This post will be updated as we gather more resources, and and attempt to make it more comprehensive and practical. – JS
There are, roughly, speaking, five types of solar cooking devices:
parabolic solar cooker
Practical plans
Instructables.com – another reminder of the brilliance of the Instructables concept and execution, searching the site with the search terms “solar oven” yielded dozens of plans of varying type and sophistication.
How to make a really hot solar cooker in concrete – by GreatHub
DIY Plans from Solar Cooking.org (most in at least two languages)
How to Make a Pizza Box Solar Oven from Solar Now
The Science, Engineering and Math of Solar Cooking
Parabolic Solar Cookers at Approprepedia
Solar cooking and the development of solar cookers
panel design solar cooker - via Solar Cooking Atlas
Solar Ovens for Sale
List of Manufacturers and Vendors by Country
Global Sun Oven – which makes the household size Global Sun Oven, and a trailer-sized solar cooker capable of cooking 1,200 meals per day – The Villager Sun Oven.
Kyoto Box – see our earlier post.
Solar Cookers International sell a range from a $65 model intended for campers, a 23-pound, 2-pot model called the SOS Sport ($197), and the Tulsi-Hybrid, which can be powered by electricity if there’s no sunlight ($307). Like SunOven, they sell an inexpensive Water Purification Indicator – knowing that water purification is a critical second use for solar cooking equipment.
The Solar Oven Society sells various configurations of its solar oven which (like Global Sun Oven and Solar Cookers International, clearly identifies itself as an anti-poverty, disaster-response organization; all are subsidiaries or projects of nonprofits) is designed to be shipped unassembled en masse:
The parts for approximately 2,000 SOS Sport solar cookers can be shipped in a 40-foot container. Assembly is simple and requires no electricity or dependence on large equipment. This provides employment opportunities in the host country.
Organizations and Information Hubs
Solar Food Processing and Conservation
The Solar Cooking Archive Wiki – on Wikia.com
Cornell University – Engineers for a Sustainable World Amanecer Solar Oven Team
Solar Cooking Atlas (link is to English version; site also has versions in French and in Spanish)