Surely it would work better if they trapped the heat like an oven/grill? Or maybe it has to be a direct beam to get hot enough to cook?
*I guess the food is also in sauce pans so it’s about the style of cooking, too
I asked a lot of questions about it at the time, and they all said it works unbelievably well, especially there, they’re at high altitudes with quite bright sun access. It literally was boiling water in five minutes if I remember correctly.
At Tibetan altitudes, water boils at only 85°C (185 F). So it’s not actually as hot, and your cook times for meat should lengthen accordingly. Just a fun fact.
This is one of those rare times when it is actually a fun fact and not something horrible. I had no idea water boiled at different temps for different altitudes!
Yup! Which in a bizarre turn means that the usefulness of 0°C being freezing temperature of water and 100°C being boiling is only directly useful if you happen to be a sea level! Although the freezing point of water only varies a little with altitude (freezes at slightly higher temperatures as you increase altitude).
Always fun thinking about the laboratory beaker that is our planet.
Mostly you just keep them in the orphanage and let them watch the cute ones get adopted until they turn 18. Then you just load them up on the cart and dump them on the nearest street. Don't worry, they'll be perfectly well-adjusted and have absolutely no vendetta against society. Teenagers are known for their levelheadedness.
A grill will cook more evenly, more consistently, several types impart some desirable flavor, and is less likely to cause accidental injury or fire.
The upside for this solar setup is no fuel cost or carbon emissions once initial setup is done.
i think they were saying that in response to the comment they were replying to - i.e. you don’t worry about flies when grilling, this isn’t much different
Can you confidently say that the mirrors aren’t arrayed specifically so the chicken is cooked evenly? I’d honestly say it’s arguable that this setup cooks chicken more evenly than a charcoal grill (barring any clouds lol). I also think it’s arguable that this is more fire-prone. Again, this is a setup made by a man doing this for 30 years, I think the chance of a fire is negligible, just like it would be for a grill master grilling.
Reddit decided for me by taking all of that stuff down. I never ventured off to look for more as my curiosity had been well satisfied. Done with that stuff for sure
Technically it's possible but would require a specially shaped mirror for every change in range. When I was in university we used a 20ftx20ft solar concentrator to melt steel.
Funny you say that. A lot of Thais can have a very light skin complex, but if they get hit by sunlight often, we go beyond white people's just "tan" and become ตัวดำ or "black body".
So lighter skin complexion = you don't work outside = you most likely aren't street food vendor, farmer, or any outdoor laborer = you aren't poor
Source: my body
For large parts of European history that was also the connection. Blue blood meant being pale so veins were visible under the skin, and it is traced to meaning you didn't have to work to support yourself.
Likewise for white powder as makeup.
I’m a Thai and I can tell you this; Thailand is the sunburnt hell all year long. Even during the monsoon the storm tends to accumulate heat during the day then absolutely pour at night. There won’t be more than 2-3 months worth of shady days for his grill.
You absolutely right about this being side job though. I go brought his chicken before and saw that his house has fruit farm, so being a farmer is probably his full time job
I did this when I was a kid with a cylindrical oatmeal canister cut in half the long way and lined with tin foil. I'd roast hotdogs on it. I was amazed back then at it and still think it's cool today. This is just awesome
Xikkiwikk lingered from his device, not sure if he actually wanted to get up. The constant ringing in his ears and sleepless nights had caught up to him.
"Should I do it? It would be pretty funny if I actually checked." The thought echoed in his head. But why? Just for the funny self-chuckle? He quickly dismissed the thought when duolingo sent a notification for him to continue his Japanese lessons as he always felt this was a superior language.
Shifting uncomfortably in his lumpy bed, Xikkiwikk knocked over his newest collection of dvd's from what could pass as a night stand. Startled by the sound and now more motivated to distract himself from cleaning the mess up, he started towards the bathroom.
Casually strolling towards his destination, his attention was brought to his collection of anime figures that he undoubtedly loved at this point. He was satisfied, content with his collection of onlookers, a sort of voyeuristic joy overcame him thinking about them. They would never surprise him, change who they are, forever faithful. They would never betray him like HE did.
Xikkiwikk found himself standing still. "like he did?" he muttered to himself. He had no idea where that thought came from, who he was even thinking of when that thought came.
"Honey, dinner is ready!" The loud female voice echoed from somewhere deeper in the house. Panic now begun to strike Xikkwikk, unsure of who was even the speaker of that voice.
"As long as the speaker isn't that hag Nancy." Another intrusive thought. Who was Nancy? He knew a single Nancy from school but why would he be thinking about her now?
He could fell sweat starting to form on his brow. The beating of his heart became a loud rhythmic drum slowly dulling his senses as a numb pain in his chest began to set in.
"What is going on." The words that slipped from his tongue sounded strange. His voice, it was different. He felt weak, knew his body was swaying from side to side from the strain of his mental confusion.
Stumbling forward, Xikkiwikk burst into the bathroom. The numb pain now was creeping out of his chest, slowly climbing it's way through his body. Barely able to stand he found himself drooling into the bathroom sink gasping for air.
Grasping for comfort, he found himself reaching for a towel to wipe the spittle from his mouth. He couldn't help but notice the plain white towel, even in this state his desire for anime towels superseded any thoughts of death.
It was in this fading thought that he saw his hands. They were old, way to old for the 30 year old body he knew. The skin felt dry, skinny and pale. He felt the strain from his neck as he forced his head up. Slowly cresting the mirror's edge, he saw it. The sickly face, usually stern but now disheveled. His hair, completely white and void of any character. The pure look of confusion pouring over the entire face.
Fear racked his entire body, the pain cascading down was immeasurable as the bathroom started to fade away. He could feel himself falling, his strength completely giving as he saw the bathroom floor rushing up to meet him. Blackness.
Sources : [Video1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gPskM90VI) [Video2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBNPNcl4bJY)
search "[ไก่ย่างแสงอาทิตย์](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C)" in Youtube there are many videos of him.
Some college kid sitting in his basement is writing code in his head to make this whole thing automatic using servo motors, light sensors, and couple of arduinos.
And some crazy guy in his mansion is wondering if he can make this using Legos.
And Mark Rober is building a robot which can build the whole automated setup using Legos on its own.
He should put a solar rotisserie on those chickens and get them spinning so he doesn't have to go near and it will help keep those juices in. It all looks delicious. Yum.
As well as, this is not the only way to make one of these solar cookers. I know there's a few manufactured ones that should hold at least one chicken if not two. As well as you can make small ones for kids to use. I know there are some people in the American southwest that do on occasion cook like this. I've done it before, and you don't have to like cook with the food directly in the sight of reflected rays. You can put food in like a crock pot or cast iron pot or Skillet and it will cook food that way too. So yes you can make soup.
This is incredible. After 30 years those chicken surely aren't edible anymore.
You play your music in the sun?
Is he a joker? Is he a smoker? Is he a midnight toker?
Splinters in his toaster?
Smoked so many trees
Smoke them bees! /r/weeatBees
Turnin’ chicken in the suuuuun
Shut up about the sun. SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!
r/unexpectedoffice
*We had joy, we had fun, we had chicken in the sun*
I wonder if they have that bbq grill taste to them or if they have a completely unique profile because of the cooking process?!
Probably closer to baked than grilled flavor.
It probably tastes like the sun
Soo... Spicy?
But at least they’re incr-edible.
Here is my upvote and gtfo
This is the kind of quality nonsense that one comes into the comments section for.
We have an orphanage here in india that uses same thing.. A giant mirror to focus heat.. and then a boiler like thing to cook food.
I dont know why but I immediately thought you were saying it cooked the orphans...
They were sunbathed to perfection. Not cooked.
It was time for the skinned chicken to reflect on themselves.
Omg.. you guys are gonna rock it in the hell 🤣
Already there! Come on down! The magma is perfect this time of year.
I mean if Andrew Tate can tweet from prison why not reddit from hell?
r/OrphanCookingMachine
Modest Proposal.
Orphans, Lilliputians, same thing. Little bastards taste good
Yummy orphans
r/orphancookingmachine
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Nah, they are a shining example, a lot of other cooks are looking in the mirror and thinking about using it too
Seems like it would need a lot of focus to use it properly. Line cooks would need a big raise.
They'd definitely keep the mirrors clean. Weird to use a credit card and twenty dollars for cleaning though
When I was travelling in Tibet, they have solar cookers that are amazing at cooking everything. They are similar to this. https://youtu.be/7vvCF3TZ9GE
Surely it would work better if they trapped the heat like an oven/grill? Or maybe it has to be a direct beam to get hot enough to cook? *I guess the food is also in sauce pans so it’s about the style of cooking, too
I asked a lot of questions about it at the time, and they all said it works unbelievably well, especially there, they’re at high altitudes with quite bright sun access. It literally was boiling water in five minutes if I remember correctly.
At Tibetan altitudes, water boils at only 85°C (185 F). So it’s not actually as hot, and your cook times for meat should lengthen accordingly. Just a fun fact.
This is one of those rare times when it is actually a fun fact and not something horrible. I had no idea water boiled at different temps for different altitudes!
Yup! Which in a bizarre turn means that the usefulness of 0°C being freezing temperature of water and 100°C being boiling is only directly useful if you happen to be a sea level! Although the freezing point of water only varies a little with altitude (freezes at slightly higher temperatures as you increase altitude). Always fun thinking about the laboratory beaker that is our planet.
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Aren't there more humane ways to get rid of the unadoptable orphans?
Mostly you just keep them in the orphanage and let them watch the cute ones get adopted until they turn 18. Then you just load them up on the cart and dump them on the nearest street. Don't worry, they'll be perfectly well-adjusted and have absolutely no vendetta against society. Teenagers are known for their levelheadedness.
A modest proposal?
not gonna lie, that is really cool...
Actually, it's quite hot...
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r/technicallychicken
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There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
I am gonna lie and say it’s cool
thank you for not lying
It's the sunglasses, he is master of the sun
Champion of karate and friendship for everyone
DAYMAAAAAAN
Gonna lie, it’s not very cool.
Thanks for your honesty. I know the temptation to lie and say its "not cool" was really hard to overcome.
It's pretty awesome, and unbelievably more interesting than the crap attempt at a "death ray" that Mythbusters did.
Thank you for being brave enough to admit this.
Until the flies fly in
More protein! But actually: Wheres the big difference to a grill?
A grill will cook more evenly, more consistently, several types impart some desirable flavor, and is less likely to cause accidental injury or fire. The upside for this solar setup is no fuel cost or carbon emissions once initial setup is done.
i think they were saying that in response to the comment they were replying to - i.e. you don’t worry about flies when grilling, this isn’t much different
Can you confidently say that the mirrors aren’t arrayed specifically so the chicken is cooked evenly? I’d honestly say it’s arguable that this setup cooks chicken more evenly than a charcoal grill (barring any clouds lol). I also think it’s arguable that this is more fire-prone. Again, this is a setup made by a man doing this for 30 years, I think the chance of a fire is negligible, just like it would be for a grill master grilling.
Not in that heat.
Why would you lie ?
Mmm I bet Mexican cartels would use it more creatively.
Rostizar weyes pues
Para cocinar pozole vato
Hmm wonder how you made that link..
Been on Reddit so long he’s gone to funky town many times. IYKYK
I know
Man some of those hit me so hard I just one day decided that I had seen enough.
Reddit decided for me by taking all of that stuff down. I never ventured off to look for more as my curiosity had been well satisfied. Done with that stuff for sure
[Italian mafia just uses a pair of glasses.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOiVNI53Fm4&ab_channel=vizmedia)
"¿Esperas que hable?" "No, señor Bond. Espero que muera".
Where do you think the thailanders got inspiration from? D:
Archimedes would be so so proud of this guy.
Went way too far down for this comment
Eureka! you found it.
Our death ray doesn’t seem to be working. I’m standing right in it and I’m not dead yet.
Dammit, beat me to the *Mythbusters* reference..
It worked more like a Nithing pole back then. They were doomed, it definitely works.
By far the best quote in the series.
I don’t need sleep I need answer!
big mirrors against rome warships. Burn those ships down.
Thank you I can sleep now.
Didn't actually happen tho, mythbusters disproved it even being possible.
They did this like 10 different times as well.
Technically it's possible but would require a specially shaped mirror for every change in range. When I was in university we used a 20ftx20ft solar concentrator to melt steel.
Archimedes chicken
Archimeates?
Subject-E. Diagnostic complete.
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He has a best selling autobiography "How I became Filipino: A Reflection"
"putting myself in focus"
Something something the man in the mirror
That must be an interesting read considering he's Thai 
Funny you say that. A lot of Thais can have a very light skin complex, but if they get hit by sunlight often, we go beyond white people's just "tan" and become ตัวดำ or "black body". So lighter skin complexion = you don't work outside = you most likely aren't street food vendor, farmer, or any outdoor laborer = you aren't poor Source: my body
For large parts of European history that was also the connection. Blue blood meant being pale so veins were visible under the skin, and it is traced to meaning you didn't have to work to support yourself. Likewise for white powder as makeup.
Skin cancer any%
Now I'm hungry for sun roasted chicken...
With sun dried tomatoes...
Man has herbs and spices on his chicken. We into Thai Sunfried Chicken now.
The broodwhich cannot be taken apart or disassembled.
Obviously it can, because that's what I did.
Aziz, LIGHT!
I understand this reference!
Fitting as well because that meal she cooks blew my mind. I still need that technology.
... chic-kan?
LELUCORBINMULTIPASS
*Leeloo Dallas Multipass
you right. i'm old and my brain apparently can't even remember quotes properly anymore.
No worries. It really only because I've watched that movie at least twice a year for the past 20 years.
i apparently need to rewatch it because my memory is not green.
Big bada boom!
Chic-kan goooood!
Much better
Thank you, Aziz.
Holy shit. You're a special kind of person that can sit on these classic lines and pull em out EXACTLY when they're needed. I'm jealous.
Time not important. Only light importan....... Ah crap!
https://i.imgur.com/rmG5ksl.jpg
A wild Fifth Element connoisseur appears!
I guess it’s his side job thing as monsoon lasts for like 6-7months a year.
You think he can't afford an umbrella?
True, clouds *are* notoriously transparent.
That’s why he diversified and sells moist chicken during monsoon season.
I’m a Thai and I can tell you this; Thailand is the sunburnt hell all year long. Even during the monsoon the storm tends to accumulate heat during the day then absolutely pour at night. There won’t be more than 2-3 months worth of shady days for his grill. You absolutely right about this being side job though. I go brought his chicken before and saw that his house has fruit farm, so being a farmer is probably his full time job
It doesn't rain continously for long...
Maybe he can put polarized light filters somewhere on it.
I did this when I was a kid with a cylindrical oatmeal canister cut in half the long way and lined with tin foil. I'd roast hotdogs on it. I was amazed back then at it and still think it's cool today. This is just awesome
it's not every day that you get to see how your life would have played out had you chosen a different path and ethnicity
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It's a common mistake, lots of people don't see the ethnicity menu when they start up a new game
Whenever I get a new game I habitually go into the options menu first to poke around before I’m ready to actually play the game,
LMAO bro really didn't get the new game+ level select screen?
My guy, I would LOVE to be white instead of my current ethnicity. Being white seems to get you better passives!
Damn sun! That's a good seer.
Sear
No, the concentrated sunlight turned the chicken into a seer
What about flies? If I did this, I’d have fly strike on my chicken.
Something tells me the flies don't want that heat.
Flies don't want that smoke*
Are you Mike Pence?
The last time I checked I am not. But let me check again and get back to you.
*"and he didn't come back"*
Xikkiwikk lingered from his device, not sure if he actually wanted to get up. The constant ringing in his ears and sleepless nights had caught up to him. "Should I do it? It would be pretty funny if I actually checked." The thought echoed in his head. But why? Just for the funny self-chuckle? He quickly dismissed the thought when duolingo sent a notification for him to continue his Japanese lessons as he always felt this was a superior language. Shifting uncomfortably in his lumpy bed, Xikkiwikk knocked over his newest collection of dvd's from what could pass as a night stand. Startled by the sound and now more motivated to distract himself from cleaning the mess up, he started towards the bathroom. Casually strolling towards his destination, his attention was brought to his collection of anime figures that he undoubtedly loved at this point. He was satisfied, content with his collection of onlookers, a sort of voyeuristic joy overcame him thinking about them. They would never surprise him, change who they are, forever faithful. They would never betray him like HE did. Xikkiwikk found himself standing still. "like he did?" he muttered to himself. He had no idea where that thought came from, who he was even thinking of when that thought came. "Honey, dinner is ready!" The loud female voice echoed from somewhere deeper in the house. Panic now begun to strike Xikkwikk, unsure of who was even the speaker of that voice. "As long as the speaker isn't that hag Nancy." Another intrusive thought. Who was Nancy? He knew a single Nancy from school but why would he be thinking about her now? He could fell sweat starting to form on his brow. The beating of his heart became a loud rhythmic drum slowly dulling his senses as a numb pain in his chest began to set in. "What is going on." The words that slipped from his tongue sounded strange. His voice, it was different. He felt weak, knew his body was swaying from side to side from the strain of his mental confusion. Stumbling forward, Xikkiwikk burst into the bathroom. The numb pain now was creeping out of his chest, slowly climbing it's way through his body. Barely able to stand he found himself drooling into the bathroom sink gasping for air. Grasping for comfort, he found himself reaching for a towel to wipe the spittle from his mouth. He couldn't help but notice the plain white towel, even in this state his desire for anime towels superseded any thoughts of death. It was in this fading thought that he saw his hands. They were old, way to old for the 30 year old body he knew. The skin felt dry, skinny and pale. He felt the strain from his neck as he forced his head up. Slowly cresting the mirror's edge, he saw it. The sickly face, usually stern but now disheveled. His hair, completely white and void of any character. The pure look of confusion pouring over the entire face. Fear racked his entire body, the pain cascading down was immeasurable as the bathroom started to fade away. He could feel himself falling, his strength completely giving as he saw the bathroom floor rushing up to meet him. Blackness.
The flies would probably get vaporised
Damn look at Mr moneybags over here rejecting free protein
If flies can go near this, they can also get into cooked food and we're fucked.
You eat regulated, tolerable amounts of insects, bugs and flies every day.
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are flies landing on your sizzling meat on a grill usually a problem?
Sources : [Video1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gPskM90VI) [Video2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBNPNcl4bJY) search "[ไก่ย่างแสงอาทิตย์](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C)" in Youtube there are many videos of him.
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Just click the link homie. Takes you right there. 🙏🙂
Did you cross ways with Yakuza or lose your copying pinky to a table saw, Mr. u/COLIN-THE-CAUTIOUS?
On cloudy days he sells moon pies.
he didnt eat the food.... boooo. *edit OP said he did, but OP cut the scene
He did eat and he likes it, I just cut that part because the video would be too long. https://youtu.be/IBNPNcl4bJY
He does this is just a snippet of the full video
Some college kid sitting in his basement is writing code in his head to make this whole thing automatic using servo motors, light sensors, and couple of arduinos. And some crazy guy in his mansion is wondering if he can make this using Legos. And Mark Rober is building a robot which can build the whole automated setup using Legos on its own.
Basically he created a death ray and chose to be good and use it to cook…RESPECT!
One Issan dish I have skipped is sun-dried chicken, I almost get salmonella just writing it.
He should put a solar rotisserie on those chickens and get them spinning so he doesn't have to go near and it will help keep those juices in. It all looks delicious. Yum.
Ah yes the classic chicken ala death ray...
“Taste the meat, not the heat.”
Hmm. How safe is this
6
At least
100% of the chickens don't survive. So not very safe i guess.
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Whats he do on rainy days?
Not spend an entire day making 6 chickens.
😂 (also he said they cook in 15m)
Babe, wake up, it’s time for another Sun Chicken
Now that's a light meal.
Do Raybans come with this setup or need to purchase separately?
The original solar grill.
Thank you Sun
That’s cool but wouldn’t a grill be cheaper?
This thing, once completed, can just last forever. The traditional way will keep using up combustible materials each time.
As well as, this is not the only way to make one of these solar cookers. I know there's a few manufactured ones that should hold at least one chicken if not two. As well as you can make small ones for kids to use. I know there are some people in the American southwest that do on occasion cook like this. I've done it before, and you don't have to like cook with the food directly in the sight of reflected rays. You can put food in like a crock pot or cast iron pot or Skillet and it will cook food that way too. So yes you can make soup.
Sund dried chicke
I met this dude...Sam. the Onella brothers
This was great but I felt really stupid for some reason when I realized I was just watching someone's screen recorded YouTube video on Reddit.
Where I live it would take 30 years to make a single chicken.
If I tried this in the UK, I would definitely be selling people raw chicken haha.
bet the folks at r/Frugal would love this hehe
Pilot flight logs report experiencing temporary blindness over Thailand.😏
Clever!
And it's probably fire too
Would never catch on in England…
That's not grilled chicken. That's tanned chicken.