by Texas Homesteader ~
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Our great state of Texas had been hit hard by Mother Nature. Hurricane Harvey barreled onto shore, leaving devastation in his path. Streets were impassable and the damage was severe.
Even if a home was undamaged, thousands were without electricity for several days. Some are still without electricity and have no idea for how long.
Natural disasters get me to thinking about emergency preparedness.
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A few years ago I purchased a solar oven. (I purchased my own *Sun Oven and I love it.) Living out here in the country it’s not uncommon for our electricity to go out. As a matter of fact, there were times when our electricity was off for several days due to damaged transmission lines during a storm.
But as long as I can see a shadow, I have FREE cooking fuel available to provide food for my family. Cooking fuel of the sun!
Solar Oven Links For My Readers
*About My Solar Oven: For those of you asking, I have a Sun Oven brand solar oven and I LOVE IT! If you’ve been waiting to get a solar oven of your own – now’s the time!
Cooking In My Solar Oven
Oh yeah baby, I’ve used my solar oven to Bake Bread several times. And I’ve also baked Pork Chops, Baked Potatoes and even made homemade Marinara Sauce and many more things.
Casseroles are wonderful things to make in the solar oven too, and I’ve made a delightful SW Chicken & Herbed Brown Rice with ease, and RancherMan’s favorite Cheesy Chile Chicken Casserole.
(You can read all my solar-cooking posts here –> Solar Cooking.)
Love That Tracking Cube Option
The Sun Oven folks have improved their design since I bought mine – adding a wind-resistant leg with ground stakes, dual-purpose leveling rack, and an extra thick glass door containing sun-tracking cube.
Now I wanted that sun cube. BAD.
It would be so helpful to know when I’m perfectly aligned with the sun. And being better aligned to the sun’s rays means higher oven temps are possible.
But ugh. It wasn’t easy for me to be able to tell if the oven was perfectly tilted and angled or not.
So I bought the upgrade to get that handy tracker cube. (again, I bought my own upgrade. )
But if you have an older model Sun Oven too, you can get the retro-fit kit here –> *Sun Oven Retro-Fit Kit, It comes with a thicker glass door with the sun cubes attached and even a handy folding leveling rack and an upgraded stabilizer leg too. Sure makes solar cooking easier, y’all.
So if the recent natural disasters have you thinking about your own preparedness plans, check out the Sun Oven folks. And tell ’em Texas Homesteader sent ya!
~TxH~
Looking For More Solar-Cooking Recipes?
- Emergency Preparedness On The Homestead
- Using FREE Solar Energy Instead Of Kitchen Appliances
- Meatloaf In A Solar Oven
- Cheesy Chile-Chicken Casserole
- Boneless Breaded Pork Chops
- SW Chicken w/Seasoned Brown Rice
- BBQ Pork Sandwiches
- Homemade Marinara Sauce
- Pumpkin Bread
- Chunky Apple Cinnamon Bread
- Baking Bread In A Solar Oven
- Cooking Hard-Boiled Eggs In A Solar Oven
- Baking Potatoes In A Solar Oven
- Brewing Tea With The Sun
You can see our other SOLAR oven articles here
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