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Devine Lu Linvega

45 minutes in, we flipped it around, cooked it in the sun for another 15 minutes. And it's absolutely perfect.

That means that this summer we can make bread on demand, without using fuel, and without adding heat to the habitat.

Cooked bread in solar oven tray.
10 May 2023 at 20:22 | Open on merveilles.town
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Stu
Levi Beach
Allan Chow

@neauoire stick a sausage in it next time!

10 May 2023 at 20:24 | Open on fosstodon.org
art (game) fan

@neauoire

looks delicious

makes me want to do something similar

thx

🥖

10 May 2023 at 20:28 | Open on sonomu.club
🌮 Dave Millar 🌮

@neauoire nice! I have the smaller travel version of this oven. Do you have any recs for making bread in it, like recipe changes or size/amounts to use?

10 May 2023 at 20:36 | Open on puz.fun
Devine Lu Linvega

@dave not yet, it's only our first try. We'll do a couple more experiments and we'll have some better notes on bread baking with it.

10 May 2023 at 20:36 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@dave some recs so far, use parchment paper around the baguette so it doesnt risk sticking to the inside of the tube. I made a full recipe(3 cups of flour) but split it in two separate baguettes(maybe less for your solar cooker). Its better to add less since the bread expands and could get stuck in the stove.
Also this is a no-knead overnight bread recipe.
There are more practiced solar stove bread makers out there, there's a few YouTube videos about it (and blog posts too).
@neauoire

10 May 2023 at 21:06 | Open on merveilles.town
Thomas

@neauoire This looks amazing! Anywhere I can find more info about that?

10 May 2023 at 20:45 | Open on mastodon.social
Z@b0\/\/

@neauoire you're pushing the limits here 🙂

regarding some comments about PV efficiency being about 20%: are we goint to ditch photosynthesis because it's ~1% efficient? efficiency, in this case, means just that we're not using large parts of the spectrum exactly as if we weren't doing anything. it's not like the ~40% eff of an internal combustion engine in which we have 60% heat output and toxic/greenhouse emissions.

so if somebody has a large roof, install as much PV as you can and be 100% self sufficient. it's so cheap today.

of course living on a boat puts you in a special position and I enjoy your experiments! ;-)

I just don't wanna see people saying that PV is bad because it's ONLY 20% efficient.

I'll admit that spending 5K$ for 6kWp is not that sexy, adventurous or "bleeding edge" as your solar cooker though, ahah

@neauoire you're pushing the limits here 🙂

regarding some comments about PV efficiency being about 20%: are we goint to ditch photosynthesis because it's ~1% efficient? efficiency, in this case, means just that we're not using large parts of the spectrum exactly as if we weren't doing anything. it's not like the ~40% eff of an internal combustion engine in which we have 60% heat output and toxic/greenhouse emissions.

10 May 2023 at 21:03 | Open on mastodon.bida.im
256k

@neauoire its almost like the sun is great source of energy that is constantly there and free! cant wait for everyone else to hear about this and finally end our dependence on fossil/coal....

10 May 2023 at 21:15 | Open on mastodon.social
ірина
Maša Kepic
Berkubernetus

@neauoire Nice! Got a pic of the full oven? What are you using?

10 May 2023 at 21:54 | Open on m6n.io
Alien
Marie

@neauoire
Very nice! Looks like a great loaf and bake. 😁🌞

10 May 2023 at 22:15 | Open on toot.cat
legnadibrom
Avi Bryant

@neauoire wow. Have you measured what the temperature is inside the tube?

10 May 2023 at 22:33 | Open on cosocial.ca
Devine Lu Linvega

@avi we haven't yet, we don't have a termometer

11 May 2023 at 1:43 | Open on merveilles.town
spooky blip 👻

@neauoire @avi I have both an infrared (point and click, at range) one and (somewhere?) I might still have a cooking thermometer (with the probe you stick in the food), hit me up

11 May 2023 at 1:45 | Open on merveilles.town
Devine Lu Linvega

@klardotsh @avi Oh cool! Yes, let's try it out next time

11 May 2023 at 1:47 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@neauoire @klardotsh @avi Supposedly, it can reach anywhere from 150°C(302°F) to 290°C(550°F), with an overall max temp of 371C(700F) (maker's numbers). Would be amazing to gather some numbers of our own to see if that is actually accurate.

11 May 2023 at 2:09 | Open on merveilles.town
spooky blip 👻

@rek @neauoire @avi my infrared reader maxes out somewhere between 250-300C (I forget) but we can play around with it!

11 May 2023 at 2:16 | Open on merveilles.town
tinspin

@neauoire How did it taste? Any concern about expanding bread in a glass tube?

10 May 2023 at 22:57 | Open on chaos.social
Devine Lu Linvega

@tinspin it tasted amazing!! we made the loaves small enough that even if they expanded, we'd be able to pull them out. Also we surrounded the loaf with parchemin paper

11 May 2023 at 1:44 | Open on merveilles.town
glasspshr
Eric S. Pumpkins
Susa

@neauoire
Awesome! Is it just a metal pipe in the sunlight or does it need anything else?

11 May 2023 at 7:31 | Open on rheinneckar.social
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