All Season Solar Cooker, Review and Demonstration

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10 жыл бұрын

Please visit www.AllSeasonSolarCooker.com and
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The All Season Solar Cooker blew us away. It cooked a 3.5 pound whole chicken in 3 hours, and it was Good! This is a very versatile unit which can be used whenever the sun is shining. this is different than most solar cookers which are only useful during the strong midday sun.
Included with your purchase is the yellow/reflective box itself, metal trivet, sundial peg, hardware, and complete illustrated instructions. Assembly is just a few minutes, piece of cake.
You need to buy a BLACK roasting pan, 3 or 4 qt size. You also need to buy Two (2) Pyrex glass mixing bowls, 4 qt size. Must be Pyrex, not plastic.
Optionally, you can use 'oven roasting bags' but they won't last as long and aren't as efficient at keeping in the heat.
The All Season Solar Cooker website is filled with good info that I won't repeat here, please go check it out.
This demo takes place in Southern California in July. The designer has told me that he's used it in snowy mountains at 6,000 feet and it worked perfectly. He also has a story of someone cooking bread in February in Seattle. These are very durable, his personal demo unit is over 8 years old and still cooking!
Note that solar cooking is more like 'crockpot' cooking; it's slower than normal cooking but is gentler and the food stays very moist and delicious. Solar is an AWESOME tool to have when the SHTF as you don't have to use up all your propane or chop down every tree in sight.
Stay tuned as we try other recipes in the future!

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@jeannetbenschop8137 2 жыл бұрын

Did a 'whole' chicken yesterday, no cutting, from 14.30 - 18.15 and it was properly done! Powerful cooker!

@antelopone 3 жыл бұрын

Put rocks, or 1gallon bottles of sand or water in your solar oven during the Winter, Spring, or Fall to heat your home. Bring them in when they are saturated with the maximum temperature of your oven each one or two hours and replace with a new set of bottles or rocks until the sun goes down. Gear up with larger rocks or to 2.5 gallon bottles of sand or water and use several solar ovens during the day for more heat. When the rocks, or 1 gallon or 2.5 gallon bottles reach maximum temperature of your oven and fully saturated with heat bring them into your home. You can heat many rocks, 1 gallon bottles or 2.5 gallon bottles throughout the day to maximum temperatures in most solar ovens when turned every hour toward the sun. Sand seems to work best for me and is less messy but hot water is good too to bath and do dishes. -- J.E. Ante.

@JimLaJoieAllSeasonSolarCooker 10 жыл бұрын

This is a very good demonstration of the ASSC. Glad to see that you got it right and were able to show late afternoon cooking also. Great video!

@jasboothe 10 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@experiencesolarcooking2683 2 жыл бұрын

Keep up your good work

@geoffreydebrito2653 2 жыл бұрын

I'd drill a 1/4" hole in both the top of the black pot and another hole in the glass top, then run that thermometer into the meat and thru the holes you drilled. Now there's no guessing, when the battery run thermometer beeps, the meat is at the exact temperature you want. Also, in windy conditions place a rock on both sides of the pot to weight it down.

@oldtimerlee8820 2 жыл бұрын

Many pots with glass covers already have a hole drilled into them. Personally I wouldn't try drilling into an enamelware lid for several reasons from safety to rust factors. It doesn't take long to learn how to gauge when particular foods are done. Then, it's only 1 temp check to know if it's ready or that it needs another quarter hour.

@philstat100 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You.

@wandamcgann7728 5 жыл бұрын

to be safe the temp should read 180 degrees, it should be only 160 degrees if the chicken was cooked already and you are reheating it. 180 degrees cooked when starting with raw chicken. I have worked in the food business all my life and to be safe make sure your chicken has an internal reading of 180 degrees guys. starting with a raw chicken... do not want to get sick!

@celiahuling8024 24 күн бұрын

Save the world champagne. Yes😊

@valgodwin1614 8 жыл бұрын

I have looked everywhere for this pot, to no avail. Do you know where I may buy one just like it?

@jwwm2 10 жыл бұрын

I've overcooked a chicken in a solar oven before. It's hard to do, but I managed it. I cooked a whole chicken in an oven bag inside my 30/60 solar oven for 7 or 8 hours. It was inedible, believe me.

@jeremytheonlyone 4 жыл бұрын

You probably had a burnt chicken, poor meat.

@harryroger1739 Жыл бұрын

The problem with solar cookers is the power is too low. It takes an hour to reach 350F but open the lid and the temperature drops to nothing and needs 30 minutes to heat back up. The result is a lack of sear to keep in the juice. All the juices came out of the chicken, you can see it in the bottom of the pot. Meat doesn't come out good in a solar cooker. The best ones are the vacuum tube cookers. They have better power and meat has come out better, almost like stovetop in kitchen but there are too many problem with tube cookers. I believe the future of solar cooking is solar powered induction and pressure cookers.

@eddiefoy3701 7 жыл бұрын

July is 'off season' ?

@quatreiquorizawa9885 4 жыл бұрын

how long does it take?

@jizhang4797 2 жыл бұрын

Love the combination you have. Could you share the link to the pan and mixing bowl.

@oldtimerlee8820 2 жыл бұрын

I found the 4 quart Pyrex glass mixing bowls at our local Food Lion grocery store. They were in the section with disposable aluminm roasting pans and pie pans. For the black pot, I found a sauce pan, with a glass lid and a removable handle that works well for us. The sauce pan was already painted black. It was about 3 quarts (if memory serves) and was in the kitchen cookware section at Walmart. Hope this helps.

@shelley294 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Bought one of these, but haven't used it yet. Is it ok to open the lid multiple time to check on doneness? Or does that let the heat escape too much? Any advice you can offer is appreciated!

@oldtimerlee8820 2 жыл бұрын

Each time you open the bag you slow down the cooking time. Resist temptation to open it until the time you think what you're cooking is done. It's not like cooking on other heat sources where you have to check often to prevent burning, to add liquid if needed, stir, etc. Not needed, especially if the amount of liquid in your recipe - if needed, is correct.

@SURVIVEnTHRIVEforum 8 жыл бұрын

we got it at Walmart i believe