Sunday, August 31, 2008

ARNie's Equipment

I am in the process of compiling all of my favorite equipment into this post.

As soon as I locate various online dealers for the things I use, I'll post them here.

Anchor Hocking and Pyrex Mixing Bowls in various sizes for glazers.

Wear Ever or Baker's Secret annodized, non-stick Baking Pans, 9" round cake pan, 9" Round Pie Pan, 9" Square cake pan

Steel 'Granite' Black Roaster- as an oven- lined with foil or not

My shiny steel roaster with a domed glass lid... I cannot find online anywhere.

Tempered glass lids for Crock Pots, Skillets, and pyrex stove top pots, in various sizes that I find at thrift shops and flea markets.

Reflector Supplies for Cookers

http://www.interstateplastics.com/materials/detail.aspx?ID=acrylicmirror-SCl013
Mirrorized Plastic sheets for making panel cookers or reflectors for ovens

http://www.mirrorsheeting.com/
Sheets and rolls of various thickness and reflectivity

Where to Purchase Solar Cookers

http://www.she-inc.org/hotpot-6.php SHE Hot Pot: Aluminum Reflector, black steel pot, glass bowl and lid

http://home.att.net/%7Ecleardomesolar/parabolic.html Solar Dome Parabolic style cooker, AND a glass Cooking Dome

http://www.sustainableguide.com/products/buy-sun-oven.php# Global Sun Oven

http://65.108.108.197/catalog/all_products.php?osCsid=d55a083a1b625d21b5d716abcb3ea4df
Solar Cooking International's Marketplace page of cookers and supplies

Solar Cooking Nut- My Mentor

SCN has dozens of videos showing her techniques and methods for Solar Cooking. Her knowledge was invaluable for helping me to fine tune my own cookers and cooking methods.

http://www.youtube.com/user/solarcookingnut

Solar Cookers & Ovens- Links & Plans

http://www.sungravity.com/index.html

http://solarcooking.org/plans/

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooking/cooking.htm

Solar Cooking Links- Mega Lists

http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/solarcoo.htm

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooking/cooking.htm

http://www.she-inc.org/index.php

Experiments & Simple cookers for Kids or Classes

http://davidmdelaney.com/solar-cooking.html
David Delaney's improved soda 2 liter bottle water pasturizer

http://solarcooking.org/soda-bottle-pasteurizer.htm
Original Soda Bottle pasturizer

http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/handouts/solarbake.html
Super easy cooker for baking apple slices

How Solar Cooking Works- MUST READS

http://mickiesplace.com/solarcooking.htm
This is an excellent overview of Solar Cooking principles and methods

http://davidmdelaney.com/solar-cooking.html
Several experitments and articles on improving Solar Cooking pots, glazers, and methods for creating the greenhouse effect.

Solar Cookers, not ovens

http://www.outdoorcook.com/article1051.php
Modified Funnel Cooker

http://ecobites.com/component/content/815?task=view
Unique Parabola Cooker

http://www.sunspot.org.uk/Solar1000/solar1000.htm
using Satelite dish for a cooker, and wonderful explanations of how it works

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeeka5a/earthboundtek/index.html
Plans for making your own parabola/parvati style cookers

http://solarcooking.org/plans/
This has numerous plans for Funnel and Prabola style cookers.

Solar Oven Plans & Articles

http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_solarheatbuild-1.shtml
Interesting Box Oven made from an aluminum roasting pan

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/radabaugh30.html
An awesome article on building and usind a Box Oven with flared reflectors

http://www.ethicurean.com/2007/08/14/solar-oven-1/
Basic Box oven, but larger than most

http://www.uberpest.com/cooker.html
another Box Oven, but uses freezer bags for glazer

Misc. Solar Energy Links

http://www.builditsolar.com/
Build It Solar-All things Solar Energy

http://www.macslab.com/optsolar.html
Optimum orientation for Solar Panels

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/At_what_angle_should_a_solar_panel_pool_heater_be_set
Angle of Solar Panels equals your Latitude

http://www.youtube.com/user/GREENPOWERSCIENCE?ob=1
Green Power Science at YouTube

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Renewable-Energy/2006-02-01/Do-It-Yourself-Solar-Heat-Collectors.aspx

Friday, August 22, 2008

New Equipment!




I purchased a Wear Ever anodized non-stick cake pan... standard round cake pan 9 inches across.
It almost suspends inside a 4qt Anchor Hocking mixing bowl, so I placed the 2 cup Anchor Hocking bowl in the bottom of the larger bowl to act as a support.
Add a glass lid for a skillet, and this works very well.
I cooked a small tv dinner in this today. It took only 2 hours-from freezer to hot enough to eat- in my twin bowl cooker.