All seasons solar cooker, cooking chicken

Today, I got started at about 9:30 am setting up a table for my all seasons solar cooker and getting some chicken thighs seasoned. This was its first run and I thought there might be a learning curve, but it heated up fast and started cooking right out of the gate. The day was very windy, in fact, we had 45 MPH wind gusts, but it still heated up to nearly 300 degrees, and had the chicken thoroughly cooked in under 4 hours. I’m completely impressed and highly recommend this solar cooker for everyone from entry-level solar cooks to seasoned solar chefs. You can find a link directly to this solar cooker in the links below.
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[@GiantMeteor2024]

That might be just right for making chili! Slooww and steady simmering all day long 😀

[@bctruck]

I haven’t made chili yet. I’ll try it!

[@zducheny]

Cool video, thanks for the review. Love the solar/off-grid cooking!

[@bctruck]

I’ll have another up in the morning.

[@marcelb.7224]

very nice solar cooker. You can build it even yourself

[@oldtimerlee8820]

That reminds me of "low and slow" cooking of pulled pork BBQ on a charcoal smoker. Steady temp there is 220F. Patience for fall off the bone goodness. Well worth the effort. Easy to see that a pork roast could produce good BBQ with a bit of liquid smoke. AND I wouldn't have to buy charcoal. I'm getting hungry just thinking about the possibilities. Those thighs sure looked good! Thanks for sharing. Hope you and yours have a blessed day. Godspeed.

[@bctruck]

I’m gonna try some pork ribs soon.

[@xzkt]

Thanks for the cooking review Brad! That sun oven looks like a great way to get started in solar cooking. Phil

[@bctruck]

That’s my thinking. I spoke to the inventor/owner after I uploaded this and he told me that he knows some people that bought the first ones in 1996 and they are still using them. So it appears that coraplast is way hardier than I thought.

[@abeldeleon3094]

That chicken looks real good!👍👍

[@bctruck]

It was! I think I’m gonna make a meatloaf for Saturday.

[@moviemakerwannabe]

I really like that double decker pan.

[@bctruck]

That pan sure makes it easy to cook to different foods.

[@ericoxner8333]

I tried to make my on solar oven. Didn't turn out to well.That chicken looks good.Seeing you do this has sparked my interested.I have seen so many type of ovens.Even some maded from satellite dishs.BTW good cooking!!

[@bctruck]

Thanks! I love solar cooking.

[@TNbubba1]

Breezy approved with two paws and 10 tail wags.

[@bctruck]

He loves chips!

[@Thewrightstuff777]

I’ll be buying one after we move!

[@bctruck]

There’s a lot of trees where your going. Be sure you have a sunny spot before you buy one.

[@twinfin8571]

The price has really gone up. I bought the original model off Jim’s site. It’s not as large and I don’t think he’s making that model any longer but it works the same. Good to have, for sure. I don’t remember what I paid for the square bottom model….around $80 3 years ago. I’m thinking he only had one or two left of the small ones left cuz he was going into making the rectangular bottom size. At the time of my purchase, there was only a few dollars difference between the two. I didn’t get the bigger one cuz I didn’t think I’d be able to get it outside after I put it together. Lol. I’m satisfied with the one I have. In fact. I think I’ll get it out and give it a go.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

hey BRAD, WHAT IF YOU PUT THAT LITTLE PRESSURE COOKER IN THE OVEn?

[@bctruck]

I’m not sure what would happen. I’ll try it some day.

[@JimLaJoieAllSeasonSolarCooker]

Regarding the bags - you used them perfectly. To preserve the bag, wipe it inside and out with a moist cloth. Hang to dry out of the sun. The bag immediately absorbs the moisture and becomes soft - which is what you want. The interesting thing about nylon, which is the material in this bag, is that it very easily absorbs water and very easily gives up its water. Without water, the bag will become dry and cracked (which can be repaired with any clear tape) The webstraunt store supplies the bags.

[@bctruck]

I e already bought some big turkey bags. Cheap enough that’s it’s easier to just grab anew one when I wear one out. Love this Cooker, Jim!

[@TinyLiving]

Thanks for sharing! I just bought one of these cookers. I love that it is designed, made & shipped by ONE man, not big corporation. Its affordable & functional. Jim LaJoie is the inventor. He puts his email address and his phone number on the instruction papers and invites customers to contact him. THAT'S AMERICAN! By the way, the circle on the SunSight is the "hour ring". Keeping the shadow within that ring, u can angle the shadow a bit behind and wait til the shadow is a bit beyond & that will give you about an hour before u need to realign the sun. I did my research on ovens too, and cant beat the All Season Solar Cooker for price, durabilty, simplicity & portability. Thanks again.

[@bctruck]

I have 4 solar ovens and I use them all. All American sun oven, all seasons solar cooker, Haines 2.0, and solavore. I love solar cooking! I Subbed your channel.

[@davidjones1393]

OK

[@TheRedneckprepper]

Nice, how easy will it fold up to store ? or should it be left in the assembled position

[@bctruck]

It can be folded by removing the bolts. I’m gonna leave mine assembled because I have plenty of room to store it assembled.

[@JimLaJoieAllSeasonSolarCooker]

The cooker takes about 3 minutes to take down and refold. Since I full time RV and travel a lot, I take mine down frequently. It stores under the top bunk, out of sight and not taking up space. Setup is rapid once you know the drill. Same amount of time as firing up the old gasoline camp stove.

[@Big_Johns_Life]

I would feel better if it had a rainbow unicorn band-aid on your burn. Chicken thighs my favorite

[@bctruck]

Legs and thighs. I forget that some folks are squeamish.

[@greghomestead8366]

I bought the solar cooker that you used to recommend ( can't think of the name right now but it's the one that wasn't paying you like they should ) But I never had very good results. Then again I live in Michigan and the Sun only shines 3 days a year 🤪 I have to get it out and try it again and maybe put the pan in the bag, maybe that'll help. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan

[@bctruck]

It’s either the solavore or the all American and they bothe work great but you need full sun for the majority of the cooking time.

[@greghomestead8366]

@@bctruck 100% cloud cover today with snow.☹️

[@bctruck]

Dang. I thought snow would be gone by now.

[@NormanMcGregor]

That is very cool! Wonder how the All American oven would have heated up in the same conditions?

[@bctruck]

The all American being enclosed would have heated up hotter. It’s not affected by wi d or outside temps.

[@ladyhawthorne1]

I was wondering how well it would work in the winter here in CO? We get mostly sunny days even in the winter, people wear sunscreen all year long.

[@bctruck]

With the open solar ovens, I think it would be more affected by outside temps than the enclosed ovens.

[@JimLaJoieAllSeasonSolarCooker]

You are closer to the sun than I am. Because the cooker can be adjusted to perfectly capture the earliest morning sunshine, you can easily cook all year round. My "test" meal is two cups of dry pintos, 5 cups of water, seasoning, which I cook on the shortest day of the. year. Always works

[@LisaMiller]

Can you tell me where you got that stacking pot?

[@bctruck]

It came with the sun oven.

[@stevekundzala676]

That worked Very Well! Why didn't you need the bag when cooking with the expensive cooker? Does the bottom pot cook the chicken as well in the double pot cooker?

[@bctruck]

The expensive cooker has a glass door that holds the heat in. The chicken in the bottom pan reach’s the same temps as the upper pan.

[@oldtimerlee8820]

The expensive cooker has a glass cover that turns it into an oven. The bag for this cooker turns the pot into an oven by retaining the heat around the pot.

[@bctruck]

@@oldtimerlee8820 zackly!

[@WillowsGarden]

Hi BC, Charly and fur babies! It did a lot better than I expected it would, surprised me. I wonder if you could wrap a brick in aluminum foil and put on the bottom just to help hold it down...I have winds on this ridge. Oh, I’m not squeamish, worked in a hospital too long. Poor Lamb Chop is about unstuffed, lol. Have a blessed day and be safe!

[@bctruck]

This is the fourth lamb chop. Sunny doesn’t play anymore. She’s almost 15. Breezy and lucybelle work that toy pretty hard and it gets tore up pretty fast.

[@JimLaJoieAllSeasonSolarCooker]

Good idea on the brick and tinfoil. I use a thick stone tile covered with foil. There is a vid of this cooker being used in the wind, really steady

[@swedesamurai3331]

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[@alessandriajohn9068]

Link to your granite ware????? What size is that

[@bctruck]

It came with my all American sun oven.

[@sigma_polymath]

Looks like a good solar oven to me, I would think a Lazy Susan would be good to put the solar oven on to make it easier to turn...

[@bctruck]

Yep. Good oven.

[@JimLaJoieAllSeasonSolarCooker]

A lazy susan is a good idea. But the wind will then turn the cooker unless you put the brakes on. I stopped using a turntable because the cooker slides easily

[@felaxchow207]

Definitely an interesting cooker. The barrier of entry is quite reasonable and the owner/developer has gotten it down to where they can stamp out two cooker templates on one sheet of 4' x 8' of coroplast. Plus everything is flat packed in one neat box and if you told someone that it is a framework of a solar cooker; I bet that they'd think you've been talking to space aliens as of late. :-P Some might gripe that it doesn't come with this or that, but a little bit of not all too "common" sense (I bet KZbin will put me in timeout); you might already have some cookware laying around or pickup quite inexpensively at thrift stores or yard sales. It keeps the shipping and inventory costs to a manageable level along with being a good environment steward since pretty much everything can be recycled and/or reused. On the subject of food, I've seasoned my bone in chicken thighs with Tone's Garlic Pepper seasoning blend in a freezer bag and let it soak in overnight. I dash in a bit more garlic powder and pepper for a little bit more "kick" for my preference. When I see some moisture condensation on the glass whilst cooking is a good indicator time to check for doneness. I also use the rendering after separating the fat and use it to season my solar cooked rice. Surprising it makes a pretty good salad dressing too...

[@bctruck]

Dang! I’m gonna print this comment out. Lots of good info. Thanks!

[@ChiefAUS]

By the way your truth social link does not seem to work. Is it because I'm doing it from a desktop and not an apple phone?

[@bctruck]

I’ll have to fix that.

[@janettemarker7510]

$315 + postage in Australia.. if you can get them. The Rolls Royce.... $1800 !!!! They work really well apparently, but what a rip off!!! Making our own.

[@bctruck]

I’ve made my own and it worked well.

[@RogerLetour]

Hi, I've been solar cooking for the past 4 years. I actually made my solar cooker from a design I found on the internet called the Cookit Solar Cooker. Originally these were made with nothing but cardboard and aluminum foil. I wanted one stronger than that so I made mine with 1/8 " Masonite and metal tape like they use on A/C systems. It's held up well and only cost $16 dollars and a whole bunch of time. But then I'm retired so who cares. I also started with oven bags and then switched to 2 - 4qt. Pyrex mixing bowls. The glass does provide better heat retention vs. the oven bags. I have found that 3 hours cooking time will cook just about anything from chicken to a 3 or 4 pound pot roast with potatoes and all the fixings for a one dish meal. In fact I learned the hard way about cooking chicken. You'll never burn anything with one of these cookers but you can overcook it to the point that the meat will fall apart and almost disintegrate. That's what happened when I left it in the cooker for about five hours. Give yourself a little time and I think you'll find that these things do really work well. They will work well year round but here in El Paso where I live I really like to use it during the summer so our house doesn't heat up so much bu using the house oven.

[@bctruck]

I’ve been solar cooking for a dozen years or so. My first one was homemade and like everything I do, I overbuilt it to the point that it was so heavy, I had to put casters on it to move it around. My next oven was a solavore, then an all American sun oven, then the all seasons and then a Haines 2.0. I love using all of them.

[@GiantMeteor2024]

First! 😎

[@saltyshellback]

Hmmm...I wonder if that will bake a "special brownie?" 😋

[@bctruck]

I’d love to find out but some of the ingredients aren’t legal here,,,,,, yet.

[@saltyshellback]

@@bctruck By "special" I meant...ummm...with bacon bits...yeah....bacon bits 😋

[@alessandriajohn9068]

$84 with $12 shipping :( even with Prime. But yes it's more realistic to spend compared to the All American for $300 which is ridiculous.

[@DuffSweets]

You did it again! Another generator muffler video, that bottom pan must not have cooked thru, didn’t let us see the final product and since you didn’t bother to cut one open for use to see, I’ll ask what everybody’s thinking, was it cooked thru to the bone? I am betting those bones were pink! Just giving you a hard time! I love that plastic cardboard stuff. My dad use to run a portable sign company and we used that stuff for everything, very resilient and if treated right weather and UV resistant.

[@bctruck]

I spoke to the man that makes these and he said that people that bought his first ovens in 1996 are still using them. That answered my question about longevity.