What are the Pros and Cons of Solar cooking?

Question

I am doing a project on solar cooking and i have to make and present my project. i have already made my project but i just need some pros and cons for the presentations. i made a box solar cooker, so if u could just give me some pros and cons about it. THANXS!

Answer 1

Specifically depends on the type of solar cooker. Some ideas:

Pro's.

- After a cooker is built, it is almost free to operate.

- Saves almost a bottle of gas/electricity to use.

- Produces zero carbon emissions during operation.

- Sometimes less cleaning involved.

- Can work at very large scales.

Con's.

- Dependant on the amount of sunlight available (ie, wouldn't work at night)

- Cannot exactly change the heat settings as easily.

- Perhaps not as portable.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Ask yourself how a solar oven would impact the way the average person cooks dinner.

Most people get home in the evening after work and must now cook dinner in a limited amount of time.

If I want to make pasta on my gas stove the water is boiling in 10 minutes and the noodles are ready 12 minutes after that. This happens regardless of how much sun is available.

This is not possible in a solar oven with any regularity. If the sun has already set or if it is cloudy no dinner for you.

This is the largest CON- there is no consistency or dependability with a solar oven.

Other Cons are:

- lack of temperature control (needed if you want to bake much of anything).

- required location of oven outside of your kitchen (it needs unobstructed access to the sun... not available in my kitchen).

Pros

- You don't need any fuel source except the sun.

Answer 3

I think you will actually have to cook some different types of  food in your solar oven and see how it works. It may be worthless to bake a cake, but can cook weenies like a pro. Can it boil water, or just get it warm? Do you have to keep turning the food to warm all sides? What about the time it takes to cook? It could burn the snot out of a burger in a minute, or you sit there for hours waiting for it to sizzle. I guess there are a few commercially available cookers. I've seen several ideas for them, but have no first-hand knowledge. They are probably better at making lunch than a late dinner. One problem I can see is accidentally burning yourself or your eyes. Yeeoow!