Concentrated Cooker- Prototype One
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 Description of the problem
The basic insulated box oven has been the primary foundation of Amanecer's work since inception; however, we have been interested in producing a simple and effective concentrating cooker capable of achieving high temperatures on a cooking surface. Such a cooker would allow for the solar cooking of tortillas, fried dishes, and grilled foods which are inherently incompatible with oven-based cooking. A subteam of the Fall 2009 group conceived a novel design concept that was intended to be powerful, user-friendly and simpler to construct than comparable existing designs. One of the primary goals of this semester was to complete the few remaining construction steps needed for the first prototype and conduct testing on the validity of the design concept and the performance of the prototype.
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