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We have a sun oven that we love. We’ve had it for a few years, and it works great. It usually gets up to around 275 degrees Fahrenheit (135 Celsius), but tends to sit at 250 F. (121 C.) once it has food in it. In the summer, when eggplant is prolific in central Texas, I really like to eat baba ghanoush, a tasty cold paste that goes great with chips or pita bread. I throw about 5-7 small eggplants into a clear glass dish, close up the sun oven, point it approximately where I think the sun will be about an hour before I want to remove the contents, and walk away for 3 or 4 hours. On the outside, a sun oven is mostly cool to the touch. I would never leave a gas or electric oven in a building unattended, but with the sun oven, I don’t have any worries at all. It makes great baba ghanoush, and you don’t heat up your house making it.