SOLAR COOKING

Resources to accompany Joanne Poyourow's
Solar Cooking workshops

Ah, that Southern California sunshine!  It's good for much more than getting a sunburn ... it can cook your dinner, too!

When Joanne Poyourow set out to build her first solar cooker, it was a challenge to find easy, inexpensive, functional designs.  Now, when she takes her four solar cooker models to events and workshops, people ask about plans, sources, techniques, and recipes. 

People from around the world visit the articles Joanne has written on the topic.  Below is a summary of solar cooking resources.

General Resources

Handout from our Solar Cooker Craft Event

Slideshow of a workshop

Types of Solar Cookers

box cooker, a.k.a. solar oven

panel type (top photo in sidebar photo)

parabolic type (large disk in sidebar photo)

Building a solar cooker

Build Joanne's panel-style cooker that folds flat for storage (top photo in sidebar of this page) ... pdf download

Building a box cooker

Solar Dehydrator (see "drying food" subheader)

Plans for building several solar cooker models

Building the Barbara Kerr Solar Wall Oven (a built-in version of the box cooker)

Buy a solar cooker

See listing in Handout from our Solar Cooker Craft Event

Solar Cooking Recipes

Recipes (see "recipes" subheader)

Solar cooker cookbooks (see "cookbooks" subheader)

The Art of solar cooking (see "Change of Pace" subheader, also "tips")

Comparison of cooking techniques in different types of solar cookers (see "recipes" subheader)

"Solar Cookers and Cast Iron"

Joanne's Solar Cooking Experiences

Part 1: "My Sustainable Solar Cooker"

Part 2: "Solar Cooking Continues"

Part 3: "Solar Powered SUCCESS"

Part 4: "Solar Cookers and Cast Iron"

Part 5: Solar Cooker Craft Event

Solar cooking Outreach

Please consider making a donation to the following worthy causes:

Jewish WorldWatch sends solar ovens to refugee families in Darfur

The Solar Oven Society supports projects in Afghanistan and Ethiopia

For more about solar, see Joanne's Passive Solar article, about heating and cooling your home without using any electricity or fuel.

 

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Photo credits: Panel cooker photo by Julian Poyourow; Solar Cooker event photos by Michael Robinson; Solar Sizzler photo by the author.