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VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> > Solar cooker used regularly in winter and
> > occasionally in summer
> >    
> Kathyann, 
> I'm curious why solar cooker used more in winter than
> in summer?
> Van Dell
When our main living space was redone it had an overhang added of the 
right amount so sun doesn't come inside in summer. In the winter, the 
sun comes in and my oven works fine, thru the glass, on a cart right 
outside the kitchen. I can use it outside, but tend to like more cold 
foods in the summer anyway. And when I put it outside last a goat came 
up on the deck and ripped the lid. Winter tends to having a pot of warm 
something to grab when desired so I use top of stove and oven a lot. I 
have a wallspace planned to put a permanent oven/burner but keep 
changing design (and not allocating time to building it.) One of these 
days, probably in winter, I'll put in a yearround.

Kathyann