I'm only half-way through this, but I had to stop and comment! You have absolutely NO IDEA how helpful this video is to be able to watch you build this solar oven! I am beyond excited that you did this video! I've been researching and looking at solar ovens lately trying to figure out what to do. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊

What an amazing woman you are - a natural-born teacher! The love you show blesses us all! Thank-you!

We made one out of 1/4" plywood and bead board we had hanging around, and a picture frame and glass, spray glue, and aluminum foil. It was an insulated box with glass on top, door in the side in back, and flaps on each of the 4 sides. It had 2 slats of wood with holes in them that lined up with 2 bolts with wing nuts. That was the inclination adjustment. I got it up to around 300°F.

I have been waiting for this demonstration! Thank you so much for demystifying the construction from start to finish. You are my “go-to-first” resource. What a blessing to be gifted with such an ability and mind to make your instructions and explanations understandable to me and others on my level of comprehension. God bless you for this use of your talents.

Oh my gracious you are adorable! Thank you for doing this. Those darn solar oven are expensive! I appreciate this. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This is why I value the mature in our community! Their a well of knowledge, their old school ways are invaluable. I believe that's partly why the virus was developed to affect the elderly. May God bless & protect all our ELDERS in Jesus Christ's name Amen 🙏♥️ Thankyou Rose 🌹 for your constant calm contribution to our communities. 👏👏👏

Amazing that you can cook bread with solar cooker ..maybe 🤔 you could cook the bread in small loaf pans... Thank you 4 all your shows...

I remember making those for grammer school science fair back in the 70's , Made a meatloaf and a roast beef on it works fine just takes time

I love it! I had to pause and rewind to watch your adorable intro again. I'm still smiling. It's so uplifting to see you smiling and playful!

Mrs Pam you have no idea how many of us you have helped! I believe that we will need these items to survive a power grid catastrophe! Thank you for all you do!

Pam, this was so much fun to watch! Great post. About 2008/2009, I spent a lot of time watching my roommates' great nieces/nephews, ages 4, 6, 9, and 11, during school xmas break. We each made our own solar ovens from boxes and foil. The kids painted scenes on the backs and named their ovens. Daily, when their grandmother dropped them off, about 7:00am, we would record outside temps and the temps of their chosen lunch foods. Then every hour, they would record the temps again. Every day, when 11:30 - noon lunch time came, they again recorded temps and we had our lunch picnic. So much fun! The youngest learned how to write so she could have a record, too. The older 3 made show & tell/extra credit projects for school and all got their very first A grades! More important, they learned a super valuable lesson. When the 2010 earthquake hit, the kids were watching it on the news, and saw women crouching by fires in the streets to cook. The youngest turned to me and said, "Tia Janice, they need someone to teach them how to cook with sun!" Yes!!!

I am so thankful for you and your channel. You not only share knowledge, but how to apply it. Make God richly bless you and Jim for the service that you provide to us!

Thank you for blessing this community with your knowledge!

Julia Child and Martha Stewart have nothing on you. You are one-of-a-kind, in my opinion. You are such a joy, so knowledgeable, and thorough. Excellent teachings! God is using you in a mighty way to bless so many. Thank you for all you do.

Brilliant, beautiful, fun, generous with your efforts and knowledge, curious and determined. How fortunate I feel to have stumbled upon your channel. I've learned so much from you. And you have encouraged me to follow my own passions with the same positivity, excitement and determination. Thanks for being such a exceptional lady and putting out such a wonderful example of how to make our lives more fulfilling. I genuinely admire you. And watching you has helped me to evaluate myself and ask if there are some things I can change to improve how I'm spending my time. Thanks so much for showing me an example of something I didn't know I wanted/needed until I watched you on this channel.

I have spent half of the afternoon watching your videos. You are an excellent teacher and I so appreciate that you provide the information you find, then the rationale for how you adapt it to your situation. Very practical information from a very genuine lady. Thank you.

I don`t believe I`ve ever had a video mesmerize me like this one did! :) I was amazed at how this all worked! I appreciate all the time & effort you put into it..thanks!!

I built a homemade version of the box solar oven. It's lined with 1in. ridged foam insulation and painted black. I'm working on the articulating shelf to adjust to the sun. I'll be building this version next for it's portability. Praying I only have to play with these and I can continue to use my oven to cook and bake... However, I'm not taking any chances so I'll learn to cook in these. I've built and practiced using a rocket stove made from a bucket and perlite/concrete mix to help prevent the concrete from exploding under high temps. Looking forward to your solar experiments to learn more.

Definitely want to try this with my Eagle Scout sons!

Thank you for this video! I'm going to build this with my young nieces. They will love this and it will inspire thier thoughts on off grid cooking. We just have to watch out for the nosey squirrels.

I love building stuff and have built several sun ovens. They work so well, I broke down and purchased an All American Sun Oven, permamently mounted it and use it almost exclusively for everything except frying. You CAN'T burn stuff (except Tollhouse chocolate cookies - go figure 😠). It cost nearly $500 - BUT in about a year and a half with my electricity cost, it was a break-even move. I can roast two chickens at one time in about 2-3 hours on any day there are defined shadows on the ground. A dozen eggs sitting in a paper carton hard "boil" in an hour. Fresh eggs almost peel themselves. It's magical.

I would never have been able to do this without your demonstration. Thank you so much. You are truly an anointed teacher

Thanks for the demonstration of making the solar oven! I learn so much easier with a visual. You made it look so easy!!

You are an amazing teacher and I so appreciate your way of explaining the safe way to live through difficult times that can be scary. I have followed several of your videos and my new confidence has erased much fear. Thank you so much for caring so much for all of us who want to be prepared as best we can for whatever might be coming. I send you many blessings!

That was a great learning experience. I have a Sun Oven and always thought, “I wish I had another one!” Well low and behold, now we can! Everyone needs a couple of these ovens, so that you can do two parts of the meal at the same time. You can make bread in one and reheat soup in the other, or keep tea or coffee warm, or warm some rolls up while the stew is cooking, etc. I am excited to make one, and your directions were very good. I have the box to make a regular oven using cardboard and aluminum foil. The bad thing about that is that charcoal will run out eventually, so maybe chunks of wood from a fire could be used instead. I really like cooking in the slow cooker and these sun ovens really are similar. The two loaves of bread were beautiful that you baked in the Sun Oven. Excellent job. Thanks Jim and Pam. This is a great video and something I needed, to have two of these ovens. This is exactly what we need to learn in today’s world. If something ever happens, & I am REALLY hoping it won’t, or when I am camping, and I use these tools, know that I will be thinking fondly of you both.

I know exactly what you mean when you say "tin foil", but I grew up out in the sticks. lol I think I may get my 6yo to help me make one of these for the formerly homeless guy living off-grid next door to us. It amazes me how many people are living homeless and/or off-grid who don't know the old skills.

Dear Pam, thank you for this useful video. Even though I went to High School in the U.S., I also call it tin foil, since I went to university in England. So, not necessarily old-fashioned, but old-worldy. 😉

What a joy to see this. We just bought a Solar Oven like yours. I was so happy the bread turned out. Thank you for all of the ideas! I can't wait to try it out!

Pam this was SO beneficial to so many!! I can’t wait to share this video with my sisters!! I have a sun oven but they do not. I think Steve from Artisan Bread with Steve has the answer...place one dark bread pan inverted over another and secure with metal binder clips on the ends to make a closed “oven”. Spritz the dough with water just like the Sun Oven and see if it will brown the bread... I thoroughly enjoyed this video...extremely valuable!! Thank you!!

Pam you are the most inspiring person and teacher. I have learned more from you then anyone ever. I can’t Thank you enough for all you do !

You never cease to amaze me Pam. I so enjoy each and every video❣️

Wow the soup was hot. Perhaps a skillet style bread or flat bread to try.

Thank you, our dear Rose 🌹, thinking of those of us who have quite the limited budget. You are precious ❤️

Omg. You rock!!

After watching this all the way through, I've seen other videos on the solar cooking and they elevate the dark outside pot on a rack so the sun rays can reflect on the bottom too. I wonder if that would've helped the bread cook all the way...? (It didn't seem like it was too far off being done from how it looked in the video) I have zero experience myself, so I was just throwing my thoughts out there...? Thanks for all your time & all the videos you share!

Okay, 4 months after you posted this, today I saw your video on both the foil covered box oven and this solar cooker. I love both ideas! I have not been able to move to my off grid property yet, but I think both will be useful to me up there. For the box oven, I have a fire rack to cook on over an open fire, and a LOT of firewood on 5 acres of woods. Baking my bread over smoldering coals sounds practical. The other to warm up dishes while I'm working on the property to not waste fuel or propane with my camp stove. Thank you for being the guinea pig for me and inspiring me! Many blessings, Texas Deb 😁

Your brain just never stops. Love it. You must have a blast playing with your experiments . Thank you😍

I like this project. I'm going to make one and try it out here in South Jersey this summer. If I can avoid the oven, then hooray!

Loved the way you popped up😁. I just recycled all my cardboard but will save the next bit to make one of these and come summer I will be trying this. Very exciting!

I will be watching this video at least 3 times! You have the heart of a teacher. Thank you so much

Last year I tried making a solar oven using a cheap silver car screen panel curved round in the oven shape. I put a slatted round grill rack from a previous halogen oven in the base and a black casserole in it with homemade soup. I also bought a thermometer hung on the side to measure the temperature. It worked brilliantly in bright sunshine. I tried baking bread in a black silicon “pasty shaped” bread form and again that cooked very well.

Absolutely loved it and will make it. You seemed so joyful sharing this!

I absolutely love this! I homeschool my last three kiddos and we are definitely doing this for a homeschool project. We will definitely be following your progress on this. Thank you so much Pam and Jim for taking the time to teach. God truly gave you a heart of a teacher. God bless from Texas!

So weird I was looking at doing this just yesterday and you put this out today! Thanks be to God for great minds thinking alike!

You went to a lot of trouble. Nice work and awesome lady for sharing your design❤️❤️❤️

I tried this camping last year with a small dark roaster and canned beef stew. Was nice and toasty at the end of a day kayaking. I was hoping you’d do this to see if I could “perfect “ my sunscreens, lol. 😍😘

This Lady (edit: Oops, Woman) with a Gadget Here....! I couldn't Wait to see the finished project!!! Loved it. #smiling

This is so awesome Pam. Thank you for trying all these things out. Thank you both

This is fantastic.you give so much encouragement. I am almost 70 and you make me feel I can learn new things and be prepared. I'm making this today, and if all goes well one for my granddaughter who is so interested in prepping.

You and your fabulous cameraman are jewels!!! Thank you for this!

This spoke to the inner child in me :-) Gonna try it. Thanks! / OK I tried it. This is a genial design for slow cooking. Not so much for baking. Cheap, easy to make and very windproof. I recommend using a more shiny surface. The shinier the better. Having experimented with several panel cookers lately, I find this one by far the best. Increase size, use a mirror like finish and it cooks and bakes like a champ.

I'm going to make your cooker. I also have the dark colored enamel ware and a 2 qt dark colored crackpot bottom and clear lid to work with.

Hi Pam and Jim 👋 I wrote a comment and thought, YES that's good information to pass on that may help Pam and Jim with sun oven bread baking, then bamm! Out comes the All Amerian Sun Oven. We'll imagine my embarrassment at thinking your channel wouldnt have one of those sun ovens. Of course I deleted my comment and chastised myself thoroughly. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I will be looking forward to seeing if this home made sun Oven will work here in the UK. We don't get the sunshine as you do in the US, but I love crafting and will definitely give it a go‼️ Thank you for sharing, take care and all the best from the UK 🇬🇧 Paula

I L❤️VE L❤️VE L❤️VE this idea. Thank you so much for all your lessons. 😍❤️😍

Hi❣️🌿🐦 You are the best teacher ever, so patient to share everything with us. I have just found you but I wish I had found you sooner because I was really missing out on a lot of really cool things. Y'all seem so loving and caring, I just love you! It's midnight here in Kentucky and I'm watching one video after another, I may go blind but I don't think I can stop. I may wake up in the morning with my tablet stuck to my face. God bless y'all real good Jude, from Kentucky ✝️🐴🐦🌿❣️

Love the way you guide with every detail

You are amazing! Thank you so much for the great tutorial! 🌻

Thank you so much for doing this video. It’s been very informative and everyone should be able to do this.

Loved this video! Blessings!

I am very impressed with your thorough and precise instructions, plus the trials that you do for every presentation! Thank You!

I love these videos!

thank you for this lesson. I love it. You make it so easy to follow for making it yourself.

You are amazing! I have learned soooo much from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is greatly appreciated.

Wow! Great video! Thanks so much for teaching/showing us how to make this!

Wow I saved a thick reflective piece of box packing thinking hmmm this could be used for a solar oven!! I saw a solar oven being demonstrated by Stacy on Doug and Stacy’s homestead! Great timing!! 😁

fantastic demo thank you!

I appreciate the effort and you working through all of these methods.

I just ordered a solar oven but I haven't received it yet. I would also like to make a solar oven. Thank you for this video. I love your channel and appreciate you, your husband, and sister! Thank you and God Bless!

I LOVE your videos..you explain everything Sooo well. Thank you so much💯

Yes, thank you so very much for this! This is incredibly helpful and affordable. I appreciate you both so much. Thank you again!

You are so cool!!! Thanks for building the whole thing so we could see exactly how it's done. I've seen you before but just subscribed because you are awesome!!!! Thanks for this video, I'm going to make it!

I love watching your videos. I can tell you enjoy teaching and you are a great teacher.

These look like a larger version of what my grandma used to sit out in the sun with for tanning. 😄

This has really amazed me!

I am so very intrigued with this project Thanks for the video. Certainly something that's been on my mind. Appreciate all your knowledge and sharing.

Absolutely neat, 😎 and genius with a use of portable piece of foil.

Just found you. .I been watching your videos. Thank you for your wisdom..

This was such a great video! I can't wait to make one! Thank you for making such useful content, I really enjoy watching your videos. You are such a gem!

THANK you folks for filming, building the oven, and comparison. Very interesting experiment!

Great information! I am definitely going to do this and get practicing at camp this summer!

YOU are an amazing teacher!!! Thank you!

GENIUS!

My bones are just screaming to put glass around it to keep the heat in or at least put it in a glass box or use that plastic glass (name escapes me at the moment), so it functions like a greenhouse as well as a radiant heat source. There is no foil in a greenhouse yet they heat up fairly well. Combining the two should increase the amount of heat that can be created. WARNING: do not line your greenhouse with foil, unless you want to bake your seedlings. LOL 😲

Congratulations. Very simple & easy to constract! Thank you!

Thank you for an excellent video. This will be most helpful.

Excellent!

Excellent video. I will be following the instructions and making my own. Thank you so much!💙

Pam & Jim I love your videos for more than the knowldege & skills learned, you make me smile & that is much ppreciated that 💖🙌🏻

HUGS TO YOU BOTH. I AM LEARNING SO MUCH. I AM 79 AND LIVE IN FLORIDA, SO LOTS OF SUN.

Excellent video thank you

I appreciate s very much your dedication to helping educate us!!! I always learn so much!!!

I was Googling DIY solar ovens, of COURSE you've already done the research! Love you guys, thanks for all the hard work you do for people, I'm so grateful for the things I've learned and fears that have been put to courage! ❤👍❤

Thank you for all you create, and share.

I just love your videos

WOWWWWWW So CREATIVE ! BRAVO 🎉🎊

Great video thank you for sharing I'm looking forward to try to do a DIY solar cooker thanks to your inspiration ♥️🙂👍

i have 2 solar Sun Ovens....one i paid full price for, the 2nd purchased off Craigslist for a bargin. People often ask me where they can get one and the price puts them off...this is a great alternative. thank you ☮️

Wow, Thank you, Miss Rose so much. I have been wondering how to make an easy and cheap solar cooker.🐢🤗

I believe I can do it - thank you so much!

I just wanted to tell you how excited I am every time I find a new video of yours, or one I've never seen. You are a blessing to so many of us! Thank you!