Eco-friendly weblog The Daily Green details how to turn a cardboard box into a DIY solar oven for a little weekend fun in the sun. All you'll need i ...

As convenient and harmless as putting cardboard in the oven may seem, it's worth a pause. At best it could burn your pizza; and at worst, it could be a potential fire hazard.

Bohmer's contest win notwithstanding, solar cooking with a cardboard oven isn't new. Two American women, Barbara Kerr and Sherry Cole, were the solar box cooker's first serious promoters in the 1970s.

Pick a good cardboard box. Aim for a box that's between 1 and 2 cubic feet in volume, or about the size of a typical beer cooler. We used a 10 x 10 x 14-inch shipping box from Amazon with great ...

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