| Global Sun Oven - Solar Cooker |  | Brand: SUN OVENS International, Inc.
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $234.50 (On sale from $319.00)
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Seller: Big Frog Mountain
Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 43,986
MPN: Global Sun Oven
Model: Global Sun Oven
UPC: 729142000012
EAN: 0729142000012
ASIN: B00286KQ1W
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| Features:
| • | Rust-proof, highly polished, mirror-like anodized aluminum reflectors | | • | Sets up in minutes | | • | Lightweight with carry handle | | • | Easy temperature monitoring | | • | Will reach temps of 360 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit |
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Product Description
The Global Sun Oven® is the world's most widely used solar oven. Solar cooking has been around for centuries, but up to now, not many people have had the opportunity to try cooking with the sun. Using the most advanced materials, the Sun Oven takes all the hassles out of solar cooking to create the ultimate solar appliance.
The sun oven can be used in the winter as well as summer. It has been used very successfully at below zero conditions at a base camp on Mt. Everest.
Measures 19" x 19" with an average depth of 11". The total weight is only 21 pounds. You can bake bread, make cookies, pizza, muffins, or anything you could prepare using a conventional oven.
The Global Sun Oven® lets you harness the power of the sun to cook without fuel and is currently being used in over 126 countries around the world.
Sundance Solar is proud to carry this high quality solar appliance that is designed to last a lifetime.
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 We love the sun oven August 5, 2010
Reviewer NW
We've cooked all kinds of great foods in our sun oven...chicken, brownies, bread, enchiladas...the list goes on. It's so great to bake/cook in the summer without heating up your kitchen. I was surprised that our foods even end up with a nice brown color after being baked. We also owned the Tulsi-Hybrid oven, but that one was more difficult to get up in temperature and it also broke fairly quickly (albeit I believe one of our kids forced the latch but nevertheless it didn't last long). It is so much fun to use this oven and to watch our kids amazement as we bake all kinds of goodies in the sun.
 Review of Global Sun Oven - Solar Cooker August 2, 2010
mollybrowngoestotown
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this solar oven for 3-4 years now. I had been looking at them new when they were selling for about $250 and couldn't bring myself to buy one at that price. Would you believe my 10 year old son found one for me at Goodwill for $45??? I don't think it had ever been used. I have used it quite a bit over time both at home and camping. I have had great success with cooking casserole type items such as mac and cheese from scratch and many cake and bread type items. We've even heated up our Easter ham in it. It's easy to use. I live in Northern California where there is plenty of sunshine but I never achieve temps above 350 with the oven empty and 250 - 300 with food cooking in it (and yes, I know how to aim it at the sun and to use it in the hottest part of the day). Having said that, I find that the food cooks in a reasonable amount of time at these temps. On the downside, recently my oven has started to fall apart - the wood frame around the top is made with very thin, soft wood which has cracked over time - which has led to the door not sealing tightly because the hinges are loose. My husband has strengthened the wooden frame and replaced the hinges to solve this problem. Not a big deal but if I had actually paid full price for this oven I'd be very unhappy with the quality! Also, it is only recently, after years of use, that the food I cook for longer periods doesn't retain an unappealing plastic-y taste which I believe is from the heating of the black plastic internal cooking box.
Overall, I find this to be a fun alternative to cooking indoors and a great item to have on camping trips. But I still wouldn't pay full price for one. Instead, I would check out the many build-your-own plans you can find online. Some are really simple - my son has had great success with solar cooking in a pizza box painted black! Sounds cheesy but it works. And there are other more airtight permanent and cheap ideas out there. Get creative and save your money for something else.
Solar Oven July 21, 2010
Berto
The Global Sun Oven, Solar Cooker is one of the best products out there. The quality of the materials and ease of setting it up this oven makes it appealing to me. It folds up easily making it easy to transport. The product I ordered was exactly what was delivered. It was delivered on time and in good order. You can't go wrong!
Took the Heat Out of My Kitchen July 21, 2010
barbjenn
I've owned one of these ovens for about 3 years. Before the Sun Oven, I never baked in the summer months, as it would cost me to heat up my oven, and then cost me to cool my house after, making for very expensive cookies or brownies. With my oven, I do almost all of my cooking outdoors in the summer. It takes a little work to chase the sun, and to lift or lower the oven(it is not very heavy, but must be moved up or down a pole in the back to focus the sunlight appropriately), but once you've done it a few times, it is easy. I have not found any limit to the type of food that can be cooked (my sister even made beef jerky in hers), and most of my foods cook in less than double the time, but I live in Phoenix, and the sun is hot and intense here. As commented on in a previous review, the oven needs to outgas initially. Heat it a couple of times before you cook your food to allow this process to happen. Because I use my oven almost daily, I feel like I've recovered the cost of the oven, and I love getting power from a green and free source. I am in love with my Sun Oven, and would recommend it to anyone.
Solar Cookers Rock! July 20, 2010
Fantasticalice Alice (Central Coast, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not only is this great for any kind of food it really works well for gluten free bread and cake. The rise in this thing is nothing like I get in a gas oven. I have not had one failure yet! No way to burn anything and the way gluten free is like mush in the middle? Not in the Sun Oven!! I am so glad to have found this baby and I would be using it everyday but I live on the coast of Calif and we haven't seen the sun for a week. Every time the sun does manage to come out you can find me outside baking. It feels really good to be able to cook with sun and the taste can't be beat, not even by the slow cooker. The food taste so pure and natural.
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