Posted: 10/2/2010 4:15:55 PM EDT
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I am wondering if anyone makes a bread baking oven for one loaf at a time. Would a roaster work? Crock pots might be an option? Toaster oven?
I am actually thinking about something I can run on my solar system without drawing too much power. I am not sure something like a toaster oven would bake bread well if it isn't a convection type. I am aware that I will have a limited amount of baking time and a long time to recharge with my puny 90 watt system. I will increase the wattage quite a bit once I buy a larger panel. I am planning on getting enough wattage to run what ever I buy nearly straight off the panel. The way I see it, I have a lot of material to make bread, but no sustainable way to bake it since I don't have a wood cook stove, and no place to install one. This is just one option that does not require running a generator. I have a dutch oven, but why bake over an open fire in the winter if I don't have to. |
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You can bake bread in a solar over or a dutch oven (if you have fire).
I am putting together an outdoor brick oven for baking - no electricty needed for these. I would think you could bake small loaves in a toaster oven, my wife bakes biscuits in ours all the time. I suppose you could get an automatic bread maker, but then you would have to see how much juice you need and plan your solar/batteries accordingly. ETA: Let's face it, man baked bread for thousands of years before electricity. Coleman makes a nice oven attachment for stoves..... but then, you need fuel for your stove. Lucky for me I married a hispanic and she makes tortillas from scratch over an open fire. 
Everything goes with tortillas..... (just not the store bought cardboard ones) |
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You can bake bread in a solar over or a dutch oven I am putting together an outdoor brick oven for baking - no electricty needed for these. I would think you could bake small loaves in a toaster oven, my wife bakes biscuits in ours all the time. I suppose you could get an automatic bread maker, but then you would have to see how much juice you need and plan your solar/batteries accordingly. ETA: Let's face it, man baked bread for thousands of years before electricity. I have a dutch oven, but using it in the blowing snow is just not my idea of a good time.
Lots of people are planning on living like savages once shtf. I don't care to. I have the money and technology and can have it ready to rock before hand. I like that the solar has many, many uses. This will just be one pre planned use. |
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You can bake bread in a solar over or a dutch oven I am putting together an outdoor brick oven for baking - no electricty needed for these. I would think you could bake small loaves in a toaster oven, my wife bakes biscuits in ours all the time. I suppose you could get an automatic bread maker, but then you would have to see how much juice you need and plan your solar/batteries accordingly. ETA: Let's face it, man baked bread for thousands of years before electricity. I have a dutch oven, but using it in the blowing snow is just not my idea of a good time.
Lots of people are planning on living like savages once shtf. I don't care to. I have the money and technology and can have it ready to rock before hand. I like that the solar has many, many uses. This will just be one pre planned use. What is this snow you speak of? I think your toaster oven idea is probably best, but I am not sure how much power one uses. I am working towards solar myself and also only have 90watts at this time. 
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The guy I buy my wheat from says that his mother has a bread maker that uses regular flour rather than the special bread maker mix that many of them use. I've been trying for months to get him to ask her what the brand and model is with no luck. But such a thing apparently exists and I wouldn't mind knowing where to find one myself.
Other than that, some of the higher end wood stoves have ovens in them. There's an art to baking bread in a wood stove, though. |
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You can bake bread in a solar over or a dutch oven I am putting together an outdoor brick oven for baking - no electricty needed for these. I would think you could bake small loaves in a toaster oven, my wife bakes biscuits in ours all the time. I suppose you could get an automatic bread maker, but then you would have to see how much juice you need and plan your solar/batteries accordingly. ETA: Let's face it, man baked bread for thousands of years before electricity. I have a dutch oven, but using it in the blowing snow is just not my idea of a good time.
Lots of people are planning on living like savages once shtf. I don't care to. I have the money and technology and can have it ready to rock before hand. I like that the solar has many, many uses. This will just be one pre planned use. What is this snow you speak of? I think your toaster oven idea is probably best, but I am not sure how much power one uses. I am working towards solar myself and also only have 90watts at this time. I have a toaster oven on my chuck wagon.....750 watts. |
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The guy I buy my wheat from says that his mother has a bread maker that uses regular flour rather than the special bread maker mix that many of them use. I've been trying for months to get him to ask her what the brand and model is with no luck. But such a thing apparently exists and I wouldn't mind knowing where to find one myself. Other than that, some of the higher end wood stoves have ovens in them. There's an art to baking bread in a wood stove, though. I know there are machines that mix and bake the bread, but I would much rather mix it up myself and bake it somehow. I want to get this together soon so I can try it and practice with it. I am aware of the very, very expensive cook stoves the amish use. I just don't have a place for one right now. This is something I can figure out relatively inexpensively and have a working solution right away. I am going to have to check the wattage on the roaster to see if that is an option. I will pick up a 2000 watt inverter some time soon so I have the power to run just about anything in my house for a short time. We have no major appliances that I would need to run that are bigger than that. I will also pick up another Maxx29 deep cycle in the next few months. My crock pot uses 175 watts, so that would be a decent way to cook. Especially once I get a bigger panel. Not sure if it would bake bread. My toaster oven uses 1550 watts on max. It would take a heck of a long time to replace that energy currently. |
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I know there are machines that mix and bake the bread, but I would much rather mix it up myself and bake it somehow. That is why we do not have a bread machine. My wife bakes it up from scratch. My crock pot uses 175 watts, so that would be a decent way to cook. Especially once I get a bigger panel. Not sure if it would bake bread. My wife says ... no. Not going to work. ETA: She is apparently wrong. 
My toaster oven uses 1550 watts on max. It would take a heck of a long time to replace that energy currently. I have a 1200 watt one and have the same problem. Thanks man, now you got me thinking about solutions for this for our house. 
ETA: Check this site. |
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I know there are machines that mix and bake the bread, but I would much rather mix it up myself and bake it somehow. That is why we do not have a bread machine. My wife bakes it up from scratch. My crock pot uses 175 watts, so that would be a decent way to cook. Especially once I get a bigger panel. Not sure if it would bake bread. My wife says ... no. Not going to work. ETA: She is apparently wrong.
My toaster oven uses 1550 watts on max. It would take a heck of a long time to replace that energy currently. I have a 1200 watt one and have the same problem. Thanks man, now you got me thinking about solutions for this for our house.
ETA: Check this site. Ain't this site great?
My mom makes "crock pot" bread all the time. Its not like regular bread, and I am not sure whats in it, but it taste great. Its just not the kind of bread you make sandwiches with. He has the little rack that goes in the bottom and the pan that fits inside a regular sized crock pot. I will have her investigate the prospects, but this is not quite the solution I am looking for. It is a solution though. |