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a cast of thousands

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:58 pm
by Ron Dickey
I just had to say it...... :lol: :lol: 8)

hey has anyone tryed solar reflector with duchoven?

I know a woman who when she lead girl scouts they used one and she said it worked great. I also heard of a guy who used one to reflect heat of the fire which means even after the sun has gone down there is still heat to be found.
http://www.freewebs.com/sunnycooker/links.htm
the above site includes a cheep solar cooker. the site also offers links to other solar organizations.
also look at....
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&s ... rch+Images
My wife, Lucia saw severl people at our first teardrop gathering in Northern CA. with Dutch ovens
I have been looking around for them most are expensive. the army navy store has been the cheepest so far. I have not got a chance to read this forum to know where else to look .... :oops: I will do that next.

I found 2 cookbooks on the subject. I am sure there are more on the net.

Ron

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:14 pm
by Miriam C.
Ron if you look at the sticky in recipes there is a cook book of all the DO stuff posted here.

Have fun!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:49 am
by Mike C.
Ron,

Is a solar reflector like a solar cooker?

If you look on the net, there are several sites that show how to build your own solar cooker. I would think that if you are able to build your own trailer, then a solar cooker would be no problem. But then again, I don't know if we are talking about the same thing.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:57 am
by madjack
Ron, I believe that GPW has done a good bit of experimeting with solar cookers...ya might shoot him a PM with questions......
madjack 8)

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:15 pm
by Laredo
First, you get an old satellite dish, and then you get a broken mirror ...

Seriously, you can build a solar oven with pizza boxes and aluminium foil, but the parabolic (dish shaped) ones are here:
http://www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/solarcooking/parabolic/paraboliccookerwebsection-pg1.htm