[HN Gopher] At This Armenian Restaurant, the Ovens Are Satellite...
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       At This Armenian Restaurant, the Ovens Are Satellite Dishes
        
       Author : CapitalistCartr
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-01-05 11:49 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | dredmorbius wrote:
       | Direct use of solar heat is a simple cooking option, though
       | somewhat inconvenient.
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       | I'd like to see a solar oven based on a thermal transfer medium
       | which heats a cooking void indirectly --- steam or other working
       | fluid.
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       | Advantages would be that the cooking itself would be more
       | conventional, within an oven (possibly resembling a thermal-mass
       | wood-burning stove, and ideally, usable with fuel for instances
       | in which sunlight was insufficient). Several cooking / heating
       | chambers and/or surfaces could be arranged for different heating
       | needs.
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       | And because of the thermal mass, the at least over the course of
       | the day, cooking and baking would be reasonably insensitive to at
       | least short-term interruptions of clouds or other weather.
       | 
       | You might have to get used to cold breakfasts however.
       | 
       | I find few references for anything resembling this design, far
       | more common are solar "box cookers", typically achieving
       | temperatures of ~150-160 C (~300-325 F).
       | 
       | This somewhat resembles the concept:
       | https://www.webplaces.org/solaroven/design.htm
        
       | ksec wrote:
       | >On mild sunny days, it cooks in 20 minutes or less. During the
       | hot Armenian summer, the temperature in the pan can reach up to
       | 700o Celsius,
       | 
       | I dont understand why it would taste better than inside an oven
       | other than temperature difference.
        
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