The Cauldron Solar Cooker
Dear SCI,
Included are a few pictures of my solar cooker: one picture of
the cauldron being used for its original purpose, two of the cauldron being used
as part of a solar cooker, and one picture of a delicious
vegetarian meal I cooked in the solar cooker.
My solar cooker is made of a large iron cauldron that I have used in the past over a fire. While reading your groups website about constructing a parabolic cooker I thought that my cauldron would probably work well as a solar cooker. It certainly does.
Next, I lined the cauldron with aluminum foil and finally topped it off with a piece of Plexiglas. The black pot that I cook meals in easily reaches 250°F and usually reaches around 300°F.
The solar cooker I made cost me practically nothing. I bought
the cauldron many years ago, the Plexiglas was recycled scrap from a previous
job and the aluminum foil only cost a few cents.
With warm regards,
Mr. Lance Willard
L.L. Willard
134 Cedar Creek Circle, Cedar Creek, Texas, USA 78612