I Bought a Solar Oven on Amazon for Van Life Cooking

[@rebeccatreeseed410]

I had a large wooden planter sloped out at the top. Lined it with aluminum foil, topped with a piece of glass (taped edges). Have cooked in it for 15 years. Things don't burn or dry out. I mostly cook in a black pot like a slow cooker, but it bakes too. I live in the NM mountains, sun 300 days per year.

[@MossadGanistic]

I'm going to do that! thanks for this comment! ❤️

[@judywhite7782]

Food for thought on the glass... I saved the glass doors from an old TV stand, the edges are beveled/smooth. An old stereo unit or similar will also have these tempered doors so not as fragile as plain glass.

[@lindasue8719]

After I watched this video a few years ago I bought the inexpensive foil model. I don't remember the details of my test but it got a mug of water extremely hot in very little time! I keep it permanently in my vehicle now because whether camping or in an emergency, if you've got some sun it would be a great way to warm up some water to drink or wash with!

[@Darkdusk87]

Best video out there that really goes into the true pros and cons and which may be a better option for your particular needs. Awesome video! Thank you!

[@sherried79]

I love to cook too and I am so thankful for all the info others share here. Thank you for the video. Even 4 yrs old it's still useful

[@readoryx373]

THANK YOU for these wonderful, practiced questions

[@johnproffitt3272]

When I was doing construction in Kansas, I took an aluminum cake pan, put a piece of 3/4" double foil faced insulation in the bottom of the pan with the top side painted flat black. I could put a TV dinner in the pan in the morning and cover it with the clear plastic lid and I had a hot meal for lunch.

[@SunOvensolarcooking]

An All American Sun Oven is designed to use in winds up to 40 mph. It is 20% bigger than the Global Sun Oven used in the video. It can be turned on its side to be able to cook from the first lite of day or for winter cooking. A 21-pound turkey can be baked in a baking bag.

[@solarboondocker4597]

I love my sun ovens but please, 40 MPH winds? Not a chance

[@Allen-yv3ue]

I trimmed the swing metal rake at the top in older Sun oven, more swing angle ( purchased in 2007 - still works)

[@bsteven885]

The review starts at 7:07 -- you're welcome.

[@lilsimonebiss8472]

thx

[@BuddhiYoga7]

@E Marie or actually 8:08 haha . 5 min of how well they cook, i get it!

[@kindredspirit3875]

l0l thank u

[@GoatZilla]

thamk u

[@arroyobaby38]

B Steven -THANK YOU!!!

[@partridgepear]

I have had a Sun Oven for years and it's wonderful. You can make one out of a cardboard box, glass to cover the opening, and tin foil on the flaps. It can boil water for you or cook if the sun is out.

[@Magicmushroommasteryguide]

Doesn't the heat destroy the box?

[@reneebrown2968]

The best thing about a solar oven is not heating up your house. I dont mind baking inside in the winter but lawd have mercy, you can't be in my house if you have my oven on for more than a few minutes.

[@nancypeplau9747]

On the All American just clip a wire or thin stick to the top of the reflectors to stop them from flopping in the wind...great video, thanks

[@WH6FQE]

That is actually the smaller Global Sun Oven, not the All American Sun Oven. I own both versions of the Sun Oven. The All American Sun Oven is blue and is 20% larger than the Global Sun Oven model that you demonstrated. This past Thanksgiving I was able to cook a 20-pound turkey in a cooking bag in the All American Solar Oven, so the 20% size increase makes a big difference.

[@gibsongirl6816]

Jim is excellent! That is the most thorough review I have seen and I watched close to a hundred easily. THANK YOU Jim!!!!!!

[@dogwhisper2384]

I bought the All American Sun Oven and it is awesome. I baked muffins and chicken with gravy. Love it!

[@experiencesolarcooking2683]

We are using solar ovens in Haiti. Haiti is tropical country we can use solar ovens for cooking. We are learning a lot from

[@threedogsandacamper503]

After watching this I ended up buying a solar oven/cooker. I got a Gosun Sport which doesn’t cook a huge amount of food at a time but is relatively compact and heats up fast and to a high temperature. I’m even finding that it cooks with just the light of a heat lamp (cooking brownies right now). Thanks for the informative video!

[@solarboondocker4597]

The gosun griull looks like it will cook a more usable amount of food/ larger pieces

[@desertlocoshomestead]

So far this is the most informative comparison of sun ovens I have seen. I appreciate that you aren't giving a 'top 5' type comparison but more of a pros and cons and favorite ways to use etc. Also, I have been wondering about wind and no one really talks about that until you both! THANK YOU! Also, even though you aren't exact on your pricing, the ballpark figures you throw out with the list of what is included is very helpful and another thing I have not seen in other videos. I really appreciate your honest and thorough reviews and I look forward to seeing what other such treasures are on your channel! Thank you!

[@briangingras5886]

I like solar cooking from parabolic box and vacuum tube cooking, which I'm just recently started in the past. I've built inexpensively a heaven. Flame box cooker reached 330° with it. Using tempered glass made my own reflectors and everything and quite efficient. Used to make chicken stews in it. I like anything that deals with solar.

[@greggm7056]

Jim ought to design and patent a solar oven based on his knowledge. Thanks Jim and Bob!

[@soggynomadpress]

You had me at 'you can not burn something'. Thanks as always for the great info gentleman.

[@linda3703]

Oh no! I was waiting for info on the green one, since I just recieved a used one a month ago! Hope you get the second video up soon!

[@hopemore3493]

Anxiously awaiting part 2. Jim, Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@maribethspence9458]

I've seen the All American one before at this organic farm I used to volunteer at, but never got to see it being used to see how it worked. So this was nice to see

[@johnsparkman1126]

I just upgraded my older American Sun Oven (like yours) with the newer leg and focus points and the newer glass for less than $90. Well worth the money. Do need a longer cover snap. Love mine, it will go in a Sprinter garage I will build in a couple years.

[@Endeavor545]

I have heard the Solavare is great. I had a parabolic type that concentrated the heat to the bottom of a cast iron pan and it got to well over 400 degrees F. I gave it away though. It was the size of Texas....

[@charlesuh60m]

I can't wait to see the other video with the all season solar cooker. I'm thinking about getting it but want to see your review. Thanks for your reviews.

[@katcankan7129]

I never knew that such a device existed.

[@mkbartley07]

Thanks Bob and Jim!

[@maggiefriedrichs777]

Thanks for the information. As always Bob, you find the best people to give us the best information available. Looking forward to hearing about the other two cookers.

[@algray2604]

really eye opening,, now im hungry thank you jim and bob i spend a lot of time cooking on the Trager.

[@milesandcoffee]

The Sun Oven is very well made. I cook meals in it with no hassles. Best investment I've made in a long time.

[@authordebradickinson]

Hi Jim! Just want to tell everyone that if you ever camp with Jim and he offers you food, jump on it! :)) I know it's not your fav, Jim, but I still want the Solar Flair Oven and have ever since I interviewed you on my channel last year after you cooked baby back ribs for all of us. Yum! Thanks for this comparison and review. HugZ!

[@solarboondocker4597]

Hi Debra! I am glad to see you well. Remember that there is not the best of anything, just the best for you. The SunFlair is a perfectly functional solar cooker.

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

Just think of all the energy people waist just preparing meals. Wow!

[@thehomeplatespecial597]

Mr. Jim, can you please do your rib recipe cooking demonstration!? and other things you cook in the solar ovens, please! UPDATE: okay I found your Jim's solar boondocker channel and see how he does the ribs. Thanks so much, Bob and Jim!

[@TheCx7800]

Man I can’t wait. I am saving for a van everything I do is debt-free I love to cook outdoors. Bob I will meet you someday. Jim you are my solar hero my goal is to run AC 24 seven in a van.

[@resourcefulgirl]

Thanks gentlemen. Great review. I'm leaning towards the All American.

[@hopemore3493]

Thank you for this, I was leaning towards the Sport Oven, now I know I want one. Can't wait to see the comparison of the other two. I built one but it's just too heavy and big to use on the road.

[@TL-cz6gf]

I cook almost all summer with the all American sun oven. It cooks for 2 to 3 people really well. You save two fold on electricity by not using your house oven and again by not using the ac to cool the house down after heating it up using the oven. As my kids have gotten bigger, I’m looking for a second oven. And I know I want to get another All American which are now about $385 for the basic.

[@NAVYWhistleblowerAssassin]

Definitely going to try a solar oven! Great video, gentlemen!

[@Hootyhoo-jq9vq]

Wow! That was one of the best reviews ever. Bob -excellent interviewer. Jim- a real expert on the subject.

[@rambling_rob7035]

Love my Solavore oven.

[@robync7358]

Jim should have his own RV Cooking show on KZbin.

[@solarboondocker4597]

I will start doing more cooking on my channel here soon. As it is I only have one video about baby back ribs posted.

[@charlescarabott7692]

I dont cook or watch cooking programs but i would be interested in solar oven cooking.

[@michaelbrown2690]

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[@shelbyhensley8660]

Cooking show is a great IDEA.

[@mustseevideos7777]

@@solarboondocker4597 this would be very interesting and timely Jim! The world really needs this knowledge due to the looming blackouts in the US and Europe! Thank you for sharing!

[@retired_man_about_town]

you could store pot/pans inside the oven when not in use.... for the larger ones, i would think.

[@manofthetombs]

American Sun Oven, 2021 price with Preppernet discount was: oven, drying racks (no pots), a few assorted items included was $450 if I recall.

[@cchoi108]

So fantastic about the TG dinner!!!!

[@1thinkhealthy]

Thanks for the video. Will you still be making one about the other solar ovens you mentioned?

[@steveshea6148]

Pv panel charging up a battery, then running an instant pot of an inverter at any time if the day after the battery is charged is also a convenient solar method. You probably only use 100 watt hours to cook a meal.

[@allglad]

12:55 ish...it can be leveled in ground thats has acceptable ground to grab a shovel and dig so that the angle changes? ...I think so although I dont have one.

[@roaminginmyrv6765]

Hey Bob, where's Part 2 of the solar ovens? I'm thinking about getting the Solar Flair but I'm waiting for the review. Been 2 weeks. What's up?

[@angiekrajewski6419]

To fry a parabole sun oven is perfect !!

[@darlenehansen5342]

Thank you for the video! Great to see Jim again!

[@solarboondocker4597]

Pretty soon it will be time for campfires and 1800!

[@darlenehansen5342]

Looking forward to seeing you Jim! Let us know when you get back to Arizona!

[@SharaBinghamMills]

I like Jim. I've watched him in several videos and he seems like a real straight shooter.

[@ricks1314]

I use a Rand, made a decent reflector out of a big box corner. Works great, 4 inch channel, use silicon and aluminum loaf pans. I love it!!

[@owlnationlegal4228]

think you underestimated the appeal of this sort of RV/Car living blog since an increasing number of people are choosing "mobile lives". Besides rent/mortgage/rat race reasons, I dumped 5 homes I owned by the beach in SoCal to first live in a schoolbus for 2 years and surf the entire coast, then switched to a sailboat, earning enough to eat by carving wind gen blades for rv's, sailboats, ham radio heads, cabin dwellers; a great green craft to know. Today I live on a boat at anchor, all wind/solar, zero petro and to me its cleaner than my life when I was addicted to fuel and utilities. Rent/travel expenses are even lower and I can get by on $300/month, so if I have a $2000-$5000 month as a software engineer (#1 skill) or electrician (#2) or just want to make neautiful, powerful wooden wind gen blades (#4 skill) or play keyboard in a rockband (#3 BUT #1 for love) I can do whatever the heck I want, even volunteer to teach classes in youth centers. You can't buy time and hamster wheel lives chasing rent and mortgages is a fine way to fry your life to a crisp. Whether you choose a backpack, an old van, a nice RV, a log raft on a river or a sailboat and a lagoon in Fiji, anyone stuck in a polyester stufffed apartment is dying and killing our planet, while folks on the road, in the woods or on the sea are free of most of those headaches, and have a much smaller footprint on Earth. I do suggest anyone who tried an rv and liked the freedom find a harbor and bid on a sailboat auction/lien sale. Any sailboat 25 ft or more will do as long as its got fair rigging, sails and a rudder and it'll probably cost you just $100-$200 bucks. That c4aft can take you to an anchorage...free rent...or a marina surrounded by rich folks who need work done. If you can wrench, wire, sand, paint, you'll never be out of work and can charge $20-$100/hr depending. BYW the windgenzen (c0m) sitr has free blade carving classes and electrical diagrams and folks in RVs can make a great rig for less than $100 and stop buying petroleum! (Except to drive of course). Thanks for the tips on solar ovens. I want to make one.

[@josephrobi6806]

Great info thanks 😅

[@TravelDuster]

whatever is taking advantage of free nature as it is sun rays and weather is great :-) like when we, or i put water bottles on top of my car so i can take a shower with some less cold water lol :-) thumbs up and take care all

[@pepejohn9307]

Yoo wicked set-up, does anyone have any estimations for cooking time : weight : volume? Season average... Recommendations for auto (?) sun tracking? Polish grit size of Al for max reflection? Can't wait to join the SolarClub! Cheerssss

[@lilyandrose8557]

Jim talks like a movie star from times gone by; I like it.

[@nanai5]

Honeys! wonderful explanations! thanks! I would like that you made some videos with recipes and instructions to cook on them.

[@lindadowling8484]

I lear something new each time I see this video...thanks guys.

[@roberth.9558]

Enjoyable and informative. Thanks guys.

[@maggiem.2919]

Such great information. Thanks guys!

[@madrackham5928]

can't wait for part two!

[@betsywallace1491]

Very helpful. Thank you for taking time to put this together.

[@finnblu3002]

If one of those units can toast non- frosted pop tarts... I’m in.

[@lightdark00]

Where's the video covering the other two ovens? I made the cheap option, cardboard and aluminum foil, and I use a 5 quart cast iron Dutch oven to bake a 4 cup flour load of bread. Only wish I did a better job gluing and not reusing foil from my first failed square type oven. Scattering sunlight is not letting me get the max temp I should be getting, because it's huge from a large tv box.

[@athenamorales7321]

This about the most honest comparison I've seen. Looking to build a non cardboard solar oven. But I think I found two designs I like.

[@Jessica-pq1rc]

I'm brand new to solar ovens. This was incredibly helpful! Thank you!

[@boldlygorv]

Hey Jim! Where will you be cooking this Thanksgiving? 2018?

[@thehomeplatespecial597]

BoldlyGo RV, ha! 😁

[@katwoman6523]

Lol! Yes, please, send us your coordinates!

[@madhabitz]

lol... I am so there :)

[@thegeneralstrike6747]

WERD!

[@solarboondocker4597]

Currently I am in Greeley, Colorado and did a 10 pound turkey in the sun oven.

[@shaymcquaid]

Hey Jim!? What time is dinner?

[@cindychurch925]

Great video

[@larrypeterson5667]

Like to see them cook in them. Make more sense to me. Seeing how it's done. Very logical solar Jim on these

[@shenlun]

Jim and Bob, great reviews it would of been nice demonstrating them. 2. if you could have just 2 solar ovens for the rest of your time which 2 would you pick and why?

[@SK22000]

Added benefit is preventing a fire in your rv

[@asphaltgypsy868]

Thanks for this video, Bob and Jim! I need to make a decision on one soon!!

[@airborne501]

Excellent info. I had no idea how well those work. Thanks for the info.

[@willsmooth45]

Jim I’ll camp with you and supply the food if you cook it 😂❤️😂❤️😂

[@solarboondocker4597]

Music to my ears, bring it on!

[@kissameaburame376]

Great video, It was interesting

[@FreeRV]

Hi:) Cody wanted try samples of cooking;) Thank you for a lot of helpful information! It’s looks like a fun and interesting way of cooking!

[@travellover9446]

FreeRV I love Cody:)

[@ladlad6215]

Cody is great 🐕 dog

[@nicosheldonflorendo]

has anyone tried using thermoses to maintain heated food/water for later use? I was thinking you can even use it to heat up water if u wanted to shower or drink water. Like store a huge thermos of extremely hot water and then dilute it in colder water later to shower or clean. maybe even for those heated bags for sleeping.

[@wally1957]

I was thinking why not heat the RV during the winter with the solar oven. Just add pipes and a small solar fan. Do you think it would work?

[@upriver7047]

Very excellent and informative review! I've been very curious about these ovens but there is not a lot of real useable info out there. Looking forward to your reviews of the smaller ovens! Thank you, gentlemen!!

[@speterson6668]

Thanks Bob. I've been wondering about them. Love the side by side comparison. ♡♡♡

[@gwendolynfloccari4927]

Wish I knew about this the past 4 summers. It's hot where we live summer days 100 or above many days, I could have made more meals with using stove.

[@MakelleBell]

I'm so bummed Solavore went out of business.

[@Coleyclaudette1]

Hello Bob! Great Video, been interested in one for a while!

[@monkeynumbernine]

I considered a solar oven, but I live in Minnesota and it's not necessarily very sunny... I spent all summer in my van (with my parrot 🐒) and I have just gotten a place for the winter. I am going to sell my stuff- marine alcohol stove, solar generator, van..all of it. I would definitely do it again with a conversion van or a class b.

[@johnthompson5792]

hey Bob & Jim, good video, be well out there, tc

[@aiya0204]

HI BOB, I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, ALL THEY WAY FROM LITTLE ISRAEL. I NEED YOUR HELP, I AM ASKING AROUND: 1.WHERE WILL IT BE CHEAPER FOR TOURISTS, TO BUY AN RV/VAN, USA OR CANADA? 2.WHAT IS BETTER, IF YOU PLAN TO RESALE THE RV/VAN, AFTER TRAVELING, A USED OR A NEW RV/VAN? 3.WHERE WILL IT BE BETTER TO BUY A USED RV/VAN, UAS OR CANADA? THANK YOU FOR HELPING :)

[@SpazzYettii]

Gosun solar ovens, I love mine I got the sport. Check it out if you have not already. I only cook for me. It works for 2-3 people.

[@ericdrews5050]

I’m looking forward to part two and the review of the other two solar ovens. The first two are $$$

[@christiansanchez8063]

He never talked or compared the other two smaller Sun Ovens 🤦🏼‍♂️ I was waiting to know what he thought on the All season Solar oven (the yellow one)

[@j.g4104]

Thank you Gentlemen for sharing this information.

[@jannwebb]

Great video, guys! I had no idea there were benefits like taste of food!!

[@ronaldsahn9649]

Bob and jim, if you heat up your pan with your food on the stove first, then put it in the solar cooker it gives it a good start on long cooking foods. Also I found a small pressure cooker, paint flat black, that works great, cooking dried beans ect.

[@MartinaTakano]

I love everything with solar. Thank you for the video.

[@lockergr]

This is a really useful video, but I really don't understand how that first oven works. Where do even set the pan? It looks like you would have to set it on the side. I don't see the lid either.

[@stacyhackney6100]

Thank you gentlemen.

[@offgridmangogrower]

If just baking cakes and pies and you want it to last….what brand can you suggest.?

[@martinrochejocquelein1772]

It's interesting to see these ovens being used..then I was recently thinking about mars..since mars is a colder world then ours I was thinking to myself how the explorers could heat their colony...I came to realize they could place a multitude of these in place around the complex and heat the compounds and water..it may even be possible to use various sizes to help heat the planet over time and give it an atmosphere. .anything is possible..