Years ago on a 4th of July when it was well over 100 degrees, I just felt like I could not cook in the house because I did not want to add more heat to the house. So I talked my husband and his friend into building a solar oven. They built it outside in that terrible heat (I was out there with them supervising!). What a loyal husband! I have used it many times. I usually use it when it is too hot to cook inside. It is great!
I remember years ago (somewhere around the late 1960's), reading a book which I had checked out of the local library, which had complete "DIY" plans (including actual dimensions) to make a solar oven out of sheet metal. - The oven box itself when built, was around 14"(width (front to back)) X 15" (in length) X 12" (in height). - It (the box), was painted inside and out with a high temp flat black engine paint that would withstand temps of around 500 degrees F. - It had a 1/4 inch glass plate installed into the panel on top. It had a hinged metal door in the front side (just like a real oven). - It had 3 or 4 folding sheet metal panels which were highly polished (towards the box side), attached with hinges around the top edges which could be positioned towards the sun to direct the sunlight down through the glass top into the oven box and onto the pan, skillet, etc. which was placed inside with food. - I remember that it had small vent slots (cut into the metal) to keep the inside pressure (due to excessive heat), stable to keep it from cracking the glass top (but after all these years, I can't remember where they were positioned at (but I think they were on at least 3 of the sides)). - The reason I mention this is because I have yet to see a solar oven made from metal, which would stand up to rough abuse (out in the outdoors camping world), which would last for any length of time. - Most of them for sale on the commercial market now-a-days are usually flimsily (and cheaply) made out of cardboard, which probably wouldn't last for more than a few uses. - Oh well, so much for the (supposed), "cheaper the better, and throw-away", modern technology. - Anyway, there are the basic dimensions, if somebody decided they wanted to try and build one for their own use. - I take no responsibility for any burned fingers, or other personal injury's (if incurred), in the building, or the use, of such a device. - P.S. The author who had built it himself, said it worked quite well, and a lot better than he expected, and it did stand up for many years of use, and abuse.
What too many overlook is the other possible applications.....Sure its good for an oven... but they can also be used as a hot water heater.. That oven gets up to 350 degrees internally if allowed to do so.. What about making a coil within the oven that could pass water through it??? And with enough ingenuity make it easily removable with a valve???
The All American Solar Cooker is not made out of cardboard. Quote AASC "The All Season Solar Cooker is constructed using 4mm corrugated polypropylene. A 2 mil outdoor rated reflective polyester film is pressure laminated to the polypropylene."
I have the newest model of The ASSC. Love it. I live in the desert so I use solar cooking almost exclusively. I have a Sun Oven, A UGLI Hybrid, and two big ones that I made out of stainless steel cooler cabinets. I really love the ASSC though simply because its so portable, and because I am up before dawn and outside (am a farmer) - I can start the ASSC as soon as the beautiful sun peeks over the horizon. If you put a paver stone under the trivet, it won't blow away.
We are just starting out at age 43 with a homestead and you and Patera are so wonderful. great to know you two are friends. good luck at the conference. praise god for your healing and witness.
Just bought the All Season Solar Cooker and we love it! Already made Hawaiin Chicken and it worked great. I slice the chicken horizontally so it cooked really fast.
Jen Goods Mine works great. My compliant with it is cheap screws that rust, aligners glued to glass pop off, thermometer broke a month old. For a few extra bucks that oven would be bulletproof, don't know why they skimp, but whatever.
Great video. Thank you. I'm not a prepper or off the grid or anything.. I live in a major city actually... But I just thought the idea of a solar cooker was brilliant, and I figured it could come in handy in case of an emergency, like a hurricane, or a power outage. I think everybody has experienced a power outage in their life. And I just happened to have picked the all season solar cooker like the one you're showing in the video. So God brought me to the right one! And I'm glad you created this video to explain the differences between them, because I have seen all of those different solar cookers and I didn't know which one was the best. The main reason why I went with the all season was mostly because of the fact that it can use sunlight from sunrise to sunset whereas most other cookers it's mostly only in the middle of the day that you can use it. And I've still never used my cooker! I thought about cooking a chicken or or something, like I saw someone do online, I start to check it out because I'm afraid I'm going to spend money on the food and do the preparation and everything and then screw it up somehow. But now that the hurricane is about to plow through America I may end up needing to use it sooner than I thought. So thanks for the video much appreciated.
It is so wonderful when I can come across the rare REAL talks about items. I value honest info so much, especially in this day and age where information can be driven more by personal interests (money gain, making connections, etc) than by a real interest to provide the truth. I have thought about solar ovens, both for home use and for camping, so this is good to know. Especially since any camping use would require something that could take a bit of a beating and still do it's job!
Oh my gosh - I think it is the greatest and makes the best tasting food and cooks super fast on a hot day. I used my solar oven for the first time this month- it has been in storage for 2 years saved for Emergency Prep but we decided to have a practice week so we brought it out. We spent about $350 for All American Sun Oven. But using it for everything now. HOWEVER I have a Portable Rocket Stove and I love love love that for night time use especially.
I just subscribed to you channel. I just found you channel. I ordered a solar over 2 or 3 years ago and have cooked in it several times. I retired 5 years ago and was looking for way to get buy incase everything went down. I have cooked all kinds of thing in it. I made video on some of it. Mine is a metal box with a glass top. I love the way it cooks. The only thing i don't have is a way to heat my house incase if the power goes out. I could get a kersine heater and buy kersine for it. I use to have one and heated my mobil home when my children were growing up. I don't have one now. I have stock up on freeze dried food. I live in town and my yard is clay so there isw no way I could put in a graden. I hope you and you family have a Happy and safe New Year. Be blessed. Thank you so much for sharing.
I have acquired some large reflectix sheets that I'm going to make 3 or 4 different size ovens. I wonder if utilizing a car window glass for a front would make it get really hot in there.
hi starry.....i have shared your videos with all my family ...i have learned everything i do from you when it comes to homesteading....thanks...i look forward everyday...to seeing if you have a new video...not a day goes by that i dont mention your name to my husband well starry does this and starry does that...it has saved me hundreds of dollars watching and doing the things you post...he likes to hear me talk about all your stuff and ideas ...because it saves him money....so thank again...and have a great day
good evening Starry. You are just a joy to visit. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us out "here". But most of all, your special happy zeal.. Lord Jesus bless and keep you and Mr. Hilder safe. Shared this and several other vids on Pinterest w/in last 24hrs. Thanks for all the effort you invest in others.
Wow! This opens up so many possibilities! I will be looking into trying this out...lots of Texas sun rays to use! My very best to you and yours as you travel and teach at the conference! Have fun and enjoy the fellowship with everyone!
Glad I watched this I have been wanting one really bad ..I'm going to share your video twice and I would like to be put in for the drawing..I have my FB Group The Good Life..and the other MAINEiac Grammie's Homestead is where I put some of my RUclips I post..Thanks for sharing...👍🐸
Hi again, Starry. Wanted to say thank youfor this sun cooker vid . Have been considering getting one but hadn't decided which brand, and the ones i had looked at were overbudget for me. This one is a definate win-win. Just finished placing my order w AMZN. It'll be here monday. YAYH!!!!!
Great Job Starry ! However, the dog walking nonchalantly in the background stole your thunder...so funny....lol....will buy one because of your video!!!
This is the video ive been looking for. Thank you doo much for your time in sharing this with the world I haven't decided if i want to make a couple or buy one. Maybe one of each. Just thank you!!
It could work with cast iron but it will take longer to get it heated up initially since it takes a lot of energy to heat the all that metal. You'd want to heat the pan before adding food as well since if you put food in at the same time it'll sit in the danger temperature zone longer. The advantage is if the sun gets covered by clouds it'll still stay hot for longer as well. Pros and cons to everything. Every solar oven retailer however recommends using the thin enamel pots though so I'd stick with their recommendation.
I love my Sun Oven and use it often to cook all sorts of deliciousness: beans, rice, soups, etc. I've even baked bread on a 15F day in January with a couple feet of snow on the ground. Once, though, it cartwheeled across the backyard with my beautiful half-cooked stew inside. In a windy climate, tie it down. You can't say the following, but I can. Daniel 1:12 - Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Psalm 113:3 - From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the LORD is to be praised.
@@StarryHilder Yesterday, I got All Season Solar Cooker at last. Then I used it for the first time today and it worked!!! What a great experience. Thanks to you.
I love my sun ovens. My only "problem" with them is during the winter, we rarely have enough sunshine in W. Michigan to use it effectively. (Using the sun in Michigan can be challenging!) But it works wonderfully when we DO have sun -- I love to use them instead of heating the kitchen up with the oven/stove in the summer. I'm surprised you can control / regulate the temperature enough to incubate yogurt or dehydrate things -- never tried that. Huh! I think mine would get too hot or the temp would fluctuate too much.
85 up here at 7220 and within 1 1/2 hour my clear plastic tub of bagel bites were fully done ,, i make stir fry and freeze them , next day dashboard solar
My mother, has followed your great advice for years Now it's ny turn👍 And l have to say, your great!👍 I also follow and so does my mother off grid with Doug and Stacey, there channel is fantastic too.😉😊 God bless you, mom says you had a rough time, of it!😢 Sorry! But im glad your alright now. God willing! 🙏❤
Hi Starry. I shared on Facebook and pinned on pinterest. My daughter is 22 and is a beginner to homesteading. She desperately wants one of these ovens after watching your video. I'm so proud of her doing such an awesome thing in her life. If we don't win one of these ovens I will be saving to get her one for her birthday in July. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Starry, thank you so much for your very helpful and informative video! I was looking into solar ovens and close to buying the "Sun Oven" but then saw your video. You saved me three hundred bucks! LOL! They ought to pay you a commission, you know? I just purchased the All Season Solar oven (2017) for a little over a hundred dollars and the other company's product was $400 plus tax, etc. and didn't include as much as the All Season, nor was/is it as large! I'm so excited now and anxious to receive my new outdoor oven. Living in upstate NY, most places don't get a ton of sun as it is, but thank goodness the south end of my house has no trees obstructing and provides loads of sun for my garden - and now my coming solar oven! You're the best... I subscribed and am looking forward to learning more from you, super-woman!
Shared on Facebook. Been wanting one for a long but on limited income and just now starting my journey into homesteading. I'd be over the moon if I won. Watch your videos all the time. You and Justin Rhodes are the ones who convinced me I could do this. God bless.
6:19 What is it made of by the way? Is it either stainless steel or aluminum? Does it have any insulation material too like styrofoam on the sides and glass you can put on top?
Thanks so much for your information on Solar cookers. You really got to the point. I shared with my Facebook group. Have a wonderful day and enjoy the Conference. 😊
All American Solar Oven has a Plex cover to keep the heat in. I have the older version that is advertised to heat up to 350 degrees. But that happens only if you constantly adjust it for optimum sun capture. If you don't adjust it to the passing sun, you can expect it to heat closer to 325 degrees and expect about double the cook time. I used the solar oven exclusively the first summer of purchase to get familiar with it. Now I have the peace of mind that I can cook with just the energy of the sun.
I wonder if you've heard about DIY solar oven that allow baking like lots of bread, cookies, etc. Plans are available, and for bigger solar cooker too, on Lytefire's website.
Shared it on Facebook...Thanks for the giveaway, I've been looking at them. I'm so sad, I'm going to miss out on the conference this year, the money just isn't there. I went to the 1st one. I had a great time. I'm hoping to be back next year. Thanks Starry, sorry I'm going to miss you. You are an inspiration! Toodles!
Starry have you cooked in the oven in freezing temperatures? I live in Canada and plan on getting one for summer cooking. If I could use it year round that would be great.
Oh please please.....fingers crossed. I have been wanting one of those solar cookers for a long time. Thanks for the video and the info. I shared on messenger!!!!
Plz do a video as to why this product is important. Why homestead living is important in today's world. I know ul do it well because u see the wisdom in living homestead off grid
Hello Starry! Thank you for the great information. Shared on Facebook, twitter and email. Hope to see you at the conference next weekend! Have a wonderful blessed day!
Hi, I have to say its a really cool video - we specialise in Parabolic Cookers in South Africa. Small correction point - You can use 10 Liter pots - which can easily feed up to 8 people so - I would say you can actually use Parabolics for homesteading and its not actually a small pot. - I would also say you always want a n Oven as well as a concentrator Cooker - there is a design for any need or lifestyle
Starry, You did a great video and really informative....Love and miss you you look so good...Gods been good to you from that terrible tragedy...Keep up the good work...
Hi Starry, love your videos and found this video on solar cooking great! We are new homesteading and love all the info in your videos! Have a great day!
You can make your own gigantic parabolic solar dish reflector cheaply with heavy aluminum foil. You can tape the pieces together or use glue. Coat the back with the Great Stuff insulation foam. It dries stuff.
I have been loving your videos. You have a very outgoing and friendly personality. This is great info......my husband passed and I am trying to be more self sufficient due to financial struggles and this would help. Your videos have been helping me a lot. I am sharing to 2 of my face book pages frugal whimsy group......and my main personal page... tyfs Kori
Hi Starry, just shared this video on my Homesteading Board on Pinterest. Love your videos, I've wanted a Solar Oven for 3 years. Thank you for doing the giveaway, good luck to everyone and God Bless each of us!
Years ago on a 4th of July when it was well over 100 degrees, I just felt like I could not cook in the house because I did not want to add more heat to the house. So I talked my husband and his friend into building a solar oven. They built it outside in that terrible heat (I was out there with them supervising!). What a loyal husband! I have used it many times. I usually use it when it is too hot to cook inside. It is great!
My car is a solar oven in the summer.
i use that too!!! Great fruit leathers
I rise my bread in the car in the winter.
LOL, mine too unfortunately im the only one cooking inside....
Yes, I have heated many a pizza on top of the dashboard! For real.
That's true.
I remember years ago (somewhere around the late 1960's), reading a book which I had checked out of the local library, which had complete "DIY" plans (including actual dimensions) to make a solar oven out of sheet metal. - The oven box itself when built, was around 14"(width (front to back)) X 15" (in length) X 12" (in height). - It (the box), was painted inside and out with a high temp flat black engine paint that would withstand temps of around 500 degrees F. - It had a 1/4 inch glass plate installed into the panel on top. It had a hinged metal door in the front side (just like a real oven). - It had 3 or 4 folding sheet metal panels which were highly polished (towards the box side), attached with hinges around the top edges which could be positioned towards the sun to direct the sunlight down through the glass top into the oven box and onto the pan, skillet, etc. which was placed inside with food. - I remember that it had small vent slots (cut into the metal) to keep the inside pressure (due to excessive heat), stable to keep it from cracking the glass top (but after all these years, I can't remember where they were positioned at (but I think they were on at least 3 of the sides)). - The reason I mention this is because I have yet to see a solar oven made from metal, which would stand up to rough abuse (out in the outdoors camping world), which would last for any length of time. - Most of them for sale on the commercial market now-a-days are usually flimsily (and cheaply) made out of cardboard, which probably wouldn't last for more than a few uses. - Oh well, so much for the (supposed), "cheaper the better, and throw-away", modern technology. - Anyway, there are the basic dimensions, if somebody decided they wanted to try and build one for their own use. - I take no responsibility for any burned fingers, or other personal injury's (if incurred), in the building, or the use, of such a device. - P.S. The author who had built it himself, said it worked quite well, and a lot better than he expected, and it did stand up for many years of use, and abuse.
Thanks for actual real info i dont think the new ones would last either besides a cardboard box wrapped in heavy foil probally work just as good
Most of everyone who owns and cooks with a solar cooker use them on the road. Limited space, portability, and storage is what sells these things.
What too many overlook is the other possible applications.....Sure its good for an oven... but they can also be used as a hot water heater.. That oven gets up to 350 degrees internally if allowed to do so.. What about making a coil within the oven that could pass water through it??? And with enough ingenuity make it easily removable with a valve???
Ty
The All American Solar Cooker is not made out of cardboard. Quote AASC "The All Season Solar Cooker is constructed using 4mm corrugated polypropylene. A 2 mil outdoor rated reflective polyester film is pressure laminated to the polypropylene."
I have the newest model of The ASSC. Love it. I live in the desert so I use solar cooking almost exclusively. I have a Sun Oven, A UGLI Hybrid, and two big ones that I made out of stainless steel cooler cabinets. I really love the ASSC though simply because its so portable, and because I am up before dawn and outside (am a farmer) - I can start the ASSC as soon as the beautiful sun peeks over the horizon. If you put a paver stone under the trivet, it won't blow away.
We are just starting out at age 43 with a homestead and you and Patera are so wonderful. great to know you two are friends. good luck at the conference. praise god for your healing and witness.
Capital G (God)
Really good review Starry. Very helpful. Thank you so much!
Just bought the All Season Solar Cooker and we love it! Already made Hawaiin Chicken and it worked great. I slice the chicken horizontally so it cooked really fast.
I'm thinking about getting one. Can you actually use a silicone pot in this? My thinking is for storing all of it in a bug out bag. Thanks
I can’t get mine above 250*, I’ve used it 3x now. Such a pain.
I got an all American solar oven for Christmas, I'm still learning to use it.....
Jen Goods
Mine works great. My compliant with it is cheap screws that rust, aligners glued to glass pop off, thermometer broke a month old.
For a few extra bucks that oven would be bulletproof, don't know why they skimp, but whatever.
All Season Solar Cooker sounds too long winded to say. Just abbreviate it to ASS Cooker instead!
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Great video. Thank you. I'm not a prepper or off the grid or anything.. I live in a major city actually... But I just thought the idea of a solar cooker was brilliant, and I figured it could come in handy in case of an emergency, like a hurricane, or a power outage. I think everybody has experienced a power outage in their life. And I just happened to have picked the all season solar cooker like the one you're showing in the video. So God brought me to the right one! And I'm glad you created this video to explain the differences between them, because I have seen all of those different solar cookers and I didn't know which one was the best. The main reason why I went with the all season was mostly because of the fact that it can use sunlight from sunrise to sunset whereas most other cookers it's mostly only in the middle of the day that you can use it. And I've still never used my cooker! I thought about cooking a chicken or or something, like I saw someone do online, I start to check it out because I'm afraid I'm going to spend money on the food and do the preparation and everything and then screw it up somehow. But now that the hurricane is about to plow through America I may end up needing to use it sooner than I thought. So thanks for the video much appreciated.
It is so wonderful when I can come across the rare REAL talks about items. I value honest info so much, especially in this day and age where information can be driven more by personal interests (money gain, making connections, etc) than by a real interest to provide the truth. I have thought about solar ovens, both for home use and for camping, so this is good to know. Especially since any camping use would require something that could take a bit of a beating and still do it's job!
Carrie I know exactly what you mean! It is very very refreshing.
Oh my gosh - I think it is the greatest and makes the best tasting food and cooks super fast on a hot day. I used my solar oven for the first time this month- it has been in storage for 2 years saved for Emergency Prep but we decided to have a practice week so we brought it out. We spent about $350 for All American Sun Oven. But using it for everything now. HOWEVER I have a Portable Rocket Stove and I love love love that for night time use especially.
Just shared this great video on my Facebook page and Twitter and going to post on my Sister's page! Thank you!
I just subscribed to you channel. I just found you channel. I ordered a solar over 2 or 3 years ago and have cooked in it several times. I retired 5 years ago and was looking for way to get buy incase everything went down. I have cooked all kinds of thing in it. I made video on some of it. Mine is a metal box with a glass top. I love the way it cooks. The only thing i don't have is a way to heat my house incase if the power goes out. I could get a kersine heater and buy kersine for it. I use to have one and heated my mobil home when my children were growing up. I don't have one now. I have stock up on freeze dried food. I live in town and my yard is clay so there isw no way I could put in a graden. I hope you and you family have a Happy and safe New Year. Be blessed. Thank you so much for sharing.
This was extremely informative! Thank you
Does it work to preheat a PRESSURE COOKER on a flame then put it in a solar oven?
Awesome! How nice of you to give these away! Shared on FB.
Disappointed you didn't have a link to what you're discussing. IF I missed it somehow, sorry, but could you list a link, thanks
I have acquired some large reflectix sheets that I'm going to make 3 or 4 different size ovens. I wonder if utilizing a car window glass for a front would make it get really hot in there.
hi starry.....i have shared your videos with all my family ...i have learned everything i do from you when it comes to homesteading....thanks...i look forward everyday...to seeing if you have a new video...not a day goes by that i dont mention your name to my husband well starry does this and starry does that...it has saved me hundreds of dollars watching and doing the things you post...he likes to hear me talk about all your stuff and ideas ...because it saves him money....so thank again...and have a great day
Would like to try it on my sailboat. How will it work as the boat swings on anchor?
Hi Starry, I saved this video to my pinterest board.Homesteading tips and helpful products. thanks for the info.
This is eye opening! I've learned quite a bit thanks to this video!
Shared to both Facebook & Twitter. So happy you're so much better.
Very cool. Hope you have a fantastic time at the conference. :)
good evening Starry. You are just a joy to visit. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us out "here". But most of all, your special happy zeal.. Lord Jesus bless and keep you and Mr. Hilder safe. Shared this and several other vids on Pinterest w/in last 24hrs. Thanks for all the effort you invest in others.
Wow! This opens up so many possibilities! I will be looking into trying this out...lots of Texas sun rays to use! My very best to you and yours as you travel and teach at the conference! Have fun and enjoy the fellowship with everyone!
Great practical video thanks for sharing it was informative and right to the point. God bless 😅
Glad I watched this I have been wanting one really bad ..I'm going to share your video twice and I would like to be put in for the drawing..I have my FB Group The Good Life..and the other MAINEiac Grammie's Homestead is where I put some of my RUclips I post..Thanks for sharing...👍🐸
Hi again, Starry. Wanted to say thank youfor this sun cooker vid . Have been considering getting one but hadn't decided which brand, and the ones i had looked at were overbudget for me. This one is a definate win-win. Just finished placing my order w AMZN. It'll be here monday. YAYH!!!!!
Great Job Starry ! However, the dog walking nonchalantly in the background stole your thunder...so funny....lol....will buy one because of your video!!!
This is something I have wanted to add to our self sufficient lifestyle for many years💗💗🤗
Great info Starry! I shared to Facebook. Have fun at the conference.
I wish I would have known about this all season solar cooker before I purchased the one that I got, because of the space in the actual cooking space.
I shared it with friends on Facebook and Pinned it to one of my Pinterest pages. Hope to have a place to use it in New Hampshire.
This is the video ive been looking for. Thank you doo much for your time in sharing this with the world
I haven't decided if i want to make a couple or buy one. Maybe one of each. Just thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. I just ordered 2 from Amazon. Your manufacture's link did not work. We use a crock pot often, so this makes sense.
It's not available :(
Does anyone know where to get one?? 🙏
I'm wondering if you can use a black mailbox for an oven with reflectix to direct the sun on it.
thank you i'll order one and try it out always looking for ways to get off the grid
The cooking surface size like burner surfaces. Does it work with cast iron Dutch ovens? How about working with vertical can roasters?
It could work with cast iron but it will take longer to get it heated up initially since it takes a lot of energy to heat the all that metal. You'd want to heat the pan before adding food as well since if you put food in at the same time it'll sit in the danger temperature zone longer. The advantage is if the sun gets covered by clouds it'll still stay hot for longer as well. Pros and cons to everything. Every solar oven retailer however recommends using the thin enamel pots though so I'd stick with their recommendation.
Have been really interested in solar cooking, shared your video to my local prepper FB group, thought they might love the info.
I love my Sun Oven and use it often to cook all sorts of deliciousness: beans, rice, soups, etc. I've even baked bread on a 15F day in January with a couple feet of snow on the ground. Once, though, it cartwheeled across the backyard with my beautiful half-cooked stew inside. In a windy climate, tie it down.
You can't say the following, but I can.
Daniel 1:12 - Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Psalm 113:3 - From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the LORD is to be praised.
she can say Bible verses!
SuzyQ love these
Will it bake bread at 450F degrees?
I need to be able to bake bread and use my pressure cooker.
This is exactly what I want to know!!
I ordered it.
Thank you so much from Japan.
Glad I could help!..
@@StarryHilder Yesterday, I got All Season Solar Cooker at last. Then I used it for the first time today and it worked!!! What a great experience. Thanks to you.
I love my sun ovens. My only "problem" with them is during the winter, we rarely have enough sunshine in W. Michigan to use it effectively. (Using the sun in Michigan can be challenging!) But it works wonderfully when we DO have sun -- I love to use them instead of heating the kitchen up with the oven/stove in the summer. I'm surprised you can control / regulate the temperature enough to incubate yogurt or dehydrate things -- never tried that. Huh! I think mine would get too hot or the temp would fluctuate too much.
Should it be direct sunlight?
Thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind, I live in Long island, i don't know if we're sunny enough for cooking
85 up here at 7220 and within 1 1/2 hour my clear plastic tub of bagel bites were fully done ,, i make stir fry and freeze them , next day dashboard solar
What cookbook should I get to use with the all season solar oven? Just got my oven today!!
Awesome ANY cook book....you can cook ANYTHING in it you do for your conventional over!!!
Thank you!! Love your videos too
Have fun at the conference. I shared the video.
My mother, has followed your great advice for years
Now it's ny turn👍
And l have to say, your great!👍
I also follow and so does my mother off grid with Doug and Stacey, there channel is fantastic too.😉😊 God bless you, mom says you had a rough time, of it!😢 Sorry!
But im glad your alright now. God willing! 🙏❤
I love your enthusiasm and thank you for the advice. Family size portion cooking makes a lot of sense.
I LOVE MINE! Initially, I had trouble assembling it, but, once it was up, it was OFF TO THE RACES!!! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Starry. I shared on Facebook and pinned on pinterest. My daughter is 22 and is a beginner to homesteading. She desperately wants one of these ovens after watching your video. I'm so proud of her doing such an awesome thing in her life. If we don't win one of these ovens I will be saving to get her one for her birthday in July. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
fingers crossed and good for your daughter..thats to awesome!
Starry, thank you so much for your very helpful and informative video! I was looking into solar ovens and close to buying the "Sun Oven" but then saw your video. You saved me three hundred bucks! LOL! They ought to pay you a commission, you know? I just purchased the All Season Solar oven (2017) for a little over a hundred dollars and the other company's product was $400 plus tax, etc. and didn't include as much as the All Season, nor was/is it as large! I'm so excited now and anxious to receive my new outdoor oven. Living in upstate NY, most places don't get a ton of sun as it is, but thank goodness the south end of my house has no trees obstructing and provides loads of sun for my garden - and now my coming solar oven! You're the best... I subscribed and am looking forward to learning more from you, super-woman!
Shared on Facebook. Been wanting one for a long but on limited income and just now starting my journey into homesteading. I'd be over the moon if I won. Watch your videos all the time. You and Justin Rhodes are the ones who convinced me I could do this. God bless.
Shared on Facebook. love you starry, love to listen to all your videos....here in Parker Colorado
6:19 What is it made of by the way? Is it either stainless steel or aluminum? Does it have any insulation material too like styrofoam on the sides and glass you can put on top?
Starry... big Idaho howdy. shared on Facebook x 3 groups. showed guys at work and links to Instagram and Twitter. keep on rocking in the real world!
Oh my God, I just feel in love with the way she speaks..
Really, I had to the sound down because she is so f* annoying!
An open design looks like it might work OK in the summer with max sun, but in the winter I would have my doubts.
Maybe I am wrong... But I doubt it.
Thanks so much for your information on Solar cookers. You really got to the point. I shared with my Facebook group. Have a wonderful day and enjoy the Conference. 😊
shared at pintrest, fb Google plus. never heard of this one but I love the idea of using a bigger roasting pan
I shared this on my Google and Facebook I also sent text messages this to my husband, mother, father, sister, and brother and his wife.
All American Solar Oven has a Plex cover to keep the heat in. I have the older version that is advertised to heat up to 350 degrees. But that happens only if you constantly adjust it for optimum sun capture. If you don't adjust it to the passing sun, you can expect it to heat closer to 325 degrees and expect about double the cook time. I used the solar oven exclusively the first summer of purchase to get familiar with it. Now I have the peace of mind that I can cook with just the energy of the sun.
I wonder if you've heard about DIY solar oven that allow baking like lots of bread, cookies, etc. Plans are available, and for bigger solar cooker too, on Lytefire's website.
How long does it take to heat up and cook something?
Shared it on Facebook...Thanks for the giveaway, I've been looking at them. I'm so sad, I'm going to miss out on the conference this year, the money just isn't there. I went to the 1st one. I had a great time. I'm hoping to be back next year. Thanks Starry, sorry I'm going to miss you. You are an inspiration! Toodles!
I just made some lamb shanks in my solar oven. I was skeptical, but man they were delicious.
Hi Starry, I shared this to my Facebook community. I think this is awesome!
Does anyone know if you can bake breads in this oven?
I dont know..ITRy it..it would just take longer I think:)
Starry have you cooked in the oven in freezing temperatures? I live in Canada and plan on getting one for summer cooking. If I could use it year round that would be great.
Oh please please.....fingers crossed. I have been wanting one of those solar cookers for a long time. Thanks for the video and the info. I shared on messenger!!!!
Shared through email... Love the solar cooker idea. Will help keep my home cool in the summer by not having to use my propane stove.. Thumbs up!
Plz do a video as to why this product is important. Why homestead living is important in today's world. I know ul do it well because u see the wisdom in living homestead off grid
Loved this video and shared it on my FB page. Nice to have the Starry Test Kitchen around to let us know the real scoop! See you at the conference!
Hi Starry, you truly inspire me...Got to try this solar cooking....shared on Pinterest...Have fun at the conference!!!
what is the name of your cooker and where did you get it?
Great informative video. Have wanted to try one of these for awhile. Posted to facebook.
Hello Starry! Thank you for the great information. Shared on Facebook, twitter and email. Hope to see you at the conference next weekend! Have a wonderful blessed day!
I own a GoSun Sport and GoSun Go. They work great, but are pricey. I bought them when there were mad promotions and got each one for at least $40 off.
I'm late on watching this but I"m early for getting our solar cooker!! Thank you for being so real and honest Starry!
Hi, I have to say its a really cool video - we specialise in Parabolic Cookers in South Africa. Small correction point - You can use 10 Liter pots - which can easily feed up to 8 people so - I would say you can actually use Parabolics for homesteading and its not actually a small pot. - I would also say you always want a n Oven as well as a concentrator Cooker - there is a design for any need or lifestyle
The type solar cooker is advertised for hikers and backpackers. Traveling in no fire zones. As an alternative to gas stoves for backpacking.
Hi Starry.!! It's so nice to see you are so active again.
I have shared your video on my Facebook timeline .
Starry, You did a great video and really informative....Love and miss you you look so good...Gods been good to you from that terrible tragedy...Keep up the good work...
Hi Starry, love your videos and found this video on solar cooking great! We are new homesteading and love all the info in your videos! Have a great day!
I shared on Facebook and Twitter. I can't wait to meet you at the Appalachian Homestead Conference..?😃
Looking forward to the conference. Thanks for posting.
You can make your own gigantic parabolic solar dish reflector cheaply with heavy aluminum foil. You can tape the pieces together or use glue. Coat the back with the Great Stuff insulation foam. It dries stuff.
i wonder if you could just a broken microwave lined with reflective sheets
I have been loving your videos. You have a very outgoing and friendly personality. This is great info......my husband passed and I am trying to be more self sufficient due to financial struggles and this would help. Your videos have been helping me a lot. I am sharing to 2 of my face book pages frugal whimsy group......and my main personal page... tyfs Kori
Hi Starry, just shared this video on my Homesteading Board on Pinterest. Love your videos, I've wanted a Solar Oven for 3 years. Thank you for doing the giveaway, good luck to everyone and God Bless each of us!
hi Starry, I shared this with my daughter In Tulsa. great idea, I am trying this for sure. great idea!!
Thanks for keeping it real!
loved your info on the solar cooker shared your video on facebook thanks have a blessed day
Hi Starry, enjoy your channel, never change☺
Can you use a pressure cooker on the solar oven?
Thanks for your thoughts. I do have a question. What does it mean ‘all season’? What temperatures /climate is it able to cook in?
I just bought one, and want to dehydrate mushrooms and other veggies. In this video the mushrooms are just piled in. Do they dry that way?