Solar Brother offers plans for the Sunlab® mini solar cooker.
This solar dinette reaches a maximum temperature of 70°C, ideal for learning about gentle solar cooking. Younger children will enjoy learning how to melt cheese, chocolate or marshmallows. Older children can reheat ready-made meals or dry out thinly sliced vegetables and fruit. We recommend you opt for the S.Reflect® mirror for optimum mirror performance.
Motivated solar beginner
Completion time: 1 hour
Material available on site
How does the Sunlab solar cooker work?
This type of solar oven uses solar thermal energy according to 3 principles:
1/Concentration: Place the oven facing the sun. The mirror receives the sun’s rays and focuses them on the pot inside the kiln. It acts as a reflector.
2/ Capture: the kettle and the oven’s black interior absorb the sun’s rays without reflecting them back. IMPORTANT: do not use white or stainless steel, which reflect light.
3/ Preservation: the insulated oven box keeps the heat in around the pot.
For your safety
– Wear glasses to protect your eyes from mirror reflections when handling the oven in the sun.
– Wearprotective gloves when removing hot food after cooking.
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