Are solar cookers effective in winter conditions ?

Question

Or are they any good at all ?

Answer 1

No good in winter time when theres snow for miles around.

Answer 2

I would say it would very much depend on where you lived, how much daylight, and how brutal cold your winters are.

Nome Alaska...no light, too cold.

Blackfoot, Idaho(where I am) more light, but still too brutal cold.

Pheonix Arizona...it would probably work just fine.  The temps are milder there in the winter, but still plenty of sunlight.

Anywhere along the Equator, it should work year round, since temperatures and hours of sunlight vary very little along the Equator.

Below the equator, it would work better in the "winter" since their seasons are the oposite of those North of the equator.

Solar cookers also do not work well in high wind areas.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

Answer 3

If the sun's out, of course.

Answer 4

Nope. Not a good alternative for anywhere. Gets too hot, burns up foods real easy, too hot to touch. Impractical.

Answer 5

Why would I even want to use a solar cooker in the summer or the winter.

It sounds like a rather time wasting appliance when you are cooking for a large family.