How To Use A Sun Oven and Love it

Would you like to learn how to use a Sun Oven and love it? The hardest part about setting up a Sun Oven is taking it out the box and getting it fully unpacked. People are sometimes afraid because they don’t know how to use the oven. The hardest part for me was taking the plastic wrapping off of the solar panels. I have two Sun Ovens, the first one was hard to peel off the wrapping. The second oven I purchased, the materials came right off without any trouble. I have the old style but it’s awesome! The new ones are blue on the outside, either one is fabulous! You will never burn anything in these babies! Gotta love that! I forgot my bread one day and it was fine 30 minutes after the required baking time. Here’s the deal, you forget you are cooking outside because you can’t smell the food!

I bought a second Sun Oven because I use mine all the time to keep my kitchen cool and save money on my utility bills.

How To Use A Sun Oven-It’s Really Easy:

I want you to look at the shadow on the ground in this first picture. The “points” do not line up so this means the Sun Oven is not pointing in the right direction to get the full sun reflection or heat. The newer ones have a positioning tool so these instructions are for this style only.

This second picture shows the “points” are still NOT “squared” or “even” with all four sides of the shadow. I just keep turning the stove until I get it right.

Please notice the silver bar on the back of it. It depends on the Sun’s location as to whether or not that “leg” needs to be up or down 1 -9 inches or so. Okay, check out this picture.

Can you see the shadow around the Sun Oven? Look at the three squares (you can’t see the fourth one) on the ground. If all 4 “squares” are equal all the way around you will get the BEST Sun exposure and heat. You can see I raised the leg on the back about 6 inches to get the “squares” to line up correctly towards the sun.

I learned this “TIP” from a guy who works in a store in St. George, Utah called “Your Family Still Matters”. I love the people that work there. I learn something new every time I go in there! I hope I explained this so people can understand what the “squares” are. I went to a friends house and I had to show her these squares. It will not work at 6:00 at night at least where I live. You need full sun. I like to use mine between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. I like to tell people to think about the time that is the least safe temperatures or time to swim for sunburns……yep 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Well, this is when you get the best SUN for cooking food!!! I have to tell you the temperature goes up so much faster now that I figured out how to get the best reflection from the Sun! Love it! You can bake anything in this Sun Oven that you can bake in a conventional oven if it will fit. You lock the lid closed with the wing nuts and you are good to go. Be sure and have good hot pads.

My favorite things:

Sun Oven: All American Sun Oven Dehydrating and Preparedness Accessory Package