Introduction
A solar cooker is a highly efficient, durable and modern method for cooking food. Basically, a solar cooker or solar oven is a bowl shaped device which uses sunlight as the source of energy. It is one of those few cost effective tools which needs no fuel. Moreover, it is extremely cheap to construct. The article describes as to how to make a solar cooker at home.
Preparation
The solar cooker works on the principle of the convergence of the sun’s rays at one point. This focal point is the place wherein the food item to be cooked is placed.
You will require the following things before starting the process:
Aluminum Foil
Glass
Cardboard
Two square cardboard/wooden boxes – One, a few inches smaller than the other one.
glue
Now as mentioned earlier, there would be two boxes. The smaller box will go inside the bigger one and will serve as the cooking area. The bigger box should be two to three inches greater in size comparatively. For a medium sized cooker, the mouth of the inner box should be around 140 square inches and with a depth of 10 inches. The process also requires white paper glue, an efficient and a good quality of aluminum kitchen foil.
In addition to this, a piece of thick glass which is an inch larger in length and width than that of the smaller box is required. The edges of the glass should be made blunt to make the glass less sharp and harmful. Dark black paint will also be needed but in a very small quantity. An empty baking tin is needed to form a rack in the smaller box, along with some strings, cotton cloth, and a few thick cardboard pieces.
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