I'm only half-way through this, but I had to stop and comment! You have absolutely NO IDEA how helpful this video is to be able to watch you build this solar oven! I am beyond excited that you did this video! I've been researching and looking at solar ovens lately trying to figure out what to do. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊
I've been solar cooking for years if you have questions please feel free to let me know. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. I have multiple different types of solar ovens and even make my own.
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us how to make our own solar oven. You have a way of explaining@showing by example step by step how to do this which would be daunting@overwhelming for me otherwise to even try to attempt to do,and I thank you 🌹@Jim so much! Thank you! And it's portable to take anywhere@store. I have everything but the "tin"tape@will let you know how mine turns out. Thanks again!
@@janepost150 Do you bake loaf bread or smaller types such as rolls that can bake quickly? I have a sun Oven but haven't baked bread yet. Will the bread turn brown? TYVM
I know how you feel! The Sun Oven is so expensive. I was wondering the same thing, could I make something myself that would work? Thank you Pam and Jim for helping us to be prepared.
This is why I value the mature in our community! Their a well of knowledge, their old school ways are invaluable. I believe that's partly why the virus was developed to affect the elderly. May God bless & protect all our ELDERS in Jesus Christ's name Amen 🙏♥️ Thankyou Rose 🌹 for your constant calm contribution to our communities. 👏👏👏
I love building stuff and have built several sun ovens. They work so well, I broke down and purchased an All American Sun Oven, permamently mounted it and use it almost exclusively for everything except frying. You CAN'T burn stuff (except Tollhouse chocolate cookies - go figure 😠). It cost nearly $500 - BUT in about a year and a half with my electricity cost, it was a break-even move. I can roast two chickens at one time in about 2-3 hours on any day there are defined shadows on the ground. A dozen eggs sitting in a paper carton hard "boil" in an hour. Fresh eggs almost peel themselves. It's magical.
We made one out of 1/4" plywood and bead board we had hanging around, and a picture frame and glass, spray glue, and aluminum foil. It was an insulated box with glass on top, door in the side in back, and flaps on each of the 4 sides. It had 2 slats of wood with holes in them that lined up with 2 bolts with wing nuts. That was the inclination adjustment. I got it up to around 300°F.
Pam, this was so much fun to watch! Great post. About 2008/2009, I spent a lot of time watching my roommates' great nieces/nephews, ages 4, 6, 9, and 11, during school xmas break. We each made our own solar ovens from boxes and foil. The kids painted scenes on the backs and named their ovens. Daily, when their grandmother dropped them off, about 7:00am, we would record outside temps and the temps of their chosen lunch foods. Then every hour, they would record the temps again. Every day, when 11:30 - noon lunch time came, they again recorded temps and we had our lunch picnic. So much fun! The youngest learned how to write so she could have a record, too. The older 3 made show & tell/extra credit projects for school and all got their very first A grades! More important, they learned a super valuable lesson. When the 2010 earthquake hit, the kids were watching it on the news, and saw women crouching by fires in the streets to cook. The youngest turned to me and said, "Tia Janice, they need someone to teach them how to cook with sun!" Yes!!!
Mrs Pam you have no idea how many of us you have helped! I believe that we will need these items to survive a power grid catastrophe! Thank you for all you do!
I have been waiting for this demonstration! Thank you so much for demystifying the construction from start to finish. You are my “go-to-first” resource. What a blessing to be gifted with such an ability and mind to make your instructions and explanations understandable to me and others on my level of comprehension. God bless you for this use of your talents.
i have 2 solar Sun Ovens....one i paid full price for, the 2nd purchased off Craigslist for a bargin. People often ask me where they can get one and the price puts them off...this is a great alternative. thank you ☮️
I have been solar cooking for years. The key is the type of cooking vessel you're using. Try using graniteware or a jar in a jar. Spray paint the smaller "internal" jar black and put a strip of tape down one side. This will give you an oven window. Place a few rings in the bottom of the larger jar. Put the smaller jar in the larger. You should be able to get a much higher temperature this way and the food will cook faster. I also made a solar cooker and I took three mirrors so that you would get a reflection of the Sun from the bottom and two sides. Then place my jar in a jar or a granite ware pot in the same plastic bag you used. This was the most efficient way I could find to get my food the hottest. I hope you give it a try using your scientific methods. Thanks again for all you do Pam you are a wonderful teacher and I truly enjoy your videos.
I have spent half of the afternoon watching your videos. You are an excellent teacher and I so appreciate that you provide the information you find, then the rationale for how you adapt it to your situation. Very practical information from a very genuine lady. Thank you.
I am so thankful for you and your channel. You not only share knowledge, but how to apply it. Make God richly bless you and Jim for the service that you provide to us!
I don`t believe I`ve ever had a video mesmerize me like this one did! :) I was amazed at how this all worked! I appreciate all the time & effort you put into it..thanks!!
Brilliant, beautiful, fun, generous with your efforts and knowledge, curious and determined. How fortunate I feel to have stumbled upon your channel. I've learned so much from you. And you have encouraged me to follow my own passions with the same positivity, excitement and determination. Thanks for being such a exceptional lady and putting out such a wonderful example of how to make our lives more fulfilling. I genuinely admire you. And watching you has helped me to evaluate myself and ask if there are some things I can change to improve how I'm spending my time. Thanks so much for showing me an example of something I didn't know I wanted/needed until I watched you on this channel.
I know exactly what you mean when you say "tin foil", but I grew up out in the sticks. lol I think I may get my 6yo to help me make one of these for the formerly homeless guy living off-grid next door to us. It amazes me how many people are living homeless and/or off-grid who don't know the old skills.
Okay, 4 months after you posted this, today I saw your video on both the foil covered box oven and this solar cooker. I love both ideas! I have not been able to move to my off grid property yet, but I think both will be useful to me up there. For the box oven, I have a fire rack to cook on over an open fire, and a LOT of firewood on 5 acres of woods. Baking my bread over smoldering coals sounds practical. The other to warm up dishes while I'm working on the property to not waste fuel or propane with my camp stove. Thank you for being the guinea pig for me and inspiring me! Many blessings, Texas Deb 😁
You are an amazing teacher and I so appreciate your way of explaining the safe way to live through difficult times that can be scary. I have followed several of your videos and my new confidence has erased much fear. Thank you so much for caring so much for all of us who want to be prepared as best we can for whatever might be coming. I send you many blessings!
That was a great learning experience. I have a Sun Oven and always thought, “I wish I had another one!” Well low and behold, now we can! Everyone needs a couple of these ovens, so that you can do two parts of the meal at the same time. You can make bread in one and reheat soup in the other, or keep tea or coffee warm, or warm some rolls up while the stew is cooking, etc. I am excited to make one, and your directions were very good. I have the box to make a regular oven using cardboard and aluminum foil. The bad thing about that is that charcoal will run out eventually, so maybe chunks of wood from a fire could be used instead. I really like cooking in the slow cooker and these sun ovens really are similar. The two loaves of bread were beautiful that you baked in the Sun Oven. Excellent job. Thanks Jim and Pam. This is a great video and something I needed, to have two of these ovens. This is exactly what we need to learn in today’s world. If something ever happens, & I am REALLY hoping it won’t, or when I am camping, and I use these tools, know that I will be thinking fondly of you both.
If you don't mind a pit etc check out hungi not sure how it's spelt, but I believe it's either common in Maori or some island nation cooking, hot out in ground cover so don't have a full fire the whole time but the hot coals of fire cook the food
I built a homemade version of the box solar oven. It's lined with 1in. ridged foam insulation and painted black. I'm working on the articulating shelf to adjust to the sun. I'll be building this version next for it's portability. Praying I only have to play with these and I can continue to use my oven to cook and bake... However, I'm not taking any chances so I'll learn to cook in these. I've built and practiced using a rocket stove made from a bucket and perlite/concrete mix to help prevent the concrete from exploding under high temps. Looking forward to your solar experiments to learn more.
What a joy to see this. We just bought a Solar Oven like yours. I was so happy the bread turned out. Thank you for all of the ideas! I can't wait to try it out!
Thank you for this video! I'm going to build this with my young nieces. They will love this and it will inspire thier thoughts on off grid cooking. We just have to watch out for the nosey squirrels.
Flat breads may be the way to go grid down situation. They are very good and there are lots of recipes out there using red lentils and such. Solar ovens are way beyond my price range so I need to improvise with the Rose Red Sun Cooker!! Lol Something under the iron skillet to absorb more heat to cook with glass lid may be the way to go. I love all the comments as so many minds working together will benefit us all greatly.
Dear Pam, thank you for this useful video. Even though I went to High School in the U.S., I also call it tin foil, since I went to university in England. So, not necessarily old-fashioned, but old-worldy. 😉
This is fantastic.you give so much encouragement. I am almost 70 and you make me feel I can learn new things and be prepared. I'm making this today, and if all goes well one for my granddaughter who is so interested in prepping.
I absolutely love this! I homeschool my last three kiddos and we are definitely doing this for a homeschool project. We will definitely be following your progress on this. Thank you so much Pam and Jim for taking the time to teach. God truly gave you a heart of a teacher. God bless from Texas!
Pam this was SO beneficial to so many!! I can’t wait to share this video with my sisters!! I have a sun oven but they do not. I think Steve from Artisan Bread with Steve has the answer...place one dark bread pan inverted over another and secure with metal binder clips on the ends to make a closed “oven”. Spritz the dough with water just like the Sun Oven and see if it will brown the bread... I thoroughly enjoyed this video...extremely valuable!! Thank you!!
Hi❣️🌿🐦 You are the best teacher ever, so patient to share everything with us. I have just found you but I wish I had found you sooner because I was really missing out on a lot of really cool things. Y'all seem so loving and caring, I just love you! It's midnight here in Kentucky and I'm watching one video after another, I may go blind but I don't think I can stop. I may wake up in the morning with my tablet stuck to my face. God bless y'all real good Jude, from Kentucky ✝️🐴🐦🌿❣️
This spoke to the inner child in me :-) Gonna try it. Thanks! / OK I tried it. This is a genial design for slow cooking. Not so much for baking. Cheap, easy to make and very windproof. I recommend using a more shiny surface. The shinier the better. Having experimented with several panel cookers lately, I find this one by far the best. Increase size, use a mirror like finish and it cooks and bakes like a champ.
Julia Child and Martha Stewart have nothing on you. You are one-of-a-kind, in my opinion. You are such a joy, so knowledgeable, and thorough. Excellent teachings! God is using you in a mighty way to bless so many. Thank you for all you do.
Loved the way you popped up😁. I just recycled all my cardboard but will save the next bit to make one of these and come summer I will be trying this. Very exciting!
Hi Pam and Jim 👋 I wrote a comment and thought, YES that's good information to pass on that may help Pam and Jim with sun oven bread baking, then bamm! Out comes the All Amerian Sun Oven. We'll imagine my embarrassment at thinking your channel wouldnt have one of those sun ovens. Of course I deleted my comment and chastised myself thoroughly. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I will be looking forward to seeing if this home made sun Oven will work here in the UK. We don't get the sunshine as you do in the US, but I love crafting and will definitely give it a go‼️ Thank you for sharing, take care and all the best from the UK 🇬🇧 Paula
Last year I tried making a solar oven using a cheap silver car screen panel curved round in the oven shape. I put a slatted round grill rack from a previous halogen oven in the base and a black casserole in it with homemade soup. I also bought a thermometer hung on the side to measure the temperature. It worked brilliantly in bright sunshine. I tried baking bread in a black silicon “pasty shaped” bread form and again that cooked very well.
I had to comment again (not sure if you're able to read all your comments or not with so many subscribers! ) But this afternoon it occurred to me that I needed to be ESPECIALLY thankful for your time and effort on this. Since you already HAVE a SunOven, I'm sure you really didn't NEED another solar cooker! You might have been doing this experimentation totally for the benefit of your subscribers who can't afford to purchase a pricey solar cooker. I really respect your willingness to help others! THANK YOU! 😊
Redeemed: Thanks! One part of the reason for the solar cooker is cost, on the other hand, what if one your children or friend or a sibling has yours? This also gives you an alternative way to do many similar things that your SunOven does. Another option is you forget it or you want to experiment in the wild with solar cooker. Jim
After watching this all the way through, I've seen other videos on the solar cooking and they elevate the dark outside pot on a rack so the sun rays can reflect on the bottom too. I wonder if that would've helped the bread cook all the way...? (It didn't seem like it was too far off being done from how it looked in the video) I have zero experience myself, so I was just throwing my thoughts out there...? Thanks for all your time & all the videos you share!
@@janepost150 Nice! Thanks for your contribution with more experience! What Solar Cooker is your favorite? Or do you like different models for doing different things? 🤔
@@redeemedvintageseamstress4728 there is no one-size-fits-all solar cooker. The All American Sun Oven is great as an oven. Anything you would make it in the oven you can make in the Sun Oven. If you want to fry something I would suggest a parabolic cooker such as the Sunplicity. I also have several GoSun models. These are solar tubes similar to what they would use in a solar water heater. The tubes get very hot and cook very quickly. I have been able to adapt recipes for lasagna, steamed vegetables, fish, muffins, etc. I have also made solar cookers as the one I described in an earlier comment. If I had to pick just one for an emergency situation I would pick the gosun go. It's a little bigger than a clutch purse. It can boil water or cook small meals. I often travel with it because it's quick and easy to use. The other ones I use around the farm.
Suspect the bread would have also benefited from being in a loaf pan placed into an small enamelware turkey roaster, instead of that big pot. Much of the heat was used to heat that large air space.
Ma'am you are a very good instructor. I feel like I can tackle this with ease after watching you. Thanks so much to you (and your videographer, who is great in his own rite) for sharing this knowledge.
Wow I saved a thick reflective piece of box packing thinking hmmm this could be used for a solar oven!! I saw a solar oven being demonstrated by Stacy on Doug and Stacy’s homestead! Great timing!! 😁
I was Googling DIY solar ovens, of COURSE you've already done the research! Love you guys, thanks for all the hard work you do for people, I'm so grateful for the things I've learned and fears that have been put to courage! ❤👍❤
I know they're expensive, but nothing beats the All American Sun Oven. I got one as a gift a few years ago and now that I live in a camper full time I use it even more. Everything from bread to frozen pizza, from whole chicken and root veg to corned beef and cabbage. I call it carbon-free cuisine. 🙂 I've even sterilized potting mix in it, and I use it like crazy for dehydrating in the summer. Really can't recommend it highly enough. One of the best preps you'll ever buy, because you can start using it on a daily basis right away, well before a disaster hits.
I look at what a gloomy rainy day it was here in Wisconsin and I am glad I don't have to rely on a solar oven. I have always wanted one but I don't think it would be practical for me. Now, if the world was truly off grid, I would definitely give it a shot. I love your homemade one.
Thank you for these directions, so easy to follow. Made this with a 9th grader and then her 11th grade brother helped finish it. Tested it today, finally sunny after snow flurries yesterday. Pre-heated for an hour at 11:30 am. 52 degrees outside. Then added half cup cooked dehydrated rice and a can of chili with beans. Left to cook an hour but fell asleep lol. 2:45 it was hot through and steamy. The chili wasn't very moist to cook the rice thoroughly, the rice turned out al dente. Glad I had a turkey bag on hand. Husband very impressed lol! This would have been a great extension activity to do with my middle school summer school group a few years back. This way they would have a real working solar cooker to take home with them. The students had made solar ovens to experiment with to see which of their designs would work. (can't remember what we cooked might have been smores)
I just ordered a solar oven but I haven't received it yet. I would also like to make a solar oven. Thank you for this video. I love your channel and appreciate you, your husband, and sister! Thank you and God Bless!
I just wanted to tell you how excited I am every time I find a new video of yours, or one I've never seen. You are a blessing to so many of us! Thank you!
I tried this camping last year with a small dark roaster and canned beef stew. Was nice and toasty at the end of a day kayaking. I was hoping you’d do this to see if I could “perfect “ my sunscreens, lol. 😍😘
Wow! I have yet to be disappointed with Rose Red videos! I learn so much each time. Just an amazing teacher here. She experiments and hopefully the viewers take note of all the food safety checks that are taught. Thank you for being jere for us viewers.
This was such a great video! I can't wait to make one! Thank you for making such useful content, I really enjoy watching your videos. You are such a gem!
Thank you for the demonstration!! You made it look so easy! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I would never buy a solar cooker, they are just too expensive for me, but, I certainly will MAKE one. I was thinking about your practice bread. What about a flat bread? Or a flatter bread? Or hamburger buns? And just form bread, set in stock pot to bake. Would a pizza stone help? I know you can find unglazed tiles at Home Depot or similar places, if your pizza stone wouldn't fit into the stock pot. Or maybe, just pizza stone, bread, cooking bag? My pizza stone is pretty dark from being used. Or set pot upside down over bread on stone...just some ideas. Guess I've got some 'building' to do. Thank you again. Louisiana has plenty of hot sun!! Lol
I am giddy because of your homemade solar heating over and how it heated your soup. There’s hope!!! Thank you for putting out such a fun and educational video!
This is probably the best and most complete instructions for one of these I’ve ever seen. Nicely done. It’s interesting though to me I realized that after it’s all taped you can’t fold it for storage. I think if I did one I’d want to figure out a way to modify it so it can fold flat.
I appreciate seeing failed attempts, because my first tries are often concluded that way. Knowing that it happens to others, too, encorages me to keep trying. Thanks so much for the honesty!
Oh, I LOVE it!! Peekaboo videos. The previous one, we were waiting for you in the green house. You two are so doggone clever it is EXCELLENT. We went to Arts and crafts class today, too! Thank you for all of this fun!! Priceless information to boot 👢😊😇😇😇😇
I'm only half-way through this, but I had to stop and comment! You have absolutely NO IDEA how helpful this video is to be able to watch you build this solar oven! I am beyond excited that you did this video! I've been researching and looking at solar ovens lately trying to figure out what to do. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊
Totally! Helpful 😎
I've been solar cooking for years if you have questions please feel free to let me know. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. I have multiple different types of solar ovens and even make my own.
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us how to make our own solar oven. You have a way of explaining@showing by example step by step how to do this which would be daunting@overwhelming for me otherwise to even try to attempt to do,and I thank you 🌹@Jim so much! Thank you! And it's portable to take anywhere@store. I have everything but the "tin"tape@will let you know how mine turns out. Thanks again!
@@janepost150 Do you bake loaf bread or smaller types such as rolls that can bake quickly? I have a sun Oven but haven't baked bread yet. Will the bread turn brown? TYVM
I know how you feel! The Sun Oven is so expensive. I was wondering the same thing, could I make something myself that would work? Thank you Pam and Jim for helping us to be prepared.
This is why I value the mature in our community! Their a well of knowledge, their old school ways are invaluable. I believe that's partly why the virus was developed to affect the elderly. May God bless & protect all our ELDERS in Jesus Christ's name Amen 🙏♥️ Thankyou Rose 🌹 for your constant calm contribution to our communities. 👏👏👏
What an amazing woman you are - a natural-born teacher! The love you show blesses us all! Thank-you!
You are so welcome!
You went to a lot of trouble. Nice work and awesome lady for sharing your design❤️❤️❤️
Your brain just never stops. Love it. You must have a blast playing with your experiments .
Thank you😍
Glad you enjoy it! Yes, I love learning new things and experimenting.
I love building stuff and have built several sun ovens. They work so well, I broke down and purchased an All American Sun Oven, permamently mounted it and use it almost exclusively for everything except frying. You CAN'T burn stuff (except Tollhouse chocolate cookies - go figure 😠). It cost nearly $500 - BUT in about a year and a half with my electricity cost, it was a break-even move. I can roast two chickens at one time in about 2-3 hours on any day there are defined shadows on the ground.
A dozen eggs sitting in a paper carton hard "boil" in an hour. Fresh eggs almost peel themselves. It's magical.
That sounds fantastic! Thank you for sharing your experience. That is funny about the cookies!
Where do you live? I'm asking because of sun intensity.
Wow! I had no idea about the eggs. That is just terrific, as it will use no water to hard-boil eggs. Thank you for sharing that.
@@Stoffmonster467 Anywhere there are shadows with crisp edges works. I live in Paradise (AKA North Texas).
@@texassews535 My Sun Oven will also pasturize water.
We made one out of 1/4" plywood and bead board we had hanging around, and a picture frame and glass, spray glue, and aluminum foil. It was an insulated box with glass on top, door in the side in back, and flaps on each of the 4 sides. It had 2 slats of wood with holes in them that lined up with 2 bolts with wing nuts. That was the inclination adjustment. I got it up to around 300°F.
Think of it as more a solar crock pot than a solar radiant heat oven. Also, it's only March! You'll be able to bake bread this summer for sure.
I sure wish you would share your details with me. Pictures etc. I can give you my email or Facebook profile.
I wish we could upload pictures in the comments😒
I would love to see this.❤️
@@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez you can! Sort of, lol. You just have to upload the picture to Imgur, and put the link in the comments!
I remember making those for grammer school science fair back in the 70's , Made a meatloaf and a roast beef on it works fine just takes time
Oh my gracious you are adorable!
Thank you for doing this. Those darn solar oven are expensive! I appreciate this. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Pam, this was so much fun to watch! Great post. About 2008/2009, I spent a lot of time watching my roommates' great nieces/nephews, ages 4, 6, 9, and 11, during school xmas break. We each made our own solar ovens from boxes and foil. The kids painted scenes on the backs and named their ovens. Daily, when their grandmother dropped them off, about 7:00am, we would record outside temps and the temps of their chosen lunch foods. Then every hour, they would record the temps again. Every day, when 11:30 - noon lunch time came, they again recorded temps and we had our lunch picnic. So much fun! The youngest learned how to write so she could have a record, too. The older 3 made show & tell/extra credit projects for school and all got their very first A grades! More important, they learned a super valuable lesson. When the 2010 earthquake hit, the kids were watching it on the news, and saw women crouching by fires in the streets to cook. The youngest turned to me and said, "Tia Janice, they need someone to teach them how to cook with sun!" Yes!!!
Mrs Pam you have no idea how many of us you have helped! I believe that we will need these items to survive a power grid catastrophe! Thank you for all you do!
Cc: Thank you for watching our channel. Jim
I have been waiting for this demonstration! Thank you so much for demystifying the construction from start to finish. You are my “go-to-first” resource. What a blessing to be gifted with such an ability and mind to make your instructions and explanations understandable to me and others on my level of comprehension. God bless you for this use of your talents.
i have 2 solar Sun Ovens....one i paid full price for, the 2nd purchased off Craigslist for a bargin. People often ask me where they can get one and the price puts them off...this is a great alternative. thank you ☮️
I love it! I had to pause and rewind to watch your adorable intro again. I'm still smiling. It's so uplifting to see you smiling and playful!
Amazing that you can cook bread with solar cooker ..maybe 🤔 you could cook the bread in small loaf pans...
Thank you 4 all your shows...
My thought exactly. Perhaps rolls instead of a loaf.
You sure can. I use use small silicone cups to cook mine in the Sun Oven
I have been solar cooking for years. The key is the type of cooking vessel you're using. Try using graniteware or a jar in a jar. Spray paint the smaller "internal" jar black and put a strip of tape down one side. This will give you an oven window. Place a few rings in the bottom of the larger jar. Put the smaller jar in the larger. You should be able to get a much higher temperature this way and the food will cook faster. I also made a solar cooker and I took three mirrors so that you would get a reflection of the Sun from the bottom and two sides. Then place my jar in a jar or a granite ware pot in the same plastic bag you used. This was the most efficient way I could find to get my food the hottest. I hope you give it a try using your scientific methods. Thanks again for all you do Pam you are a wonderful teacher and I truly enjoy your videos.
Thank for your detailed comment. This helps.
I have spent half of the afternoon watching your videos. You are an excellent teacher and I so appreciate that you provide the information you find, then the rationale for how you adapt it to your situation. Very practical information from a very genuine lady. Thank you.
Susan: Wow, thank you! We appreciate you watching our channel. Jim
I am so thankful for you and your channel. You not only share knowledge, but how to apply it. Make God richly bless you and Jim for the service that you provide to us!
Thank you for blessing this community with your knowledge!
I'm going to make your cooker. I also have the dark colored enamel ware and a 2 qt dark colored crackpot bottom and clear lid to work with.
I don`t believe I`ve ever had a video mesmerize me like this one did! :) I was amazed at how this all worked! I appreciate all the time & effort you put into it..thanks!!
Definitely want to try this with my Eagle Scout sons!
Thanks for the demonstration of making the solar oven! I learn so much easier with a visual. You made it look so easy!!
Brilliant, beautiful, fun, generous with your efforts and knowledge, curious and determined. How fortunate I feel to have stumbled upon your channel. I've learned so much from you. And you have encouraged me to follow my own passions with the same positivity, excitement and determination. Thanks for being such a exceptional lady and putting out such a wonderful example of how to make our lives more fulfilling. I genuinely admire you. And watching you has helped me to evaluate myself and ask if there are some things I can change to improve how I'm spending my time. Thanks so much for showing me an example of something I didn't know I wanted/needed until I watched you on this channel.
Oh my goodness--You brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your very kind words.
I would never have been able to do this without your demonstration. Thank you so much. You are truly an anointed teacher
Kathyjo: Wow, thank you! Jim
Thank you, our dear Rose 🌹, thinking of those of us who have quite the limited budget. You are precious ❤️
I know exactly what you mean when you say "tin foil", but I grew up out in the sticks. lol I think I may get my 6yo to help me make one of these for the formerly homeless guy living off-grid next door to us. It amazes me how many people are living homeless and/or off-grid who don't know the old skills.
Okay, 4 months after you posted this, today I saw your video on both the foil covered box oven and this solar cooker. I love both ideas! I have not been able to move to my off grid property yet, but I think both will be useful to me up there. For the box oven, I have a fire rack to cook on over an open fire, and a LOT of firewood on 5 acres of woods. Baking my bread over smoldering coals sounds practical. The other to warm up dishes while I'm working on the property to not waste fuel or propane with my camp stove. Thank you for being the guinea pig for me and inspiring me! Many blessings, Texas Deb 😁
You are an amazing teacher and I so appreciate your way of explaining the safe way to live through difficult times that can be scary. I have followed several of your videos and my new confidence has erased much fear. Thank you so much for caring so much for all of us who want to be prepared as best we can for whatever might be coming. I send you many blessings!
Thank you so much. You are a perfect example of what I often say...knowledge is power! So glad you are gaining confidence.
We made the pizza 🍕 box oven in 6th grade, we made home made pizzas, and then we had a pizza 🍕 party and we got an extra credit for science class
So weird I was looking at doing this just yesterday and you put this out today! Thanks be to God for great minds thinking alike!
I know what you mean. I went into Dollar Tree and asked for sun visors to try this with them and clips. They haven't come in yet.
Good luck. 😊
That was a great learning experience. I have a Sun Oven and always thought, “I wish I had another one!” Well low and behold, now we can! Everyone needs a couple of these ovens, so that you can do two parts of the meal at the same time. You can make bread in one and reheat soup in the other, or keep tea or coffee warm, or warm some rolls up while the stew is cooking, etc. I am excited to make one, and your directions were very good. I have the box to make a regular oven using cardboard and aluminum foil. The bad thing about that is that charcoal will run out eventually, so maybe chunks of wood from a fire could be used instead. I really like cooking in the slow cooker and these sun ovens really are similar. The two loaves of bread were beautiful that you baked in the Sun Oven. Excellent job. Thanks Jim and Pam. This is a great video and something I needed, to have two of these ovens. This is exactly what we need to learn in today’s world. If something ever happens, & I am REALLY hoping it won’t, or when I am camping, and I use these tools, know that I will be thinking fondly of you both.
Thank you! And I agree that one solar cooker/oven is simply not enough! It is good to have options.
If you don't mind a pit etc check out hungi not sure how it's spelt, but I believe it's either common in Maori or some island nation cooking, hot out in ground cover so don't have a full fire the whole time but the hot coals of fire cook the food
I built a homemade version of the box solar oven. It's lined with 1in. ridged foam insulation and painted black. I'm working on the articulating shelf to adjust to the sun. I'll be building this version next for it's portability. Praying I only have to play with these and I can continue to use my oven to cook and bake... However, I'm not taking any chances so I'll learn to cook in these. I've built and practiced using a rocket stove made from a bucket and perlite/concrete mix to help prevent the concrete from exploding under high temps. Looking forward to your solar experiments to learn more.
What a joy to see this. We just bought a Solar Oven like yours. I was so happy the bread turned out. Thank you for all of the ideas! I can't wait to try it out!
Great! Hope you are enjoying your solar oven. It takes a different mind set--no more fast cooking!
What solar oven did you buy, Michelle?
Thank you for this video! I'm going to build this with my young nieces. They will love this and it will inspire thier thoughts on off grid cooking. We just have to watch out for the nosey squirrels.
Wow the soup was hot. Perhaps a skillet style bread or flat bread to try.
Flat breads may be the way to go grid down situation. They are very good and there are lots of recipes out there using red lentils and such.
Solar ovens are way beyond my price range so I need to improvise with the Rose Red Sun Cooker!! Lol
Something under the iron skillet to absorb more heat to cook with glass lid may be the way to go. I love all the comments as so many minds working together will benefit us all greatly.
You never cease to amaze me Pam. I so enjoy each and every video❣️
Thank you so much.
Dear Pam, thank you for this useful video.
Even though I went to High School in the U.S., I also call it tin foil, since I went to university in England. So, not necessarily old-fashioned, but old-worldy. 😉
Oh, am I all old worldy? It's tin foil here in Scotland!
LOL! Thanks for that!
Omg. You rock!!
You and your fabulous cameraman are jewels!!! Thank you for this!
I will be watching this video at least 3 times!
You have the heart of a teacher. Thank you so much
We made solar ovens when I was a kid in 4 or 5th grade
This is fantastic.you give so much encouragement. I am almost 70 and you make me feel I can learn new things and be prepared. I'm making this today, and if all goes well one for my granddaughter who is so interested in prepping.
Pam you are the most inspiring person and teacher. I have learned more from you then anyone ever. I can’t Thank you enough for all you do !
Wow--thank you so much. So glad you are learning from our videos--we love that!
I absolutely love this! I homeschool my last three kiddos and we are definitely doing this for a homeschool project. We will definitely be following your progress on this. Thank you so much Pam and Jim for taking the time to teach. God truly gave you a heart of a teacher. God bless from Texas!
Lawanda: Wonderful! Jim
Pam this was SO beneficial to so many!! I can’t wait to share this video with my sisters!! I have a sun oven but they do not. I think Steve from Artisan Bread with Steve has the answer...place one dark bread pan inverted over another and secure with metal binder clips on the ends to make a closed “oven”. Spritz the dough with water just like the Sun Oven and see if it will brown the bread... I thoroughly enjoyed this video...extremely valuable!! Thank you!!
You are so welcome! And thanks for the information--very helpful.
Love the way you guide with every detail
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You are the best teacher ever, so patient to share everything with us. I have just found you but I wish I had found you sooner because I was really missing out on a lot of really cool things. Y'all seem so loving and caring, I just love you!
It's midnight here in Kentucky and I'm watching one video after another, I may go blind but I don't think I can stop. I may wake up in the morning with my tablet stuck to my face.
God bless y'all real good
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This spoke to the inner child in me :-) Gonna try it. Thanks! / OK I tried it. This is a genial design for slow cooking. Not so much for baking. Cheap, easy to make and very windproof. I recommend using a more shiny surface. The shinier the better. Having experimented with several panel cookers lately, I find this one by far the best. Increase size, use a mirror like finish and it cooks and bakes like a champ.
Absolutely loved it and will make it. You seemed so joyful sharing this!
HUGS TO YOU BOTH. I AM LEARNING SO MUCH. I AM 79 AND LIVE IN FLORIDA, SO LOTS OF SUN.
Perfect place for solar cooking! So glad you are learning new things. I will be 78 in August, so we are nearly the same age!
I like this project. I'm going to make one and try it out here in South Jersey this summer. If I can avoid the oven, then hooray!
We should all share our successes. I love it when we can learn from each other!
Julia Child and Martha Stewart have nothing on you. You are one-of-a-kind, in my opinion. You are such a joy, so knowledgeable, and thorough. Excellent teachings! God is using you in a mighty way to bless so many. Thank you for all you do.
This Lady (edit: Oops, Woman) with a Gadget Here....! I couldn't Wait to see the finished project!!! Loved it. #smiling
Loved the way you popped up😁. I just recycled all my cardboard but will save the next bit to make one of these and come summer I will be trying this. Very exciting!
Hi Pam and Jim 👋 I wrote a comment and thought, YES that's good information to pass on that may help Pam and Jim with sun oven bread baking, then bamm! Out comes the All Amerian Sun Oven. We'll imagine my embarrassment at thinking your channel wouldnt have one of those sun ovens. Of course I deleted my comment and chastised myself thoroughly. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I will be looking forward to seeing if this home made sun Oven will work here in the UK. We don't get the sunshine as you do in the US, but I love crafting and will definitely give it a go‼️ Thank you for sharing, take care and all the best from the UK 🇬🇧 Paula
Last year I tried making a solar oven using a cheap silver car screen panel curved round in the oven shape. I put a slatted round grill rack from a previous halogen oven in the base and a black casserole in it with homemade soup. I also bought a thermometer hung on the side to measure the temperature. It worked brilliantly in bright sunshine. I tried baking bread in a black silicon “pasty shaped” bread form and again that cooked very well.
So good to know! Thanks for sharing.
I had to comment again (not sure if you're able to read all your comments or not with so many subscribers! )
But this afternoon it occurred to me that I needed to be ESPECIALLY thankful for your time and effort on this. Since you already HAVE a SunOven, I'm sure you really didn't NEED another solar cooker! You might have been doing this experimentation totally for the benefit of your subscribers who can't afford to purchase a pricey solar cooker.
I really respect your willingness to help others! THANK YOU! 😊
Redeemed: Thanks! One part of the reason for the solar cooker is cost, on the other hand, what if one your children or friend or a sibling has yours? This also gives you an alternative way to do many similar things that your SunOven does. Another option is you forget it or you want to experiment in the wild with solar cooker. Jim
After watching this all the way through, I've seen other videos on the solar cooking and they elevate the dark outside pot on a rack so the sun rays can reflect on the bottom too. I wonder if that would've helped the bread cook all the way...? (It didn't seem like it was too far off being done from how it looked in the video) I have zero experience myself, so I was just throwing my thoughts out there...? Thanks for all your time & all the videos you share!
I agree with your comments as I solar cook often. It is good to elevate you're cooking vessel because you're trying to create convection.
@@janepost150 Nice! Thanks for your contribution with more experience! What Solar Cooker is your favorite? Or do you like different models for doing different things? 🤔
@@redeemedvintageseamstress4728 there is no one-size-fits-all solar cooker. The All American Sun Oven is great as an oven. Anything you would make it in the oven you can make in the Sun Oven. If you want to fry something I would suggest a parabolic cooker such as the Sunplicity. I also have several GoSun models. These are solar tubes similar to what they would use in a solar water heater. The tubes get very hot and cook very quickly. I have been able to adapt recipes for lasagna, steamed vegetables, fish, muffins, etc. I have also made solar cookers as the one I described in an earlier comment. If I had to pick just one for an emergency situation I would pick the gosun go. It's a little bigger than a clutch purse. It can boil water or cook small meals. I often travel with it because it's quick and easy to use. The other ones I use around the farm.
@@janepost150 thanks so much for your input. I'll check out what your recommended! I really appreciate it! 😊
Suspect the bread would have also benefited from being in a loaf pan placed into an small enamelware turkey roaster, instead of that big pot. Much of the heat was used to heat that large air space.
Ma'am you are a very good instructor. I feel like I can tackle this with ease after watching you. Thanks so much to you (and your videographer, who is great in his own rite) for sharing this knowledge.
Wow I saved a thick reflective piece of box packing thinking hmmm this could be used for a solar oven!! I saw a solar oven being demonstrated by Stacy on Doug and Stacy’s homestead! Great timing!! 😁
Very cool!
Just found you. .I been watching your videos. Thank you for your wisdom..
Tiny: Welcome! Thanks for watching our videos. Jim
I love watching your videos. I can tell you enjoy teaching and you are a great teacher.
Thank you so much!
ORIGAMI for Preparedness! Amazing and mesmerizing video!!!
LOL! Love that. Thanks.
This is so awesome Pam. Thank you for trying all these things out. Thank you both
You are amazing! Thank you so much for the great tutorial! 🌻
Thank you so much, Pam and Jim!!
I was Googling DIY solar ovens, of COURSE you've already done the research!
Love you guys, thanks for all the hard work you do for people, I'm so grateful for the things I've learned and fears that have been put to courage! ❤👍❤
Our pleasure! Jim
Absolutely neat, 😎 and genius with a use of portable piece of foil.
I'm going to get my grandson on that experiment right away.!!
I know they're expensive, but nothing beats the All American Sun Oven. I got one as a gift a few years ago and now that I live in a camper full time I use it even more. Everything from bread to frozen pizza, from whole chicken and root veg to corned beef and cabbage. I call it carbon-free cuisine. 🙂 I've even sterilized potting mix in it, and I use it like crazy for dehydrating in the summer. Really can't recommend it highly enough. One of the best preps you'll ever buy, because you can start using it on a daily basis right away, well before a disaster hits.
I am very impressed with your thorough and precise instructions, plus the trials that you do for every presentation! Thank You!
I look at what a gloomy rainy day it was here in Wisconsin and I am glad I don't have to rely on a solar oven. I have always wanted one but I don't think it would be practical for me. Now, if the world was truly off grid, I would definitely give it a shot. I love your homemade one.
It would be a good backup even in rain country when you have a sunny day.
These look like a larger version of what my grandma used to sit out in the sun with for tanning. 😄
You are genius!!! Thank you so much for this video!! Invaluable!!!!👍Such a blessing to have found your channel!!
You are so welcome! And we are very glad you found us!
Another project for my must do list. God bless
Wow! Great video! Thanks so much for teaching/showing us how to make this!
Thank you for these directions, so easy to follow. Made this with a 9th grader and then her 11th grade brother helped finish it. Tested it today, finally sunny after snow flurries yesterday. Pre-heated for an hour at 11:30 am. 52 degrees outside. Then added half cup cooked dehydrated rice and a can of chili with beans. Left to cook an hour but fell asleep lol. 2:45 it was hot through and steamy. The chili wasn't very moist to cook the rice thoroughly, the rice turned out al dente. Glad I had a turkey bag on hand. Husband very impressed lol! This would have been a great extension activity to do with my middle school summer school group a few years back. This way they would have a real working solar cooker to take home with them. The students had made solar ovens to experiment with to see which of their designs would work. (can't remember what we cooked might have been smores)
Ginger: This sounds great! Let us know how it works-out next time. Jim
I own the American Sun Oven and it takes three hours to cook a full pot of rice even when it reaches 300 degrees.
I just ordered a solar oven but I haven't received it yet. I would also like to make a solar oven. Thank you for this video. I love your channel and appreciate you, your husband, and sister! Thank you and God Bless!
I just wanted to tell you how excited I am every time I find a new video of yours, or one I've never seen. You are a blessing to so many of us! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I tried this camping last year with a small dark roaster and canned beef stew. Was nice and toasty at the end of a day kayaking. I was hoping you’d do this to see if I could “perfect “ my sunscreens, lol. 😍😘
Wow! I have yet to be disappointed with Rose Red videos! I learn so much each time. Just an amazing teacher here. She experiments and hopefully the viewers take note of all the food safety checks that are taught. Thank you for being jere for us viewers.
You are so welcome! I appreciate your kind words.
WoW! Very impressive! Thank you for this community post!
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Thank you so much for all your lessons.
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Thank you so much 🥰🌹I think you should try to bake bread in that pan you heat your soup 😊
Impressive, very impressive. You two are the cool kids. 😎
I LOVE your videos..you explain everything Sooo well. Thank you so much💯
This was such a great video! I can't wait to make one! Thank you for making such useful content, I really enjoy watching your videos. You are such a gem!
Making one right now!
Thank you for the demonstration!! You made it look so easy! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I would never buy a solar cooker, they are just too expensive for me, but, I certainly will MAKE one. I was thinking about your practice bread. What about a flat bread? Or a flatter bread? Or hamburger buns? And just form bread, set in stock pot to bake. Would a pizza stone help? I know you can find unglazed tiles at Home Depot or similar places, if your pizza stone wouldn't fit into the stock pot. Or maybe, just pizza stone, bread, cooking bag? My pizza stone is pretty dark from being used. Or set pot upside down over bread on stone...just some ideas. Guess I've got some 'building' to do. Thank you again. Louisiana has plenty of hot sun!! Lol
I Truly LOVE n APPRECIATE ur channel u have taught me so much. Have a Blessed day
Della: Thank you for watching our channel. Jim
I am giddy because of your homemade solar heating over and how it heated your soup. There’s hope!!! Thank you for putting out such a fun and educational video!
So glad it was helpful!
10:53 😂😂 I just love this woman💖💖💖
I very much appreciate and enjoyed watching this. You're a great teacher and I will make one tomorrow and give it a try
This is probably the best and most complete instructions for one of these I’ve ever seen. Nicely done. It’s interesting though to me I realized that after it’s all taped you can’t fold it for storage. I think if I did one I’d want to figure out a way to modify it so it can fold flat.
Long strips of velcro might do the trick instead of taping together
I appreciate seeing failed attempts, because my first tries are often concluded that way. Knowing that it happens to others, too, encorages me to keep trying. Thanks so much for the honesty!
From france , i'm really impressionate , congratulations Lady , pleasur to learn with your exemples.
Very nice
Wow, Thank you, Miss Rose so much. I have been wondering how to make an easy and cheap solar cooker.🐢🤗
I believe I can do it - thank you so much!
Oh, I LOVE it!! Peekaboo videos. The previous one, we were waiting for you in the green house. You two are so doggone clever it is EXCELLENT.
We went to Arts and crafts class today, too!
Thank you for all of this fun!! Priceless information to boot 👢😊😇😇😇😇
Thank you so much!