The Terra Cotta Solar Oven! Repurposing a Pot / Container

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Rainbow Gardens

Rainbow Gardens

Күн бұрын

Let's get cooking in an old container I am repurposing and make an oven. In this video, I cook one dish, but I cooked many more in proceeding days and tweaked it so the temperature rose much higher. I will be uploading that video very soon. If you have suggestions, please let me know.
I tried making something similar to this about 4 years ago but it was much too complicated. I thought this was easy so I wanted to share it with you!
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@رابحعزيل-ب1ط
@رابحعزيل-ب1ط Жыл бұрын
Thank you, madam, for explaining how to cook food in the sun, and my greetings to you for bringing the idea closer
@iandale
@iandale Жыл бұрын
Oh I love this, I’ve fell on this video having researched lots of different types and was going to build a box oven this weekend with my girls. Now I’m doing a double lined pot oven with two pots and insulation 🤣🤣
@nicolasvaldivia7984
@nicolasvaldivia7984 8 ай бұрын
I'm using this tutorial for my science fair project and its absolutely phenomenal! thank you!
@lindapruss504
@lindapruss504 5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! I have an american sun oven and their website has some great teaching and receipes. They teach if you use light colored metal containers you will have lower temps. You can spray paint the outside of your pots black. The other pieces can be painted too. The other suggestion was to just put a dark towel over pot. My favorite was to put strips of masking tape from top of mason jar to bottom, leaving inch or two between spray with high temp bbq black paint. Remove tape. Now you can see food bubbling or done without removing from oven. You can also easier remove with a jar lifter! You can cook faster in 4 jars than one large pot! Also i pressure can cook my chicken in ball jars. They will keep on shelf long time. In emergency i can just warm up a meal.
@manoharsagunthalla9215
@manoharsagunthalla9215 6 жыл бұрын
I f you use sand inside the wheelbarrow which will help you change focusing angle easier
@goforgreenliving
@goforgreenliving 10 жыл бұрын
That was a fantastic solar oven. I can give you a great tip we cook in our homemade one all the time, if your pan was black like cast iron you will maintain a higher more even temps Thanks for the great ideas!
@rebeccatreeseed410
@rebeccatreeseed410 5 жыл бұрын
I use a black enamel pot, it gets hotter.
@rebeccatreeseed410
@rebeccatreeseed410 5 жыл бұрын
@@RainbowGardens try to bury it in sand, easy to tilt and holds heat.
@josephrobi6806
@josephrobi6806 5 ай бұрын
@@rebeccatreeseed410That is a good one using sand for the direction of the sun
@1muddonna
@1muddonna 4 жыл бұрын
I've watched dozens of solar oven videos, yours was the most successful experiment-great job!
@dkulikowski
@dkulikowski 10 жыл бұрын
Nice job, well done. Fun experiment. I look forward to seeing your TWEEKING.
@Drark333
@Drark333 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations, this is an excellent idea, it is new, novel and low-cost idea.
@followerofjesuschrist5213
@followerofjesuschrist5213 4 жыл бұрын
If you spray paint the parts with black that don't touch food on the inside it will give you 30-40 more degrees. The thinner the pan or cookie sheet the better as well.
@stephanygates6491
@stephanygates6491 2 жыл бұрын
Cheaper than mylar bags is an emergency blanket. Poster board is a good idea. Looks great!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks and great idea!
@angelanicholson951
@angelanicholson951 5 жыл бұрын
Great idea. I'm just looking at my black crockpot and lid to see if i can use that putting the refectors around the outside of it in a similar way. Thank you!
@vatiammatri
@vatiammatri 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I'm going to make one! BTW, we used to use silver mylar to decorate our college dorm back in the disco days, lol!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 2 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea!
@charlescain7962
@charlescain7962 10 жыл бұрын
Tried to rate vid, been disabled, but here's a thumbs up anyway.
@coows
@coows 6 жыл бұрын
They disabled rating. 😢
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I fixed it. :)
@erndog64
@erndog64 5 жыл бұрын
You are sooo cute!!! And yes...you ARE SMART!! Don't ever doubt yourself!! Keep up the good cooking!!
@camillahjones
@camillahjones 10 жыл бұрын
I love this!! I just discovered your channel last week, and I am already a subscriber! I recently started homeschooling my son who is 9, and I think we might have to make a sun-oven to learn more about the power of the sun!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Great! You made my day. Thanks so much for subbing. :))
@lindapruss504
@lindapruss504 5 жыл бұрын
If you put your pot in a turkey cooking plastic bag and close with a twist tie you will increase the temp in your pot, not tight. The bag will puff up with hot air. Since you dont have plastic lid the wind will affect your cooking temp. If you put your food in a cooking bag you will also not have to worry about the tilt factor. If you go to american sun oven you can look at their solution. Its a wire shelf and on each side a triangle. Im sure you are clever enough to adapt to your idea. I may just have to try this.
@Juanelo1946
@Juanelo1946 10 жыл бұрын
Donna, you had to think outside the box, or maybe the terra cotta pot, to have envisioned this! It's ingenious! I'm amazed! Thanks for sharing!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Haha, you are funny. :))) Thanks so much.
@112deeps
@112deeps 4 жыл бұрын
A coat of black paint on terracotta will significantly increase effectiveness 👍🖤
@joanclaytonjohnson3630
@joanclaytonjohnson3630 2 жыл бұрын
Not only did I see the human face on the left, but a cat head to the right area . lol
@venturasunflower1014
@venturasunflower1014 6 жыл бұрын
Im trying to repurpose items as well and have the sun shields for cars in mind!
@hopemore3493
@hopemore3493 5 жыл бұрын
I have played with the terra cotta pot idea. Nice to see it can work well. I wonder if a black pan and lid would have cooked it faster and held the moisture in, or maybe an oven bag.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens Жыл бұрын
Good idea!
@trainer4uu
@trainer4uu 6 жыл бұрын
Wow...you just put Martha Steward(t)? to rest...lol...very cool!
@dacyana115
@dacyana115 4 жыл бұрын
Gr8 idea, thank you so much. You are very kind to share it. I appreciate it a lot.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@weswalker1208
@weswalker1208 5 жыл бұрын
I like the way you talk. We'll leave it or not I'm in Texas and I hear it pretty strong. Reminds me of that sentence by that lady on Pee-Wee Herman's Big Adventure..." there's no basement in the Alamo"
@justinw1765
@justinw1765 Ай бұрын
There are some important/helpful ways to improve this design. You want to blacken the pot that you are using. Aluminum in particular needs to be blackened because it is fairly good at reflecting IR (you don't want that, you want to absorb IR). There should also be a blackened lid over the blackened pot. The clear glass lid is a over that, is definitely a good idea though. You need a wider aperture/opening for the mylar to reflect more/better. Look up Jone's Funnel Cooker design. Very easy to make. 60 to 76 degree angles are the most efficient (on average, exact location, time of year, etc all factor in for specific angles). Also, the larger the reflective panels, the more Solar energy it will collect and focus, which equals more heating power, which equals faster/more efficient cooking. Believe it or not, but with Funnel type Solar cooker designs, you want a more matte surface reflector than super shiny. Jones, a university professor and one of his students, tested different reflectors, and found that the shiny side of aluminum foil worked better than "mirror" like reflectors. The reason being is that the light becomes more diffuse and heats up the pot more evenly. The mirror reflectors tend to create hot spots. Better insulation would help. Ceramic is not particularly insulating. Actually, it is kind of heat sink, though once it does get warm, it will retain it somewhat ok (insulation and heat retention aka specific heat capacity are different things). A couple towels or the like between the ceramic and everything else will help to insulate it better. I'll be putting up a video on my site in the near future on how to make an ultra efficient, fairly easy, and fairly inexpensive Solar cooker. Basically just involves a large glass container (100 oz), a blackened, medium sized camp pot, an acrylic disk that fits over the glass container and with a small hole drilled in the center, a homemade silicone gasket, a few cut bamboo pieces, a Funnel style reflector (one of the best imo), and a Pump'N'Seal pump and check tab (this is the main reason for the high efficiency, it will be vacuum insulated). The project is mostly done, should be finished by today, then need some consistent sun. (Video will probably be two parts, how to make and showing it in action).
@tomsmithbowhunting
@tomsmithbowhunting 10 жыл бұрын
You are amazing. Never a dull moment with you. Ur family is blessed to have you. Respect from fl:)
@BrucesShop
@BrucesShop 10 жыл бұрын
Very brave of you to try something with us without knowing the results. I have always said that there are no "take 2's" in You Tube land. Bruce from Western Canada
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
I know, right? My "take 2" is in the making. I am getting the temps up fairly quickly. I tried something like this many years ago and it worked a little bit but it was sooo complicated to assemble. When I thought of using Mylar, the idea came together like a piece of cake! :)))
@katzperson2089
@katzperson2089 6 жыл бұрын
What if you put that Terra cotta pot inside another bigger one and stuffed the part between the pots with crumbled aluminum. Paint the outside pot with flat black paint. Seems like it would hold the heat in the inside pot much better and get hotter. You could bake a cake in there.
@sephangelo4603
@sephangelo4603 7 жыл бұрын
I live in Mexico and this is what I need.
@NoMore-gc3gi
@NoMore-gc3gi 4 жыл бұрын
I like your oven, is very duable and cheap and it works. Smart woman!
@OneYardRevolution
@OneYardRevolution 10 жыл бұрын
Great idea! I have to try putting together a solar oven too.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
I know you will make something very efficient. You are very handy. Let 'em know who inspired you!! :)) lol
@dalecrown978
@dalecrown978 2 жыл бұрын
I am impressed! Thank God I never through away those mylar food storage bags. Thanks for sharing. I have subscribed.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for subbing!
@dalecrown978
@dalecrown978 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I should have used the threw
@Elementaldomain
@Elementaldomain 4 жыл бұрын
NO! NO! NO! Almost all terra cotta pots in this country have lead in them except for a very few (the Azalea pot made by the Pennington company ). If you are not sure if you pot has lead in it, get a tester first. Better yet, make a real solar oven, just as cheap and a lot bigger. If the pot does not say its lead free, its not.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 4 жыл бұрын
Fortunately I do not put the food on the clay, but I do put it into a cooking pan.
@Elementaldomain
@Elementaldomain 4 жыл бұрын
@@RainbowGardens The heat releases toxic fumes into your food dear.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 4 жыл бұрын
@@Elementaldomain I guess I should stop eating wood fired pizza from brick ovens too? Or not use pizza stones to make pizza?
@Elementaldomain
@Elementaldomain 4 жыл бұрын
@@RainbowGardens LOL - Terra Cotta and Fire Brick are not the same thing, completely different. Most pizza stones are ceramic, again, not terra cotta. As far as I know terra cotta is used only for two things in this country - flower pots and figurines. In some countries terra cotta is used for containers but they are not lead based. Almost without exception, the terra cotta that is imported into this country comes from Mexico and is not regulated. As I mentioned Pennington abides in the U.S. but not all their pots are lead free either.
@Elementaldomain
@Elementaldomain 3 жыл бұрын
@ll lll0 Do your research, what you said is incorrect.
@cindyhatch5062
@cindyhatch5062 5 жыл бұрын
U should check the chicken internal temperature with thermometer
@rosewood513
@rosewood513 2 ай бұрын
I love it, I happen to have a Sun Oven for 5 years. But I love your idea of the wheel barrel (that I have). I can keep my oven out all the time n just wheel it around. Nice video, thanks, I am happy you have had such success.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 2 ай бұрын
Thanks so m,uch!
@keithhoward4059
@keithhoward4059 5 жыл бұрын
Thank You
@markthurlow6223
@markthurlow6223 3 жыл бұрын
I saw that face and was wondering why it was there!!
@Heartwing37
@Heartwing37 Жыл бұрын
A prong thermometer works great…❤❤❤
@candeffect
@candeffect 6 жыл бұрын
Use a thin black pan. The silver AL will reflect a lot of the solar heat out of the cooker.
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. A few years ago, I started by using a small black broiler pan but it took a very long time to heat. The AL worked much better for me in this system. It attracted the heat and retained it better than a coated steel or cast iron. Which materials have you tried? Thanks for your input.
@رابحعزيل-ب1ط
@رابحعزيل-ب1ط Жыл бұрын
شكرا سيدتي المحترمة لإفادتك لنا بمعلومتك البسيطة لطهي الطعام بأشعة الشمس
@bicanoo_magic3452
@bicanoo_magic3452 5 жыл бұрын
Great vid but the reason why you chicken was so dry was because of the lid. It's too big for the pot and it has a vent hole..Unless you lock in the moisture it escapes.. Love the herbs and lemon and the Terra concept though.
@wadefrankfurt7205
@wadefrankfurt7205 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Headphone Users
@tinyeffort6847
@tinyeffort6847 5 жыл бұрын
I'm working on a documentary on solar cookers with a friend. It will be released to the public free when it's complete. May we use clips from your awesome video?
@silvagool9031
@silvagool9031 4 жыл бұрын
On the bottom can u put a mirror
@nhanha7433
@nhanha7433 8 ай бұрын
Better than to have nothing
@zinnia3684
@zinnia3684 3 ай бұрын
Put it in a pile of sand.
@GEAUXFRUGAL
@GEAUXFRUGAL 4 жыл бұрын
Get something in the hole in the base get a little piece of wood to seal the hole in the pot lid. Better yet ,get a pressure cooker , take the handles off you can cook faster and you food is safer.
@wildwestunlimited
@wildwestunlimited 6 жыл бұрын
You are DARLING!!!!! Ya shoulda shown your bed-head, who cares, it would have made it more real.... :-) Great job on the video!
@ohhowhappygardener
@ohhowhappygardener 10 жыл бұрын
Great idea! Thanks for sharing,
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. :)
@naplescajun
@naplescajun 10 жыл бұрын
Awesome idea! I just started solar cooking and I'm hooked!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. It is a great time to start cooking with solar now that summer is upon us. I don't have to heat up my house to cook lunch for me and my husband. :))
@terrysanders2817
@terrysanders2817 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@CCbalconygarden
@CCbalconygarden 10 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's really neat - you are so creative Donna! It's kind of funny that you have poster boards lying around the house - I guess when you have kids you have that kind of thing :) And the mylar (spelling?) bags, where does that come from?
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Hi, I actually did have to purchase the boards too. I guess I skipped that piece of info because they were so cheap. lol Anyway, I use the Mylar bags to break down bulk foods I purchase, like quinoa, beans, etc. I find I get more bang for my buck if I buy my organic foods in bulk and then repackage them myself. I think a Mylar emergency blanket should work too. You can get them in the camping department at most stores.
@thomasranjit7781
@thomasranjit7781 5 жыл бұрын
Aluminium is dangerous for health
@raybon7939
@raybon7939 6 жыл бұрын
Without mylar, in stead tin foil, it's prob,..5 hours. Without a black pot. it falls by 30 degrees. And if you plastic wrap a bag around the food it increases the temp. If you use a tiny bit less food it cooks quicker. Overall I can see a day where no more electric oven. Meaning no bills. Also from what I understand the outside temp is not supposed to matter. But I'm not sold on that. With certain materials maybe not.
@coows
@coows 6 жыл бұрын
But, there is also a bill on that fancy electronic device you are using for your comment.
@melindalancaster9648
@melindalancaster9648 6 жыл бұрын
Now thats clever..i add water or broth 2 my chicken & it makes it moist
@sharonwallace9018
@sharonwallace9018 7 жыл бұрын
With your chicken, sprinkle some salt on it as soon as you get it home from the store, it will dry-brine it. It will never be dry that way!
@arthuriarossiii6332
@arthuriarossiii6332 7 жыл бұрын
Dale McGill wow! thanks!
@lindapruss504
@lindapruss504 5 жыл бұрын
Note. You can iron your bags and the will seal to each other
@lindapruss504
@lindapruss504 5 жыл бұрын
Oops that should read top to bottom.
@GEAUXFRUGAL
@GEAUXFRUGAL 4 жыл бұрын
Genius I have to do that.
@LindaPenney
@LindaPenney 10 жыл бұрын
lovely idea thanks for sharing donna
@rockeyrocket1224
@rockeyrocket1224 5 жыл бұрын
When I finally saw her I thought to myself "This is the breast solar oven ever"!
@WapajeaWalksOnWater
@WapajeaWalksOnWater 5 жыл бұрын
Thus is a great video, thanks for sharing, I can't wait to try this
@venkateshhalwadkar7329
@venkateshhalwadkar7329 5 жыл бұрын
Thums up for your effort and time.
@JC-cu2xf
@JC-cu2xf 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. U gave me some great ideas
@runawayrose6320
@runawayrose6320 3 жыл бұрын
Bravo!! great job.
@josephrobi6806
@josephrobi6806 5 ай бұрын
Great 👍 😅
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit
@shannone1471
@shannone1471 5 жыл бұрын
Does the weather temperature matter?
@condeerogers5858
@condeerogers5858 7 жыл бұрын
You are awesome. A true scientist..
@vandanahasrajani3215
@vandanahasrajani3215 4 жыл бұрын
Dub in hindi
@heatherm2058
@heatherm2058 4 жыл бұрын
Good job
@mtnwings
@mtnwings 10 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, a great video!! What size pot did you use? Could you use a car sun shade, if you don't have the mylar bags and poster board? Thanks again, this is great!!!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
I think it may work with a sun shade. I hear some third world countries use the shades. I just used what I had, but perhaps I will try with a shade next. :))) I need one anyway for my car! lol I think my pot is a 14.5 " wide pot. I also used the lid from my largest skillet.
@rochellecriddle4661
@rochellecriddle4661 7 жыл бұрын
Rainbow Gardens 2
@mccarthykane3960
@mccarthykane3960 5 жыл бұрын
Nice experiment!
@siftish
@siftish 6 жыл бұрын
GREAT .PAKISTAN
@judyapplepie4344
@judyapplepie4344 10 жыл бұрын
Just a quick question where do you get the Mylar bags?
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
You can order them online, at Amazon. I use them to break down and store 25 and 50 pound bags of things like organic beans, wheat, quinoa, etc. It makes it a little less expensive to eat organic food if I buy in bulk then package them myself. So, I just happened to have these, but you can use any kind of mylar. Another viewer just suggested using an emergency blanket. I think those are available in the camping department at Walmart. That is also where I purchased the stove thermometer and poster board. I happened to already have the pan but I also bought it at Walmart many years ago.
@callendarl
@callendarl 10 жыл бұрын
Where is the best place to get the mylar bags?
@trees8240
@trees8240 6 жыл бұрын
callendarl often dry foods come in mylar bags. Some Chip and cookie solid bags are often shiny inside.
@elsa8577
@elsa8577 6 жыл бұрын
Good job
@krazohills9008
@krazohills9008 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@sherbrownsf2
@sherbrownsf2 10 жыл бұрын
what was that leaf that you cooked with the chicken?
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Hi! It was a Rapini leaf. I grew it for the first time this year and just happened to have some in the fridge.
@elysejoseph
@elysejoseph 10 жыл бұрын
That is so neat Donna! :)
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you Elyse!
@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me
@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me 10 жыл бұрын
Very creative!
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :))
@littlemanoo
@littlemanoo 4 жыл бұрын
Love it!🥳
@RainbowGardens
@RainbowGardens 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@anijohnson8082
@anijohnson8082 7 жыл бұрын
Clever girl
@thomasranjit7781
@thomasranjit7781 5 жыл бұрын
She is not just a pretty face😎😎😎😎😎😎👈👈👈👈😁😁😁
@tanyahunter7812
@tanyahunter7812 5 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Ms. Hunter's 6th grade dual class in Porterville, CA. We are wondering if you ended up getting sick from eating this because the chicken does not look well cooked!
@aymanmagdi5428
@aymanmagdi5428 4 жыл бұрын
Hello women you have nasal polyp you should go to doctor
@ha-y-in6938
@ha-y-in6938 4 жыл бұрын
That chicken looked raw. And by the way you need to learn to keep your chewing mouth open away from the mic, it's gross to hear people lip smacking mouth open. Learn some table manners.
@ipeeinmysinkimafraidtocome7127
@ipeeinmysinkimafraidtocome7127 6 жыл бұрын
the problem is which piece of hot chicken do you pick ? the one left or the one right ? just looking @ that piece meat makes me drool ,nice job ,is going to get real hot
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