As part of my urban permaculture ideas I have been looking at ways to bring the kitchen closer to the food and reduce using electricity and making heat in the kitchen on summer days. So I decided to go way over the top with the firespit, and cob bake oven all made out of marble and granite scraps. I think the effect of the reflections of micas on firelight is going to be spectacular. I will also make sure that I can get a grate at a proper height as well which would open all sorts of possibilities for an outdoor cooking area. But it is the solar oven and the hay box cooker that I find most exciting. I tried the solar cooker last year with the lowest tech I could find I wrecked the perfect box in the process and now I need to look at no frills for another couple that will work as well. I have more than enough cardboard to make the reflectors and still have enough for under the new garden beds. I would like to be able to start cooking in one in about May, they cook year round in them in Winnipeg this can be done here.
The haybox cooker is another great way to cook as well. Bring it all to a boil and then put it pot and all into the box tuck down the hay padding and then the lid. Done. Come back in a few hours to cooked food with no risk of burning it or anything. No fuss no muss.
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