Cooking
Connected Thermometer
How can we monitor the temperature evolution of solar ovens?
We have connected thermometers to an ESP32. We are working on code to remotely monitor the temperature evolution inside our solar ovens.
The ultimate goal is to be able to follow the temperature on baking days here, on the Lab’s live page.
Team: Audrey Belliot (SlowLab BCN), Lilou Wattez (SlowLab BCN)
Slow Kitchen Communities
What would our kitchens and cooking habits look like without unlimited and cheap access to energy? What if we could rely only on locally available resources?
By the end of the workshop, students had designed and prototyped a collection of low-tech kitchen tools to preserve, cool, or cook food. Beyond creating “new tools,” participants also imagined the new rituals and cultural habits that could emerge around them.
Throughout the workshop—combining theory, inspiration, and hands-on practice—participants discovered slow cooking techniques and reflected on their impact on food rituals and on the habitats beyond the physical space of the kitchen.
Solar Dehydrators
Here you will find the plans of the two models built during the “Alternative Energy Sources” workshop of Neomateria 2024 organized by Materfad. They are licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0.
Team: Audrey Belliot (SlowLab BCN), Julia Steketee (Bagaceira Project)
Fireless Cooker Stool
In small kitchens it can be difficult to find extra space so we designed ours in the shape of a stool so it can fit anywhere at home.
In addition to saving energy (up to 80% less gas or electricity used during cooking), it helps not overheating your house when cooking during hot summer days.
Tips for use
- Do not open while in use
- Food safety: under 65°C > risk of bacteria development. Reheat to a boil if it stayed too long (beyond 3h)
- & experiment a lot!
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Cooking time example
- Chickpeas, beans : 30 min on the stove + 2-3h in the fireless cooker
- Potatoes : 10 min on the stove + 1h30 in the fireless cooker
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Solar & Pedal Powered Community Kiosk
We have co-designed and co-created a mobile cart with low-tech devices, including a solar oven, a music station powered by solar energy, and bike generator.
Design and construction by the SlowLab collective and the cooperative aquí. In collaboration with the Contorno Urbano foundation, the social club Relaciona’t, and the JAPI association.
Team. Audrey Belliot (SlowLab BCN), Clément Rames & Roger Guilemany (Cooperativa aquí).