Cooking Food With Sunshine - Off-Grid Solar Cooker Oven

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[@pedcraftsman]

Cody and Jack I admire your relationship. God bless you both.

[@CrazyNate]

you are a great father figure for your son, and all the young boys that watch. Thanks. Keep it up.

[@genkisudo]

Crazy Nate you forgot to mention also to all the dads and future dads

[@Prometheus203]

The greatest joy a child can experience is the joy of success and accomplishment. As adults we often forget those feelings. Something as simple as the praise of assembling a kit like this can be a driver toward future goals and accomplishments. Today he's building a simple kit, perhaps in adulthood with motivation driven by that joy of success and experience learned he'll have a career building the technologies of the future or maybe even his own company. I'm always amazed by your parenting skills and how exceptionally respectful, intelligent and well spoken your son is. Just one of the many things that make your videos and channel so enjoyable. Thank you.

[@russse2793]

I was doing the same thing at your son's age. I worked at my dad's farm supply store during the summers, starting at the age of 6, assembling riding mowers, gravity boxes, driving the forklift and unloading delivery trucks. I also worked for a plumber on the weekends during school, and during summer baled hay, drove tractors plowing for farmers, etc. Best life experience ever.

[@KF5CZC]

Jack isn't wrong to call it a death ray. Legend has it, Archimedes built a death ray using these same principles during the siege of Syracuse in 212 BC.

[@wranglerstar]

Jack likes this comment.

[@hisnameisiam808]

+Wranglerstar it was Mythbusted... doesn't mean it didn't happen! 👍😆👍

[@hoppas77]

Love all your videos! As a mom, I learned some parenting tips too. Thank you. I enjoy watching Jack put things together and your family interacting together. Pretty cool death ray lego video, Jack :) By the way, is there a link to follow Josh Merrell's music?

[@kashifsiddiqui182]

Mythbusters have the same old agenda.. maintain the status quo. Nothing is possible except to burn fossil fuel so that you remain enslaved to the people who control energy.

[@KF5CZC]

Lucas FFF except recorded history says otherwise. Maybe next time you should keep quiet instead of telling the whole world how ignorant you are.

[@acetech9237]

Great to see a father and son working together. This is how I started with my father. He is a retired Contractor, but I pursued Automotive when I got old enough to work, but it's doing stuff like this that gives your kids that extra step ahead in life.

[@wognessmonster9876]

A parabolic dish...I've always wanted one. Algebra hard at work! Quadratic equations and foci!

[@tropifiori]

I grew up in humble surroundings. I always had to make do with what is available. I think it helped me with problem solving. When I got to Medical School I was sort of mediocre at taking tests, but when I got out on the wards and had to think through things, I was head and shoulders above my colleagues.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Really like the plug for homeschooling. Not so much a plug, but it's not often that people speak about the benefits of careful, useful education of children. And maybe more so the concerns with the public education system and simply educating children to grade well on a specific set of questions. We educate our kids to past a particular test, and nothing beyond. So great to see someone with some audience and reach gently stating sentiments that I concern with entirely. We homeschool our 4 kids and after a few years (they started in a private Christian school) the benefits are more than we could have imagined. Long time subscriber, first time (I think) commenter. As always, great video. Much appreciated. Cheers!

[@jo2lovid]

It's a great way to ensure it's your beliefs they learn. I mean, imagine the horror of your kids learning about other peoples lives and beliefs.

[@davidb2206]

One of the biggest challengers is to find and learn Real History. The PC textbooks have corrupted everything. I recommend the book "The Bad War" by M.S. King to learn the truth about WWII. Also General Butler's 1933 book "War Is a Racket."

[@pauljones364]

Great video, the cooking starts at 15:27

[@tomalsleben6268]

this is perfect, i live australia and im in yr 8, in science at school we got a assignment on solar cookers and we have to make one so thank you this will be a great help thanks heaps

[@michaelmiller6574]

Cody, I've watched your videos for years and have always enjoyed them. You place a huge emphasis on wild land firefighting that I never really understood. Being, until recently, from Appalachia, it was always green and wet. Only real time we had fire scares was in the early spring and late fall. We arrived in Washington today. We are in the Yakima Valley. Man it's dry! Since we passed the Mississippi, I have seen very few naturally green fields. I understand the need for the precautions and preparations you have to make out her now. We got 60+ inches of precip a year where we lived. I have felt so parched out here in the west! Than you for helping to preserve and educate people on preservation!

[@willwasson8113]

Thank You! This was the best ministry this Sabbath. A man, his wife, and son, a loving family. What more could the world wish for?

[@CrimsonVipera]

This is the first time I've stumbled by on this channel so I can't be sure but if this is an indicator of what all is going on in your family than you have an A+ for parenting AND teaching here.

[@PondRiverFarm]

WOW, that is an impressive solar cooker. I have a SOS oven from Solavore and I really love cooking on it. On a good sunny day I can it get it up over 350 degrees and have cooked everything from muffins and bread to roasts. The family fave is BBQ ribs, they cook till they just absolutely are falling off the bone tender. I am sure you will enjoy cooking with your solar cooker too.

[@aspitofmud6257]

So how well does it work in the winter months? Will it make coffee in the morning? Early morning? Can you bake bread? How well does it work with a Dutch oven? Does it have hot spots? Does it work better with blackened cookwear? Copper? Other cookwear? Looking forward to another great video on this cooker after you've used it for a while. Everything is good and exciting when you first buy something. I feel like every unboxing video should have a follow up video 6 months later. The truth of a thing usually takes at least as long or longer. Thanks for the hard work you and your family put forth making these videos. Your honesty is always appreciated.

[@JakeKlineMusic]

Did you ever find answers? Otherwise I wonder how we can get his attention on that, Plus I'm wondering how to make it inconspicuous in town for shtf, or if I should look at portable versions or a small camping rocket heater instead....

[@TheBonnieberry]

absolutely amazing but what is more wonderful is the relationship between Father Papa and son...xxoo you don't see that every day...and mimicking our Heavenly Father's patient love toward us His children...

[@mfk12340]

You have such a nice family everyone loves each other. I hope one day I can have a family like that.

[@eccosselion]

You are totally correct in what you are stating about qualifications and academic achievement ,but it takes a lot more ,young Jack is a prime example,I would rather employ and hire somebody like Jack and yourself,because you and Jack show great aptitude in all your endeavors on the homestead,your hands on skill are very good,young Jack will be more productive through out his life,and be able to support himself and his family in years to come by his hand skills alone and also being able to be innovative ,textbooks have there place in life,but skills and the motivation is what makes life more productive and bearable .📚🎓🔬🔭💪🔧🔨🔩🚜 👨👷👱

[@xenonkey7770]

ecosselion Great Words!

[@_RadioMadeEasy]

"It gives the bugs quite a shocking experience!" Haha Jack.

[@slunce12]

I am about 99% sure that the darkened reflective piece in the middle of the dish is there so you can look at it to see the position of the ray on the bottom of the pan in the reflection. You don't have to crouch as often and since it is darkened, it will be easier on your eyes.

[@WesleyAring]

Jack had fun with his Lego minifigure!!

[@TNSnapperhead]

I was starting to get kinda depressed when I didn't see a Wranglerstar video this morning... I really like to take a few minutes from my day and watch what's happening in your life. I can honestly say I haven't seen one bad video from you and your family... Thank you !

[@bigkevcanb]

Yep, like that thinking. Teaching my daughter these skills and getting her into the woodshop. Nice jeans Cody. I'm wearing my well worn ones today. Winter in southern Australia, but the sun is out. Good job guys

[@wyattshelton4283]

going with what you said, my father raised me hands on and it has brought me a lot of opportunity in life as an ironworker, i can also tell you the way you raise your kids will make them humble and caring, and realistic of the life around them

[@alanaspopo1955]

I like this video-the cooking part, because it is definitely family involved together doing something that they will always remember! Jack will look back on this moment when he is 70 and the "Death Ray" cooker and tell his grandkids about it.

[@gjacobson76]

My family uses the All American Sun Oven. Cooking with only sunshine is amazing. I cooked a chicken dinner in northern Illinois at 10 below zero. It was delicious.

[@paulrice1918]

This video is great. Dad giving over the assembly to son is wisdom in action. I have seen a bunch of videos where Jack is present but not very into the project. This time Jack was the most antimated that I have seen. There may be a lesson here. To spark Jacks interest in a project make simple bridge building into building a bridge over a deep canyon in order to save a whole town that is trapped or needs vital medicine etc, After raising three children of my own I found using their imagination sparked them often into action while learning. Great job Cody and the Mrs.

[@Cyan2002]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but when I had looked at these before, the dark mirror in the center is used to aim the light onto the pan. It is darkened so that you can look at it to see the bottom of the pan and where the light beam is being concentrated. That way you don't have to bend over or kneel to adjust.

[@MariosKarampalis]

maybe with a step motor you can track the sun movement and have the max power without hands on.

[@nilval445]

Lol.. That was my college project. Long time back. 1988.. 2 stepper motors, couple of gears, a bunch of LDRs, 8085 microprocessor, a little bit of machine language coding.. was amazing to watch it search for the sun in mornings.

[@PeteStean]

What a remarkable piece of technology - can you imagine how useful this would be if you're in an arid environment. Wow.

[@WTFIsThisGuyDoing233]

This is the first one of these I've seen work well.

[@WesleyAring]

Mrs. W walks in and says, "What are you doing?" Jack says, "Building a solar death ray." Only in the Wranglerstar family :)

[@roldac]

My mom would walk in and say "You better not scratch my new floor."

[@WesleyAring]

+rol dac haha

[@OriginalEric]

True, at 2:20 you can see some dents already... *single tear*

[@wranglerstar]

With the remodel I've shut down nerf wars in the dining and living room and we've always only allowed balls outside but otherwise we are a pretty easy going family that way. :) I try to be a "yes" mother when I can. MrsW

[@michaelc.4321]

Wesley Aring “Hey mom, can I make a plasma Wakefield particle accelerator capable of creating antimatter in the garage?” “Yeah sure.”

[@MrMikeh216]

I had to learn everything by myself growing up. Went to school and became an electrical engineer. Go Jack. You have a good start.

[@ravenpersonaldefensesystem9015]

great video. Nothing beats country living and doing stuff like this with the kids.

[@mazdalorean]

My son is about Jack's age, and about the time the burgers were done , I said to my son " you know Jack is going to put a piece of cardboard on that thing" . My son said " I was just thinking the same thing". I knew something was going to get burned , I just didn't call the legos. Thanks for sharing. Joe

[@driesoliver7972]

I paused at exactly 5:28 , and all I saw was codys warped face in the reflectors😂

[@brushrescue1701]

Bloody hell IT WORKS.... I'm a wildland firefighter over in the U.K and I could use this not necessarily while fighting fires lol but this will be awesome when you're out and about and there a fire curfew in place you can still go out for the day into the forest and have lunch cooked what an awesome idea

[@iliketobuildstuff7013]

lol "I used math"

[@Johnnyy832]

Technically it's math, he used geometry.

[@timberjackthompson4602]

Jack was very accurate in saying he used "dead reckoning."

[@aaron7392]

You're trolling

[@aaron7392]

Why do you say lol

[@au69miner]

absolutely great environmental appliance.....the sunlight hits the earth at approx. 1000 w. per square meter(on a clear day)....then squeeze that meter down to a 2 inch spot...here in Arizona,they work exceptionally well....

[@chaos120m]

Its nice to see a good family and not the mess of a family i came from :)

[@luck6247]

chaos120m agreed.

[@Turks102]

I have that Milwaukee box cutter as well and I have to say it is the best box cutter that I have ever owned. I absolutely love it.

[@ihateeverything3972]

We have a metal working shop in our school so I don't know what you mean. Also sports can teach you a lot of things about problem solving and it also teaches you a lot of other values. Problem solving isn't even hard, it's more about learning how to be persistent.

[@seanbova]

I made one once years ago, removed an old C-band dish for someone, and had some mirrored lexan from a previous job. I cut the 5' dish down to just over 3' and glued the lexan on. Would only do 2 hot dogs at a time, so it was more of a novelty than anything, but it was still pretty awesome as long as there were no clouds

[@jeffery19677]

YEAH, JACK!! "Shall we try it out?" My first thought was the same!! LOL Great video, Cody.

[@brysonahlstrom8022]

Every boy (and mans) dream to have a death ray. Awesome. It is great watching the way you work with jack and teach him. Book marking a bunch of videos I can do with my boys as they get older. Thanks for all the videos!

[@marvinpenn3001]

i agree 1221vito i was going to public school all my life and switched to homeschool because i was moving overseas so it was much more convenient for me and my family , in homeshcool you have a much more flexible schedule while in public its all the same yet in both you learn the same exact things, in both you learn how to solve problems on your own, ruben, but in home school i found it much easier to learn because it was a lot more flexible while in public it was more harder, but in the end its all the same things.

[@DPaquette]

I love that cardboard hat your son made, that sure was cute/funny. I also like the renaming of this as the solar death ray.

[@ladyb003]

Jack and his helper did a great job....lol. I'd like to try to make a parabolic cooker from a satellite dish. Maybe someday. I love the concept of this cooker. Thanks for sharing. Take care.

[@TheSighphiguy]

never take the protective plastic off the reflectors until it is completely together, or at least nearly so.

[@cobaltpica]

Sigh Phi Guy its okay, its gonna be scratched and dinged no matter what with all that cooking and cleaning up after.

[@jimkrueger212]

Remember a while ago Jack saying something to the effect ,that he would rather read a book then work in the shop. Having him put things together is making him use his mind to think and accomplish goals. You guys are raising a well round young man and that is refreshing in this day and age

[@jamie1234591]

Saw one of these at Tengboche in the Himalaya, Nepal. Great invention!

[@BethGrantDeRoos]

Have neighbor down the road who put theirs together inside and went to take it outside and they couldn't get it thru the door and had to take it apart and redo it outside. Thankfully French doors or sliding doors prevent that issue. As for cookware. Black heavy duty enamel cast iron is what my neighbor uses. And they use theirs even in winter as long as tthere is sunshine. Thank you for including the saying Grace at the end.

[@TommyPlymouth]

Homeschooling can sometimes be an effective way of teaching academia and creativity. However you will need be able to recreate the social skills home schooling makes you miss out on. That kid will be a clever and creative young man, who doesn't know how to interact with other people to share his knowledge.

[@TommyPlymouth]

Apologies - you will not be able to *

[@KENNETHedwardMitchell]

the product great, the process GLORIOUS!

[@futuresonex]

Back when I was in high school a friend and I made a solar cooker like that for our physics class. We took an old 8' satellite TV dish and covered it in aluminum foil, being careful to keep the foil as smooth as possible. We set it up on the football field to try it out. Everyone else had the small little cookers, and we had to bring ours in with a pickup truck. It worked for a while, but then it got so hot that the aluminum bars that held the hot dogs melted! (They were the bars that held the actual antenna when it was still being used for TV.) It was hot enough that if you stuck your hand into the cook area it would burn you, and it'd do it darn quick too.

[@danofiremano]

What a great video and looked like a good meal too! I was wondering if you wanted to make a stew as Mrs W suggested, how long it would take to boil and would you just adjust the Death Ray Cooker a bit off of the direct sun to get it to simmer? Please let us all know, maybe in a Mrs. W's Outdoor Kitchen episode! Thanks for the look see on this amazing looking product.

[@adrianreyes4702]

What a great product. What a great God fearing, God loving family. This was a blessing to see.

[@jayusn-et2231]

Would enjoy seeing Mrs. W baking with a Dutch Oven on this Death Ray Cooker. Being functional for baking bread to cookies would be an important asset.

[@bigdave8504]

All of you are an inspirational family.

[@BlackRifleSurvival]

I saw that advertised online somewhere, super cool that you got one to show us, l think this would be neat for many applications in the backyard. As long as the skies blue

[@LWYOffGridHomestead]

jack did a great job putting the solar oven together! the hamburgers looked good too!

[@easyU2B]

Wow, awesome video on both cooking with sunlight and parenting! What a great family.

[@Manocooper]

we had to make a homemade version of these in public school. my brother figured out how to make his using a parabola. of course his was plywood, sheet metal and foil, but it worked really well.

[@TRX450RVlogger]

I agree about the homeschooling stuff. I did Public schooling till I was in 8th Grade and they're horrible. Your son "as of most Home Schooled Children" is Very intelligent and has such Basic Common sense I noticed unlike a lot of kids his age.

[@hunterdude3262]

Can you please give us a update on this in a week or so. If you use it a few times to let us know how you like it and how it is holding up? I was thinking of getting one thank you.

[@suivzmoi]

the dark circle in the middle is just a reflector to help you see the bottom of the pan so you can aim the dish without having to bend over to look under it. it doesnt collect rays from the dish.

[@stephanienuce7711]

I adore the interaction between you all.. It's refreshing!! Critical thinking skills are imperative - great job parents! Jack you ROCK! You and my son Wyatt would be great friends!

[@sambrown631]

This is such a cool way of cooking things. I bet there are lots of other things you could do with it.

[@mrchaneyrc]

One of my buddies and I made one of these using a 10 foot satellite dish and covered it with 2" mirror squares as a project for our alternative energy club we started in our department at school. We were hoping to use it for concentrated solar energy but it didn't really work out for that, but anything you put in the focal point either burst into flames immediately or exploded. It had solar tracking and everything

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

When I was in engineering school, some of my fellow classmates thought that "striking an arc" meant to draw a portion of a circle using a compass. They weren't stupid. It's just that no one had ever taught them. You are very fortunate, Jack, but I'm sure you know that.

[@mikegriffin3437]

Watching Jack putting this together reminds me of when I had an erector set at his age. Lots of fun designing and trying to make new things.Great hat Jack. Burgers looked good too.

[@GriffinBenchmark]

Looks like fun to clean! 😉

[@roldac]

It's dishwasher safe.

[@GriffinBenchmark]

rol dac That would be a very large dishwasher! Haha!

[@GriffinBenchmark]

Patrick Wagz haha! Yessir! 👍😉

[@Oneearthdesigns]

Hi! Cleaning is actually surprisingly easy. As the SolSource reflector is optical, you can apply the same techniques as if you were cleaning a window or eye glasses. Here`s what we recommend for our customers: Pour warm water over the reflective dish to wash away most non-oil dirt. For oil and hard-to-remove dirt, spray water and use a soft cloth with gentle or mild detergent, then rinse the soap off with water.

[@GriffinBenchmark]

One Earth Designs Actually, I remember a friend of mine creating a solar hot dog cooker with sheet metal and wood when I was young. Worked great! You made a great product here! Definitely a home run! Thanks for commenting!

[@godwinolivier4866]

Love the custom towels. The grill is okay too!

[@danieltumlin9716]

The new floor looks mighty fine!

[@gnametap5431]

Man are you lucky two Mrs.Wanglerstar. I know she does the work of many. Have a great time with the solar death ray. Rusty

[@bennunyour4121]

@Wranglerstar I am impressed with Jack's abilities, that's one smart boy you're raising.

[@sauceLegs]

Wow, wish I had a knife like that (and a death ray) when I was Jack's age. I agree with the homeschooling comments, and could really have used someone telling me that same advice about pushing against binds, even just recently. My AR-15's back takedown pin was pushed through but the upper and lower wouldnt come apart. I figured out after youtube searching for hours that all i needed to do was jiggle it a bit. This was pretty good advice for taking apart the rest of the gun, particularly the bolt assembly. Great vid -J

[@nickoakley69]

Excellent for the desert, i would imagine

[@motorcityman99]

Sun reflecting on the finished floor 👍

[@kdwashington8584]

The components and process off it all interest me. Water not becoming stale and fresh how do you insure even your bath water isn’t infested with unhealthy bacteria? May seem like simple questions but I am interested in it all. Continued blessings to your family.

[@adamstrong8041]

I can definitely tell you that the protective coating is supposed to stay on until you're done assembling it's there to protect the reflective surface

[@RaindanceBushcraft]

I love that thing.

[@Retired_SeniorChief]

Yummy picnic setup with the family very nice!

[@Eye_Make]

Awesome video! Great seeing Jack learning. Wish I had this kind of schooling growing up. Metal on the wood floor...and Mrs W is okay with this? My mum would have killed me :P

[@samuelkellogg9475]

Floors look awwsome

[@samhansen9771]

wranglerstar, you know you can cook food in an iron Dutch oven by just setting it out on a sunny day. I made rubarb crumble in it last year. so it is definitely not a new idea. though it does take less time to use that. I would highly suggest using a Dutch oven on the mirrors.

[@joanvargas7052]

You can use any pan or pot as long as it is dark in color because it holds the heat better.

[@TheTahoeJohn]

Great project, great family time and great music!

[@HBButler01]

Love that music at the end, your friend Josh made an awesome song

[@mattriddell8983]

LOL I was about 3:30 ahead of you on wondering how to get it out of the house, but only because I've learned the hard way.

[@russellbarndt6579]

Thanks for sharing your experience and your family time

[@alanrouse8301]

Looks like it is well worth the money. It would be hard to have a "burger burn" with that. Great idea.

[@goldencroaker9718]

You need to put a cover plate on your electrical outlet and you may need to put a rug under the feet of the unit .. scratch the floor.. I agree 100% on the idea that kids working through assembly problems. Case in point , I was not the best booked learned mechanical engineer but I could reason and figure out solutions better than most. When i was a kid i took everyone in sight apart.. My dad would come home and then help me put things back together..

[@mevans0807]

That's rather brilliant, I've been looking for a way to keep warm while fishing in winter but generally when it's cold there's no sun (in England at least!) I'm thinking of welding up a mini coal stove with wheels!

[@grodad7034]

I saw a similar version of this cook the one evening meal for a small village in sub saharan Africa. looked like a 25 litre pot with EVERYTHING tossed in. :) (stone soup)

[@davidb2206]

If you heavily insulate jars that are taken out of a solar cooker at sunset, they will continue to cook for a couple more hours (in an insulated cooler or container) and you can have hot food later at night as well. I've done that with pasta and other dishes. It's in the back of the book "All My Secrets Of Organic and Container Gardening (So Far), or, Bucket Mania Meets Solar Cooking!"

[@robhoug3724]

awesome cooking device

[@marionsnider1843]

one of the best songs ever

[@asdf1616]

I'd recommend using a cast iron pan, since they retain a lot of heat and are black, so they absorb a lot of heat from the light.