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Utilizing solar cookers can help you prepare your food more sustainably and save money on fuel. Solar energy is intermittent and only available throughout the day. Therefore, thermal energy storage is crucial for indoor solar cooking needs and will guarantee continuous use. The entire system is intended to hypothetically cook 1 kg of rice in 45 minutes while only consuming 421 W of electricity, which is derived from the sun's stored energy. As seen by the experimental findings, the energy transfer to the water was somewhat slowed as a result of the numerous losses, and its temperature rose to 355 K. Even though it has little energy, putting it at a place where it can minimize TES energy can surrounding by placing it in the insulated tank during discharging. However, because the model did not take into account the fundamental losses and variations in solar radiation, there is a difference between the experiment and the analytical estimate. After being removed from the solar collector, the TES is put on the insulated tank and filled with water before the discharge process begins. As a result, the water's maximum temperature after 40 minutes is 355 K. Since non-renewable energy is becoming less and less prevalent, we must employ renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and other types of energy. Nothing is more affordable than being free. However, solar energy can be found in large quantities and for no charge in nature. so that we have the choice of using solar energy in place of non-renewable sources. The most significant energy-consuming activity at home is cooking. LPG and other energy sources are also utilised as fuel, but they are used less frequently than firewood in India. In India's urban areas, less firewood is used than in the country's rural areas. So, it is possible to think about using solar energy to replace conventional cooking methods. One of the best devices for cooking with solar energy is the solar cooker. Solar cooking is a type of outdoor cooking that is frequently employed in situations when minimizing fuel usage is vital, there is a significant risk of accidental fire, and an alternative would have serious negative health and environmental effects. A greater understanding of solar cookers, such as parabolic cookers, box-style solar cookers, panel-style solar cookers, and solar ovens, is provided by this review paper. The advantages of small optimization, good heat storage capacity, and efficient performance have elevated the box type solar cooker above its rivals. This study created and assessed the effectiveness of box type solar cooker.