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⚫ | There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than US$5. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table are all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also [[buy a solar cooker]] from a variety of companies. |
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⚫ | There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than US$5. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table are all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also [[buy a solar cooker]] from a variety of companies. |
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==<span style="font-size:18pt">Selected designs</span>== |
==<span style="font-size:18pt">Selected designs</span>== |
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+ | ===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">Panel-style cookers</span>=== |
+ | <span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal">(See [[Panel cookers|all panel designs]] or [[:Category:Solar box cooker plans|available panel plans]])</span> |
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===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">[[Box cookers|Box-style cookers]]</span>=== |
===<span style="font-size:16pt;font-weight:normal">[[Box cookers|Box-style cookers]]</span>=== |
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* [http://solarcooking.org/plans/default.htm?redirect=no The original "Plans page" in the Solar Cooking Archive] |
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* [http://solarcooking.org/research/Dormio-report.htm Evaluation of Several Original and Commonly Used Solar Cooker Designs] - ''Dane Dormio and Steven Jones'' |
* [http://solarcooking.org/research/Dormio-report.htm Evaluation of Several Original and Commonly Used Solar Cooker Designs] - ''Dane Dormio and Steven Jones'' |
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+ | * [http://www.isf-cameroun.org/sites/default/files/cookers_english_BD.pdf Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers] - ''Christelle Souriau & David Amelin'' (This is an excellent overview of solar cooking basics and simple solar cooker and dryer construction methods.) |
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There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Some can be built in as little as an hour for less than US$5. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table are all cooker plans of that cooker type. You can also buy a solar cooker from a variety of companies.
- Scroll down to see photos of solar cookers you can build.
Selected designs
Panel-style cookers
(See all panel designs or available panel plans)
Advantages | Disadvantages | |
General characteristics |
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Windshield Shade |
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Cookit |
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See all Panel cooker plans.
Box-style cookers
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General characteristics |
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The "Minimum" |
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Easy Lid |
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Heaven's Flame |
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See all Solar box cooker plans.
Parabolic cookers
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General characteristics |
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DATS |
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See all parabolic cooker plans.
All cookers
Scroll down one screen to find links to all of the different plans for solar cookers found on this wiki.
See also
- For a discussion of all major cooker types, see the Compendium of solar cooker designs.
- All solar cooker designs found on this wiki
- Plans in Arabic
External links
- The original "Plans page" in the Solar Cooking Archive
- Evaluation of Several Original and Commonly Used Solar Cooker Designs - Dane Dormio and Steven Jones
- Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers - Christelle Souriau & David Amelin (This is an excellent overview of solar cooking basics and simple solar cooker and dryer construction methods.)
All items (117)
- Satellite Dish Cooker (English)
- Satellite Dish Cooker (German)
- Side-Slit Panel Cooker
- SK1.4
- Soda bottle pasteurizer
- Sol Cooker
- Solar - Concentrator
- Solar 1000
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- Solar Coffee Roaster
- Solar Funnel Cooker
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- Solar Trekkers Cooker
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- Solar Wok
- Solar-Trough-Baking-Oven
- SolReka Parabolic Solar Oven
- Somdrij Solar Cooker
- SOPAC Hand-Made Cooker
- Stockton Solar Oven
- Sun Peace
- Sun-Funnel
- Sunny Cooker (Tan)
- SunStove
- Suntastic Panel Cooker
- Super Solar Tracker for Solar Ovens
- Suspended Box Solar Oven