Solar oven reached almost 350 F at one point today, even though the temperature of the air outside was just a little over freezing. In my experience the air temperature doesn’t have all that much effect on the solar oven’s performance, it’s all about the sun angle and clear sunny sky. Lower humidity seems to be an advantage also.
Of course, the window for solar cooking is wider in summer because there are simply more sun hours. But it’s perfectly doable in winter too, you just have to be a bit more organized and on top of time window.
See pics here on my deep Green book page. Which is just about to reach 1300 followers, woo hoo!
I wish solar ovens would become as popular as other great outdoor cooking methods such as propane stove, charcoal grill, and smoker.
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Added later: Part 1 of today’s solar cooking was combining and heating up a few snippets of leftovers into a delicious hot lunch.
Part two, now in progress, is melting down candles that have become unburnable because of uneven melt, wick issues etc.; and making them into new candles. This is a sort of DIY upcycle micro skill I started here a little while back. I’ve gotten better at it over time.
This is one of those low-risk, repetitive household tasks that could become low-stress micro cottage enterprises, or what I call “happy chill stoner jobs of the urban scavenge-punk future.”