Hey all,we bought a Global Sun solar oven earlier this year as an additional cooking source that requires no fuel.Finally got around to start learning how to cook in this thing about a month ago and have been having great success with,providing there's good sun.So here's a little review.
The hottest i've gotten it is 375 deg with an 80 deg outside ambient temp and i've now cooked everything from dry beans to chicken breast to cakes and breads.
The good-
It does work
It doesn't burn or brown food because it cooks like a convection oven,even breads do not form a crust unless you brush with butter or egg,even then,it's a very light crust
It is well built for what it is
No fuel or precious firewood needed to cook
Food (when cooked under proper lighting conditions) comes out perfect every time
I got the oven up to 325 deg on a dry test in feb at 20 deg outside ambient
It will pasteurize water and boil water
The bad-
I feel for the quality,they are overpriced
It's not a set it and forget it oven,you have to stay with it to rotate along with the sun to maintain best constant temps.
I will not fry anything,period
Cloud cover can put a giant damper on it maintaining temp.
Over all,we love it and feel the benefits outweigh the downsides as an alternative cooking method.I do have woodstoves in both my home and garage,but who wants to start a fire in the house in the middle of july when the power is out?Or waste the wood or other fuels when you don't need to?
If anyone has one,even another brand,i'd love to hear your feedback on them.For those that haven't seen one here a couple pic's of ours.I'll also be glad to help answer any questions on them that I can.
The hottest i've gotten it is 375 deg with an 80 deg outside ambient temp and i've now cooked everything from dry beans to chicken breast to cakes and breads.
The good-
It does work
It doesn't burn or brown food because it cooks like a convection oven,even breads do not form a crust unless you brush with butter or egg,even then,it's a very light crust
It is well built for what it is
No fuel or precious firewood needed to cook
Food (when cooked under proper lighting conditions) comes out perfect every time
I got the oven up to 325 deg on a dry test in feb at 20 deg outside ambient
It will pasteurize water and boil water
The bad-
I feel for the quality,they are overpriced
It's not a set it and forget it oven,you have to stay with it to rotate along with the sun to maintain best constant temps.
I will not fry anything,period
Cloud cover can put a giant damper on it maintaining temp.
Over all,we love it and feel the benefits outweigh the downsides as an alternative cooking method.I do have woodstoves in both my home and garage,but who wants to start a fire in the house in the middle of july when the power is out?Or waste the wood or other fuels when you don't need to?
If anyone has one,even another brand,i'd love to hear your feedback on them.For those that haven't seen one here a couple pic's of ours.I'll also be glad to help answer any questions on them that I can.