date-created: '2007-05-06'
date-updated: '2026-09-16'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: 'Parabolic basket and tin can solar cooker'
description: 'The objective of this project is to create a solar cooker out of local invasive species and waste materials. We want to create a device that can pasteurize water and be an alternative to the use of fossil fuels for cooking food. Our criteria for evaluating the appropriateness of technology are: use of local materials, efficiency, durability, ease of use, ease of construction, cost, impact on environment, impact on culture/lifestyle, education or expertise needed for construction. Overall this was a successful project. We were able to meet our goal of pasteurizing water.'
keywords: 'oven, recycle, solar, solar cooker, waste, solar water pasteurization, Blackberry vines, Hemp twine, Pampas grass, Thin aluminum rods, Tin can lids, Used bike inner tubes, wire, Parabolic solar cookers, water purification, Solar cooking'
project-link: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Parabolic_basket_and_tin_can_solar_cooker'
contact:
    name: U
    social:
        platform: Appropedia
        user-handle: U
version: 110
development-stage: D
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/thumb/f/f5/Finished_basket_solarcooker.jpg/1280px-Finished_basket_solarcooker.jpg'
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    web: 'https://www.appropedia.org/S'
license:
    documentation: C
licensor:
    name: U
    affliation: C
    contact: 'https://www.appropedia.org/U'
documentation-home: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Parabolic_basket_and_tin_can_solar_cooker'
documentation-language: e