Dehydrating Foods Using Solar Ovens

by Douglas Hoover

Solar ovens are easily transformed into a food dehydrator using a solar oven dehydrator kit. It is known that solar ovens cook the food instead of drying it due to the high temparatures reached in the cooking chamber. But a solar dehydrator kit controls the temperature of the oven in order to allow you to dehydrate the food and store it.

In the simplest of terms, dehydrating food is removing the moisture content from the food. This will inhibit the growth of microorganisms which are the primary contributing factor in the decaying process. So drying the food and removing the water will prolong and preserve the life of the food.

The Secrets of Basic Food Storage

The following videos are part of an informative and interesting lecture on the ins and outs food storage. The lecturer shares some very useful tips and advice on how to best create your food pantry to store and preserve your food for emergencies.

Part 1

How To Pack and Store Dry Goods

Tess Pennington shows us the different ways we can pack food for short and long term storage using mylar bags and large food grade buckets. She also demonstrates the use of oxygen absorbers, vacuum seals, and a heat seals.

The shelf life of your food can go up and beyond 20 years if you employ some of the food storage techniques outlined in this awesome video.