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Due to the success of the post: How to Build a Parabolic Solar Oven. It seems only logical to write a follow up post on the art of building a parabolic solar cooker.

There are so many different designs of solar cookers out there, choosing the right type of solar cooker can prove quite daunting.

So which solar cooker is the best design I hear you ask…

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A collage of some of my favourite solar cookers.

1 - Parabolic Solar Cooker Array
2 - Parabolic Cardboard Dish
3 - Parabolic Solar Cooker
4 - BCK
5 - HotPot

Each week a new batch of solar cooker pictures will be posted including a review of each solar cooker.

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A bamboo solar cooker which only costs $1 to make. Here is proof that solar cooking needn’t be an expensive affair. One of my readers Krishna - rkrao, kindly sent in the above picture showing the simplicity and beauty of a bamboo solar cooker. Here are Krishna’s notes for building such a simple and effective solar cooker.

Materials used: -

• Baskets made from bamboo
• Food serving plates
• Cooking vessel

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I recently read an interesting article on the pros and cons of using solar power. Why is it, that whenever the term ’solar power’ is used, companies such as the BBC discuss technologies which only use solar panels, photovoltaic cells, or solar thermal collectors.

Other applications of solar power include heliostats, solar chimneys, Stirling engines, and of course solar cooking.

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