by Texas Homesteader ~
Emergency preparedness is important. When natural disaster hits & the electricity is out, a solar oven can help keep your family fed. Even if the power is out for days or weeks, you only need the power of the sun to cook.
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Storms Knock Power Out For Millions
Several years ago our great state of Texas was 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 left undamaged, thousands were without electricity for several days. Some for weeks and others had no idea how long they would be without power.
When I see on the news the devastation suffered by those in a storm’s path, it brings preparedness once again to the front of my thoughts.
You too?
There’s a more complete list of preparedness articles at the bottom of this post, I encourage you to check them out for more preparedness ideas.
Emergency Preparedness: Solar Oven
A few years ago I purchased a solar oven. Now not only can I keep that cooking heat outside during hot & humid summer months, but I’m prepared to be able to cook our food even during a power outage using only the power of the sun.
Living in our rural area it’s not uncommon for our electricity to go out. As a matter of fact, there have been numerous times when our electricity was off for several days due to damaged transmission lines during an ice storm.
For our household, at least I don’t have to worry about how to feed RancherMan & myself.
No matter if it’s hot or cold outside – as long as I can see a shadow I have FREE cooking fuel available to provide food for my family.
I’m using the free cooking fuel of the sun!
*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, don’t wait – now’s the time!
What Can You Cook In A Solar Oven?
My Sun Oven brand of solar oven cooks much like a traditional oven. Nearly ANYTHING you can cook in an oven or slow cooker, you can cook in a solar oven. I’ve personally cooked many things in it, including:
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Baking Bread
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Savory Meatloaf
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Breaded Pork Chops,
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Baked Potatoes
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Homemade Marinara Sauce
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‘Boil’ Eggs (right in their cardboard carton!)
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Casseroles are wonderful things to make in the solar oven too. And I’ve made several, including:
You can read all my solar-cooking posts by clicking the button below:
Solar Oven Tracking Cube Option
Being better aligned to the sun’s rays means higher oven temps are possible. It’s so helpful to know when I’m perfectly aligned with the sun.
But ugh. It wasn’t easy for me to be able to tell if the oven was perfectly tilted and angled or not since my original Sun Oven didn’t come with the tracking cube.
For my Sun Over, the mother of all improvements is this sun-tracking cube. So I bought the upgrade to get that handy tracker cube. (again, I bought my own upgrade.)
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Wireless Thermometer Makes Solar Cooking Effortless!
My favorite accessory for my own solar oven is my *Meater Wireless Thermometer!
Let me tell ya, using a Wireless Thermometer has really made cooking in my solar oven easier. The Meater thermometer is wireless & transmits the deets on my cooking through Bluetooth technology right to my smart phone.
By watching ambient temperatures I can tell when the solar oven needs to be readjusted toward the sun, and the meat probe tracks how close my food is to being cooked, and even how long it will take it to get there.
Really, I can’t say enough about this wireless cooking option, whether cooking in the solar oven, the grill or in my kitchen.
Act Now, Be Prepared For Natural Disasters
So don’t wait until disaster strikes your own home before preparing. Act now.
And if the recent natural disasters have you thinking about your own preparedness plans, I can’t recommend a solar oven enough as part of your preparedness kit.
That’s because a solar oven is the preparedness item you can use all year long, disaster or not!
~TxH~
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- *Sun Oven at Amazon
- *FREE Amazon Prime Offer
- Baking Bread Outside
- Solar Cooking: Breaded Pork Chops
- Baking Potatoes In A Solar Oven
- Homemade Marinara Sauce
- SW Chicken & Herbed Brown Rice
- Cheesy Chile Chicken Casserole
- *Sun Oven Products
- *Meater Wireless Thermometer
- Using a Wireless Bluetooth Thermometer
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- How To Prepare For An Electrical Outage Emergency
- Temporary Power In An Emergency Electric Outage
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- What To Stock In Our Underground Storm Shelter
- Spring Maintenance Tips For A Storm Shelter
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