What is a solar oven or solar cooker? What is solar cooking?
We will shed some “sun light” on this relatively new subject and introduce the art of cooking your everyday food with the power of the Sun. The science of solar cooking is not that new. It was first attempted on a controlled scale in the mid 1700’s by French-Swiss scientist Horace de Saussure. These attempts were reported in the first-published study of solar cookers in 1767. Since that time though, relatively little has been accomplished in the field of solar cooking as far as feasibility and practicality for use on a large scale – until recently that is! Solar cooking has only really been of interest over the last twenty years. Much has been learned and applied in the field of solar cooking in these past couple of decades. There have been advancements made in the areas of commercially produced, quality, economical and practical solar cookers and solar ovens. Great strides have also been made in the area of distribution of solar cookers world wide. Solar cooking is a great alternative
