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Mmmmmm! Meat cooked to 150 deg. F. Yum. I'm going to invite Sam -n- Ella to come to dinner!

all kidding aside - that's not warm enough to kill bacteria...

Definitely wouldn't cook meat in that - would be good for making pizza though (or at least heating a frozen one).

Actually if I'm not mistaken, it'd do just peachy for jerking meat. It'd be a nice slow dry. You'd probably want to make a rack for it so air would flow, though.

We baked biscuits in a solar oven in Girl Scouts years (and years) ago - some tweaking will get you more heat than 150F.

Here's a link to a bunch of solar cookers: http://www.solarcooking.org/plans/default.htm

and to Solar Cookers International: http://solarcookers.org/

It'd be interesting to plop some cheap solar cells into this to see if you could get the power output up.

wow!i have to say that that is very creative!that would make great smores too!lol

Just another loser trying to make a buck on e-books. lmaao

Beef only needs to reach 145 degrees to be safe to eat. Anyone ever heard of a crock pot? It would take several hours, but if the heat wasn't allowed to escape no problem. Poultry would be another issue.

I've heard of a crock pot. This isn't hot enough to cook meat - sorry. Ever hear of heat transfer? Ever hear of the sun going down? 1 hour either side of noon you might have 150. Then you'd be chasing flies away as the sun declines. Pizza cooks at 400 minimum, crappy pizza. Good pizza cooks at 800.

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