Cooking directly with solar power is not something we’ve posted about here before, although it is a pretty important subject when you consider the vast amount of wood, electricity, or natural gas used to cook food around the world. About seven years ago we enjoyed one of our favorite articles from the New Yorker about the effort to perfect solar ovens and reduce smoke-related deaths in developing countries, and it’s clear that the quest to build a better solar oven is still going:

Back when this was funded on Kickstarter, the project made over five times their goal, which was $40,000. Although the tubular design seems to be a slightly limiting factor regarding the types of food one can cook, we’ve already seen comments by users cooking bread and other surprising recipes in the oven inspired by a water-heater.

Learn more about other clean cooking options here.