Solar Cooking

 Both of my solar ovens are at my summer home so I'm thinking about building one here at my winter home.

I've setup at swap meets using lightweight metal display cases with acrylic tops for jewelry. Whenever I used the cases on sunny days the jewelry would get too hot to handle so I would prop the tops open a few inches. Even vented the jewelry still got very, very hot. So possibly the start of a DIY solar oven.

I'll have to figure out how to attach reflective (heavy duty foil) to a backing of sorts. Then attach it to the display case. The acrylic will help to keep the heat in the case.

First test, cooking an egg. Nearly three hours, egg yoke mostly cooked but formed as a thick film on top of the uncooked egg white. Summary, very limited success.

Isses to resolve:

- No free standing oven thermometer to check interior of the closed display case, one on order. 

- No reflective panels to direct heat from sun to the egg, also on order. 

- The egg was in a plastic holder which would act as an insulator, will look for metal unit.

- Wind is a problem as it tends to collapse reflective sides, based on past experience 

And the beat goes on...