100 women were trained to cook and 16 women were trained to teach others as well. Lorraine Anderson and Rick Palkovic. Virginia Heather Gurley. AZ 85282 USA Solar cooking may be an appropriate technology for Arizona. Arizona's typically sunny days, about 300 each year, favor the use of solar cookers.
Solar cookers work regardless of the temperature.
All that is necessary is sunshine and a clear day. The cookers work in partly cloudy weather, but not on days when the clouds completely block the sun. In Arizona, solar cookers work best between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the winter, and almost anytime in the summer. The major mistake made by most novice solar cookers is not placing the food in the cooker early enough in the day. You can estimate the amount of energy saved by solar cooking.