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Bruce Joseph from Tucson, AZ and his famous mounted Fresnel Lens Cooker
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The Principal of Carl Hayden High School checking out the Fresnel Lens Cooker
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More interested observers at the March 2012 Phoenix Solar Cooking Demo
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2008This photo shows one of my sons, Joshua, looking in on some solar Lasagna, a ten pound lasagna in fact. The solar oven you see is one I purchased from a company called Tulsi. They are located, and manufacture the ovens, in India. |
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This photo is of my son, Joshua, holding up a nicely baked salmon using our SOS Sport Solar Oven. This oven is manufactured here in the States; Minnesota. |
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Here I have a tray of crisp (shrunken) bacon that I pulled out of my Sport solar oven. |
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Here are three of my solar cookers taking advantage of the abundant sun here in St. George, Utah. |
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Here you can see a beef pot roast through the glass lid of my "Hot Pot" solar cooker. I love to use this solar cooker, it is great for all kinds of slow cooked dishes. The longer I cooked the roast the more tender it was. |
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A photo of several women in Mexico using a Hot Pot solar cooker to cook up a traditional stew. The Hot Pot is also manufactured in Mexico. |
Here you can see what two solar box cookers can do with bread and a full chicken dinner. Both were made from materials found in any household or building supply store.
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Another example of a solar box cooker doing its job of baking cookies.
And some brand new solar box cookers given to village members in Bolivia.
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A man who manufactures solar box cookers for sale and use in the vicinity of his shop in a country in Africa.
More solar box cookers being used in Peru.
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**Below are some of the photos taken during the October 18th 2008 Solar Cooking Class held on behalf of the Vegetarian Society of St. George.
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My wife and daughter helping prepare the food. |
Here I am giving some instruction and information on solar cooking to the participants while the solar cookers do their work.
**We had six cookers going at once to cook up grilled onions, broccoli and cauliflower, refried beans, baked cinnamon apples, and peanut butter cookies.
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Students and Instructor in front of the solar ovens discussing the finer details of how to cook using the sun's energy. |

Here below we have a photo showing several parabolic solar cookers being used on an industrial scale in southeast Asia.
The second photo shows a solar cooker sales representative in Africa who goes throughout her area teaching solar cooking skills, repairs and sales of cookers.
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October 23, 2008 I made this wheat bread using my Sport Solar Oven on a day where the temperature only got to 74°F. At cook time it was only about 65°F. |
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I've been playing around with my commercial Sun Oven to see if I can "turbo" it's performance and make it usable in Winter, when I saw one of the pictures …
Solar Cooked Orange Chicken over Rice...and popcorn Not rated yet
Our Saturdays are the days when we can really solar cook since we are all home and free from the obligations of employment and school. I still solar cook …
failed solar popcorn tryout Not rated yet
I tried to fry or cook popcorn and it wouldn't work. So say need oil and then cook it in the dish but wouldn't work. It burned wood instantly but that's …
Solar cooker used to make candles Not rated yet
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This is not really cooking;but I used a simple cardboard box cooker to melt wax paraffin,palm and soy to make candles on a small …
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