Cooking Apparatus on Boats

[jamesgyore]

Has anyone tried a solar oven?

Drifting around the net, looking for ideas to reduce my electrical needs I stumbled upon a hideous satellite dish looking object claiming to be a solar oven.

Apparently these things are being handed out in India by do-gooders trying to reduce the use of wood fuel in domestic kitchens.

[viking north]

My vote a microwave /convection oven combo. Takes up the space of a med. size microwave. We have one here at the B&B, one in the landyacht and one will be installed in the new boat.

[FAST FRED]

Solar ovens do work, but they must be pointed at the sun.

Sorta hard with out a 4 point moor or a jacking spud barge.

[GTS225]

Home Power magazine used to do an annual solar oven contest. The idea was to construct a solar oven that could cook an entire meal, within a reasonable time, (I seem to recall 40 minutes) for a typical third-world family. It was limited to using materials that might be (generally) easy to find/salvage in that same third-world country. It's been quite some time since I've had access to the magazine, but the process had merit.

Roger

[brian eiland]

Maybe something like this adapted for on-board use....

Hookum 'n Cookum

[viking north]

Brian--where did you take that photo. My friend has been looking for his BBQ and awning all summer. Even has a reward out for it. Apparently it was stolen off his plastic space ship early spring while on the hard. The culprit must feel pretty confident he got away with it as the only disguise was adding wheels.

[Submarine Tom]

Propane with a pressure gauge.

Turn it off when you leave the boat, if the static pressure has decreased on the gauge when you return, you have a leak.

Soap water in a spray bottle will reveal your leak.

Repair and enjoy.