Hi Neil just play wood box thick cardboard lots of air pockets and aluminium foil over it silver tape. Enjoy!!!😊👍😎

Chris, that's absolutely brilliant, really great work. You're doing an amazing job demonstrating that energy-saving, solar cooking is a viable option in the UK. Thank you so much for the advice with the oven. Just lastly, could you please tell me what you are using for the lid? Is it (a) Standard Glass, (b) Tempered Glass, (c) Perspex or Plexiglass? I'd be very interested to know what works best for the lid. Thank you once again for your generous help and advice. Really appreciated 😊👍

@@neilsmith9473 6mm Perspex and after a few years I added tempered glass on the inside of the lid. Enjoy Neil have fun.😊

@@hermanlily1313, that's great info. I was considering doing the same. I'm putting together a panel cooker to try things out with then I'll be building a box oven as a phase two. I'll let you know if I post the results. Thank you so much for all the great help and advice. Your channel is great and an inspiration to people wanting to solar cook in the UK. All the best to you... :)

Thank you for the recommendation Celtic H but alas I was raised eating food cooked in aluminum pots! but I reduced the vapors by heating the solar oven for days before cooking anything plus the food has a lid on the iron enamel pot! because of the cooking proses, the steam and vapors from the food only exit from the pot, not allowing anything to go in the other direction!

Hi and Thank you LoLo Sunshine. in the video, there is a clip where I say and show the thermometer at 160c it was a cloudy day so when a cloud passed over it fell slowly to about 150c till the sun would show and the temp would return back to 160c since then' I pour out the stock after 2 hours then that allows the chicken to go golden brown! :-)

Yes you can use glass but it needs to be toughened glass if you use perspex it needs to be at least 5mm. the box is 18mm plywood with cardboard insulation! Covered with aluminium foil.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I will attempt one after Pesach

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Thank you! your lovely comment made me! happy!. Stay happy and keep well brother! :-)

thank you Vânia

I would like to mirror the same feeling about you too!!!!!

Hi, Angie, I have put a hatch now and it works fine! :-)

Thanks, Angie I have Done that Now! :-)

It was cooked! Since then I have learned that you need to pour the stock out after about 2 hours and that lets It roast, rather than steam!

Hi Jennifer! The pot is 2 deep baking pans/trays one on top of each other.I got mine from a bricabrak shop .The box is fairly easy if you are good with your hands or know basic wood craft you need a saw a plain drill and screw driver! :-)

lol, you can try it with cardboard scissors first to get the hang of it, it will still cook very well! once you got how it works you can then worry about making it with wood! are you in the UK? you can join our facebook page Solar cooking UK lots of help there! have a lovely Sunday Jennifer! :-)

Thank you, Silvi! :-)

Go for it Mary! :-)

Thanks Melissa! :-)

Hi Chris I have heard this suggestion before but it will not add more heat unless it is a greater surfice area than the reflecktors! It is good for a focussed point of light in a small area which is good for an expresso coffee but does little to roast a family meal! i have a screen from the tv and i found this to be the case. Thanks chris for the suggestion have fun with the experimenting! :-)

Chris Munster so something ive done is false?

No i just replied to what a think you ment. make a video showing your set up! i am on facebook group solar cooking UK join and contact me from there! It is not falce! we can try and prove one way or the other! :-)

facebook.com/chris.ieronimou/videos/pcb.10154580857015423/10154580851010423/?type=3&theater

Thanks Twrecks! :-)