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Solar Cooking, Solar Ovens, Haybox Cooking (retained heat method)

Re: haybox cooking or retained heat method

Re: haybox cooking or retained heat method

A while back I tried a simple experiment with haybox cooking. I took a Stanley
Heatkeeper Food Jar, the 17 oz. one and used it as a small haybox cooker.
I took a potato and put it in a pot of water. I got the water in the pot to boiling. With the potato in the pot, the potato's internal temperature was also brought up. I then took a pair of thongs and put the potato in the Stanley thermos. I covered the potato with the boiling water and placed the lid on tight. I wrapped the thermos in a towel(not sure if this was needed).
I let it sit for four hours and opened it up. With a little salt and pepper, it was good. The potato was fully cooked. It took maybe five minutes to bring the water and potato up to a boil. Normally it would have taken longer to just cook the potato by just boiling. A fair amount of fuel was saved by this method. I didn't have to watch the potato cook or worry about it boiling over.
It would be just about impossible to over cook the potato. I think the most important thing that I learned is that it does work. This was just a small experiment.
 
Re: haybox cooking or retained heat method

Re: haybox cooking or retained heat method

It is time to bump this thread.

This type of solar cooking has many different names, haybox cooking, solar cooking, solar ovens, etc. As noted in some of these posts, these cooking appliances can be made at home for almost no costs, although several expensive manufactured versions can be ordered on-line for hundreds of dollars. Some of the manufactured version have an AC cord for plugging into an outlet when AC electricity is available.

More discussions on Solar Cooking or Solar Ovens can be found at this Wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cooker

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Re: Solar Cooking, Solar Ovens, Haybox Cooking (retained heat method)

MIT students working on a solar powered outdoor grill

Students at MIT are working on a case study for a new type of solar powered outdoor grill. Based on the technology from MIT professor David Wilson, this grill would collect thermal energy from the sun and store it to allow cooking times for up to twenty five hours at temperatures above 450 degrees Fahrenheit. The study is being conducted by Derek Ham, Eric Uva, and Theodora Vardouli, all part of an entrepreneurship course called ?iTeams.? I-Teams, (short for ?Innovation Teams?) is a unique MIT course that assembles cross-disciplinary teams of students from across MIT. The goal of i-Teams is to teach students the process of science and technology commercialization focusing on how to judge a technology?s commercial potential. Each team has access to faculty, practitioners, business mentors, and fellow students throughout their project. . . . .

more at: http://barbequelovers.com/grills/a-solar-grill-prototype-for-a-greener-tomorrow

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