Sun heats up the oven

By Kallayan Thuch / Long Beach City College Viking
Issue date: 5/15/08 Section: News

Lead chef Romain Bertein of the Culinary Arts Department has obtained a cooking device that cooks with solar energy.

The Sun Oven uses mirrors to reflect sunlight toward the center and takes about 20 to 30 minutes to heat up.

When compared with a regular oven, Bertein said food prepared from the oven tastes better. He also said no pollution is emitted, no electricity is used, no gas is used and no cleaning is required. Cooking with either the sun or regular oven remains the same. Like regular ovens, the Sun Oven can also reach temperatures of 350 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

It takes about two to nine hours for food to finish cooking in the Sun Oven.

Other than ingredients, cooking is free with the sun as the energy source. Bertein purchased the Sun Oven with his own $350.

Bertein is in the process of incorporating a rotating device in his Sun Oven.

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