Good Housekeeping has clear recommendations, depending on what you're looking for (best overall, best value, best for one person, best for fryer + toaster + oven, best one with a window - who'd be without a window...): https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/appliances/a24630295/best-air-fryers-reviews/
Quote: Originally posted by starcraft on 24/8/2022
Being frugal, I have a 12 litre Halogen oven that takes an air fryer attachement (£11.99) https://www.thebestrated.co.uk/andrew-james-stainless-steel-air-fryer-halogen-oven-accessory/
whats that do? sit on the top of the glass bowl? and then the expander ring? looks like a metal sieve for the garden lol
Mine is a small 1.5L Tower one from Amazon and did not cost the earth, as I live on my own and don't eat much fried food.
I have seen similar ones in Wilko and big Asdas.
Deep fat fryers did not get on with me as they were a pain to clean, and I got rid of a big one and 2 small ones since 2008.
I only make chips, potato skin shavings, Padron peppers and chicken wings in the air fryer occasionally.
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Quote: Originally posted by starcraft on 24/8/2022
Being frugal, I have a 12 litre Halogen oven that takes an air fryer attachement (£11.99) https://www.thebestrated.co.uk/andrew-james-stainless-steel-air-fryer-halogen-oven-accessory/
whats that do? sit on the top of the glass bowl? and then the expander ring? looks like a metal sieve for the garden lol
Exactly right, then the air circulates all around the food and escapes through the adjustable holes in the ring. Works a treat.
A secondary function is the extender ring increases the capacity of the oven itself.
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It gets used all the time, not really for "frying" as such, but for anything that normally the oven would be turned on for. At 1,500 watts and reaching 200degrees in a matter of minutes, and super quick cooking, it saves a fortune instead of waiting for the main oven to heat up. Obviously it's limited in size, so depends what you are cooking / how many people you are cooking for.
Just noticed it's out of stock at Costco now, but available elsewhere, unfortunately for a higher price.
Theres a facebook group for tower air fryers - we have a 4litre one for our family of 3, which is plenty for what we need (we do whole chickens, stews, etc in the pressure cooker). I unjoined the group as its full of people trying to cook a boiled egg in one because they arent clever enough to do a proper boiled egg - some good recipes in there though.
On bbc sounds theres a program called "Sliced Bread" which has a good run through of them.
Important to note that an air fryer in itself is basically a replacement for an oven - so if its oven cooked and itll fit it should be ok but there are some dishes you simply wouldnt do in an airfryer (oven cooked stews, anything too lose thatll be disturbed by the powerful fan).
Important to note that these things can be very big and take up the work surface - itll need to be out and usable all the time to get the benefit, regardless, worthwhile investment. Id advise against not getting one too big (unless you do a lot of frozen meals for a family) as the bigger they get the less the energy saving.
Quote: Originally posted by starcraft on 30/8/2022
35 seconds on full power for a boiled egg in the microwave using the boiled egg thingy...remember to pierce the yolk first.
Pierce the yolk? That’s a long needle! Shell, surely, at the air sac end.
Tried a MW boiled egg once, the time must have been for a large egg & it was a medium: no good for dunking soldiers.
Ive had a mini competition of boiled eggs - all from the same box - "boiled" in an oven, "boiled" in an air fryer, "boiled" in a microwave (two - both methods), and actually boiled in water. I suspect the reason the proper boiled egg was far superior is egg shells are permeable and cooking in water gives a subsequently softer-but-cooked result - alternatives were either stuck to the shell, rubbery, or cooked unevenly. Each to their own though!!
We have a sous vide, its quite an interesting way of cooking a "poached" egg - you have total control and the yolk will go velvety if you want it to.
Eggs are a bit of an obsession - quite often have duck eggs but last week we managed to get hold of a goose egg; havent had one of those for years. Reminds me of my youth when dad used to bring back field mushrooms the size of plates!!
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