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Making something as wasteful as a private pizza oven seem more environmenatally friendly ... should be posted under Marketing |
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But as it might also be a communal oven, and raises awareness for solar power [+] |
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Is a private pizza oven wasteful? I was actually hoping to
save energy here. |
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I think you could use the garden solar water heater concept on this one. I can't find the pic of one I saw a long time ago anymore, but basically it was a series of copper pipes wound around like a radiator on a piece of sheet metal - all painted black.
At the top of this piping was an insulated cooler with a single pipe returning to the bottom of the radiator. |
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I think you could do a similar system for an oven. |
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Zimmy, To get enough heat to cook a pizza, you can't use the direct light of the sun on a surface... it just wouldn't be hot enough. |
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You'll need to use a lens or mirrors. |
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nomocrow, you've left off an important component: it needs a thermometer, so you know if your pizza oven is too hot, or not hot enough. |
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Oh, and you don't necessarily need a parabolic dish... you could also use a big fresnel lens. |
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I used sun to make crackers in my campervan.
First you take some sliced bread and cut them into a small bite size bits.
Next you need a long and sunny hot day and your vehicle parked in the sun, dashboard facing to the sun.
Place the the bread bits into a black metal tray in the dashbord facing the sun.
Wait for 4 to 5 hours and those crackers are crispy and ready to eat. |
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You can cook anything with a big enough mirror and an insulated box. And the link here comes the sun shows one made of recycled materials. |
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