designs to build are the [[Easy Lid Cooker]] and 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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* 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''

==Construction plans==

*[[:Category:Solar box cooker plans|Solar box cooker construction plans]].

==All solar box cooker designs==

Below you will find a list of solar box cooker designs followed by a photograph of each: