Solar cooks have 2 main choices, Box cookers that are slower, more reliable and that you can leave unattended and Parabolic cookers which is faster but needs to be adjusted lots. You generally cannot leave it unattended because first the food may burn and then the focus will move away from your cooking pot and your food will get cold.
Box cookers win so far because, who wants to get sunstroke watching a pot and also get the sun's image burned on their retina?
Solar cooking is being pushed now because it can save a lot of forest from the cooking fires if it is done right. I propose a simple way to design reflectors for better unattended solar cooking.
Faster than the box, more reliable than the parabolic and unattended.
I put 2 videos on youtube to further explain what I am
trying to do .
They are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjuoDVU4c8
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbiVo12kuKA
It helps to watch the first one before seeing the second one.
but if you are short on time, the first 5 minutes of the second one should be explanation enough.
Brian
Jig for Designing Solar Cooker Reflectors for Unattended Cooking
Re: Jig for Designing Solar Cooker Reflectors for Unattended Cooking
