We found a solar oven at Dave and Anne's house, which they had never used - though the science behind it seemed pretty solid! We thought we'd give it a try, on a nice sunny summer day.
We went with chicken in a black pot, along with mason jars of rice, and vegetables. The oven maintained about 250 F all afternoon, peaking around 300 F or dipping to 200 F on occasion, depending on intermittent cloud cover or how often we opened it to check on things.
We let it cook for about four and a half hours, though we could have eaten sooner if I wasn't busy finishing the lawn. The chicken was great and fall-off-the-bone tender, and the rice was good as well. The veggies likely could have gone in partway through instead of the whole time - the corn was fine but the brussel sprouts not so much.
Great for power outages or camping and environmentally friendly....or even just if you don't want to heat up your house on a hot day!
Jane is likely going to make some bread next!
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