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The temperatures to cook green chili are really high - you want to get some good caramelization/burnt spots on the outside, at scale, very quickly. That's why t
by Qworg 4y ago
The temperatures to cook green chili are really high - you want to get some good caramelization/burnt spots on the outside, at scale, very quickly. That's why they usually use big propane burners on the outside of the steel cage drum and rotate the peppers.
Most solar ovens can get high temps, but they require tradeoffs on scale or speed.
- jf 4y agoThanks for this comment. I didn't realize that cooking green chiles was different! My grandfather was a farm worker. He would bring home red chiles from the fields and roast them in the sun on his roof. So my first reaction to this story was "what's the big deal?"