SolCook All Season Solar Cooker - Camping Cookware, Fruit & Food Dehydrator, Camp Stove, Fruit Canning Supplies, Camping Gear, Survival Gear, Emergency Supplies, (17) Camper

I was very surprised how well this oven worked. As the developer promised, pay close attention to the folds and construction.Even before I realized my mistake with the order and the folds, I made a toast and melted cheese sandwich, followed by some stir fry veggies and an egg.Once I got the building figured out, the device got up to 325 degrees on a not particularly sunny but hot Arizona late morning (from 10 a.m. to noon) and quickly cooked up a batch of muffins. Next came a couple of quiches, and then some more muffins.These were done without the best of vessels. A pizza rock that had blackened with use was turned upside for the base on top of a veggie holder that came in our new indoor oven. (The round grill that came with it was not easy to use as it is easily tipped .) I used my red silicon muffin form on the rock and then covered it with another blackened pizza pan set up on a couple pieces of wood on the side so the pan didn't touch the muffins. All that went into one of the two plastic bags that came with it. Ordered a 2-inch high pizza pan (in black) to take the place of the shallow pizza pan. It makes the process of sliding tray into bag and onto cooler a breeze. And I did go ahead and get a set of pots to make life easier with beans, rice, etc.A black wrought iron skillet worked well, too, for first toast and cheese. And today with leftover muffin batter, I put it in a bread pan, put that into the small black skillet with the big skillet on top, and that went into plastic bag on top of the unsteady grill. That all went onto of a couple of car window reflectors. What can go wrong?As for the cooker, besides getting the folds worked into the "memory" of the material, it's important to position the oven for morning/evening and 10 to 2 cooking. As the developer said, practicing and working with the unit is necessary to get it right. You have to see where the sun is reflecting into the tray and then you have to learn how to set the wingnuts to hold the panels in the correct position.Wind was not the problem I feared it might be. We have some pretty strong winds in the afternoons in Arizona. Luckily the All Season Solar Oven has plenty of spaces in the design that allow wind to go through it without carrying it away. Plus, the food inside is going to weight it down. And I've got three bricks to use around the base to keep it from sliding on the table.I see many hours of usage for this thing. Beans, rice, quinoa, bread, muffins, stir fries, pizzas. Besides cutting down on oven use and cost, the greater advantage results in keeping the house cool and comfortable without having to run the AC more.I tried a couple of less expensive cookers, but they were flimsy and not worth the money. This one is a bit more expensive, but with it, in our opinion. Also, it's easy to clean.

I've been solar cooking for several years now with an All-American Sun Oven, which I absolutely love. But I've always been intrigued by the All Season cooker for a few reasons: You can actually fit a turkey roaster in it, it looks cool and, I like gadgets and wanted to try it. I'm glad I did.I agree that the assembly instructions could be better, but that's no big deal. If you actually READ THE INSTRUCTIONS and watch the inventor's YouTube videos before frantically trying to put it together, you'll be fine.Here are my two favorite things about it: You can cook larger meals in it than other solar cookers, including a turkey, and you can use it from the time the sun rises because of the way the panels adjust for low-and high-sun conditions. Because of this unique adjustability, you don't need a leveling tray like you do in the All-American oven.This quickly got to 250 degrees. While it won't get as hot as the Sun Oven, it easily cooks and bakes things. Like with ANY and EVERY product, it takes a little time to fully learn how to use it. Take that time!Because of the adjustable panels, I'll be able to use this in the winter when the sun is low in the sky.The affordable price is another great thing about this solar cooker, especially if you want to buy one for a friend, child or relative to introduce them to joys and thrills of solar cooking.This thing is also portable, meaning light-weight. I don't always enjoy lugging the 25-pound Sun Oven out of the garage.I'm looking forward to cooking more stuff in this, especially a turkey. I might update this review later on.If you want to try solar cooking, this is a great start. I'm so glad that this cooker is out there.This is a great product and I recommend it to anyone who wants to try solar cooking.UPDATE. July, 19, 2025When I first reviewed the All Seasons cooker two years ago I basically said it was a good starter solar cooker. After two years of cooking with this thing, I'm now reassessing my original opinion. I now think that this is the best solar cooker out there. There are five reasons for my saying this: price/affordability. capacity, adjustability, versatility, and the customer service, meaning the accessibility of the inventor Jim LaJoie. I'll go through my reasons.Price. At just over $100, this is wonderfully affordable. Anyone can afford it. And the value and usefulness for the money is over the top. My first solar oven, the All-American Sun Oven, is now selling for $750! Seven hundred and fifty bucks. That's insane. That company a few years ago was selling two stackable, three-pound-capacity enamel pots for ninety-nine dollars. Crazy. It's so nice to see that LaJoie is keeping his American-made product affordable and not trying to force American customers to subsidize customers in other countries.Capacity. From what I can tell, this is the largest capacity solar cooker for the home market. I can fit--and I have--a full-sized roaster in this thing and cooked a seventeen-pound turkey. That's crazy good. The capacity of box cookers is limited by their inside dimensions, of course, and even the largest can't hold a full-sized roaster. Other panel and parabolic cookers can only hold a single pot. The All Seasons cooker beats them all when it comes to capacity.Adjustability. The panels are easily adjustable. You can easily slide them to catch the angles of the sun as it moves across the sky. And, because of this adjustability, you can cook with this thing from early morning to late afternoon. Not all solar cookers can do that.Versatility. You can cook with this in the fall and winter. By flipping this thing over you can adjust the panels to catch the sun when it's low in the sky in the fall and winter. I guess that's why it's called All Seasons.Finally, the inventor/owner Jim LaJoie. He is accessible. Jim has a YouTube channel and he promptly answers questions about how to use the All Seasons cooker. It's damn good customer service when the owner gets back to you.So, for all the reasons above--especially the price and capacity--this is the best solar oven you can buy. I'm glad I bought it, and I will buy another one just because I can.

Wonderful. It cooks fast, and it is very easy to use and assemble. It works perfectly without the plastic too. I use 2 clothes pins to hold the angle. I learned to use sunglasses and oven mittens the hard way. I did not have to consume any other form of energy for cooking since I got it.

I am a very experience solar chef, and have used several different types of cookers. This one seems to be effective. I haven't done any testing to see how it compares to other cookers. The coordinated articulating collector panels are a nice innovation. Seems like they would be beneficial in winter or the shoulder seasons, and they probably do extend your range of cooking time to earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon. So it's a neat idea, but realistically, in my 20 years of solar cooking, I've never really felt very limited by those things. I've never worried about early morning or late evening cooking. And yes, I do pack away my solar cookers for the winter, and with this one you may be able to still use it. This is a nice design, but really seems a bit overpriced for what it is. Basically it's just a folded sheet of Coroplast with a shiny side and some bolts to hold it together. If you are new to cooking with the sun, I recommend you either make or get something cheaper as you experiment with solar cooking. Get some cardboard and make a CookIt, or find some boxes and make a box cooker. You'll find lots of good instructions online. Once you get some experience and find you like solar cooking, then maybe you might want to upgrade to this one.On the other hand, if early morning, late evening, or winter cooking is important to you, or if you are rich enough to not worry about the price, then go ahead and buy this. It is a nice cooker, and I'm sure you will be happy with it.