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SOLAVORE SOLAR OVEN

As an extension of recent prior posts about wilderness cooking, and in celebration of the upcoming SPRING weather and the camping/survival trips that accompany it, I want to introduce you to a wonderful new gadget that is sure to add hours of hiking/fishing/camping time to your outdoor excursion, strictly for no other reason than the fact that it will limit significantly the time that meal preparation normally takes. It is: The Solavore Solar Oven. This device simply focuses and retains the sun’s energy in the form of heat to bake a meal without electricity or gas. The Solavore weighs in at around nine pounds and it only costs around $229, (MSRP). With it you get a plastic oven, 2 three pound cooking pots, and a temperature gauge. (For $40 more you can also get a reflector, there is also a shoulder strap, carrying bag, and pot holders available as other options). The tech team at GearJunkie® recently did a review of this oven where they used it sans instructions as most of us would. They found that the oven quickly heated up to 300 degrees in moderate sunlight, and sufficiently cooked a pot of pulled pork, (from chops), and a pot of tubers after letting them set in the sun most all day. Their review indicated that they didn’t produce anything that Gordon Ramsey might consider brag worthy, but they did maintain a steady 250 degree temperature the whole time. One important thing of note, they did report that as the food cooked it emitted an attractive aroma, one which wouldl ikely draw animals to your campsite… because of this, you might consider erecting the device in an open area away from camp, and maybe even putting it up high and out of reach somehow. This would protect your campsite and your meal, and give better exposure to the suns rays as the earth rotates. You can read the original GearJunkie® article here: http://solarovenshopblog.com/