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Post by annabellespapa on Nov 7, 2022 14:03:20 GMT 1
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Post by Le-Dolly on Nov 7, 2022 14:31:18 GMT 1
Someone bought/gifted us a 9,5lt, 2 drawer Ninja cooker, a Dual Zone Foodi MAX AF400EU. A little expensive I think. I can only say that it seems good........I have, so far, only used it once, but I was impressed. I made a full Roast Beef dinner with all the bits. It was without doubt very quick, it seemed almost as if it was finished before I had hit the start button. From the experience so far I would recommend it.
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Post by gigi on Nov 7, 2022 15:03:23 GMT 1
Someone bought/gifted us a 9,5lt, 2 drawer Ninja cooker, a Dual Zone Foodi MAX AF400EU. A little expensive I think. I can only say that it seems good........I have, so far, only used it once, but I was impressed. I made a full Roast Beef dinner with all the bits. It was without doubt very quick, it seemed almost as if it was finished before I had hit the start button. From the experience so far I would recommend it. That is exactly the one my friend has; she’s reported that her roast pork with the trimmings for all her family was ‘ fab’, and she cooks all sorts of things. she originally bought the first AF as she had problems with her gall bladder and was told to cut down on fat, loved it so much that she gave it to her son, as I mentioned, and bought the bigger, more versatile one. Being a very keen baker as well as enjoying doing a lot of cooking, she’s very keen to stress how little she uses her electric ovens. She also wishes that the word ‘fryer’ wasn’t part of its name, as it’s not a fryer and the amount of oil used is very small. It’s expensive and has been out of stock recently, but if I was thinking of buying one, that’s the one I’d go for; you werevery lucky to receive one! I use my Remoska (from Lakeland) a lot, have done for about the last 12 years, with one in France and one in the UK; very easy to use but basic. In summer I use it on the patio in the UK and in my summer kitchen in France.
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Post by wanderer on Nov 7, 2022 16:34:11 GMT 1
I have just been to a department store in the UK, there seems to be hundreds of different styles of Air Fryers, so mindful of this posting I took a look, it is a minefield, o do your research well and make sure it fits your lifestyle and eating habits. Maybe Which has done an online review of them ? I don't know about Which, but the Telegraph has a review in today's edition. link
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Post by woolybanana on Nov 7, 2022 17:47:17 GMT 1
If cooking innthe air fryer what do you stand the food on, svp?
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Post by glazedallover on Nov 7, 2022 18:03:32 GMT 1
Hmmm . I fink I'll stick wiv the oven chips......
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Post by suein56 on Nov 7, 2022 18:04:59 GMT 1
If cooking in the air fryer what do you stand the food on, svp? The air-fryer has a metal basket with a handle which fits in the machine. The basket is non-stick coated with perforations to let the hot air in/out. The food rests on the base of the basket or, in the case of chips etc partly on the base and partly on other chips. Hence the shaking or turning needed 1/2 way through cooking.
Apparently the squarer or more rectangular the basket the better as more food can be laid on the base for food such as steak/salmon fillets/pasties etc.
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Post by flober on Nov 7, 2022 18:05:56 GMT 1
If cooking innthe air fryer what do you stand the food on, svp? there is a basket and other accessories
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Post by gigi on Nov 7, 2022 21:07:01 GMT 1
Like in the Which? report, a lot of chips etc were cooked. My friend rarely cooks chips in her AF, but a wide variety of meals and very much baking. She’ll use one ‘zone’ while cooking a meal for them as a couple, or double up and freeze one meal, or do some baking in the other ‘zone’. She reckons she uses 1 teaspoon of oil maximum.
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Post by jardiniere on Nov 7, 2022 23:08:29 GMT 1
What a lot of info/advice/opinions! Thanks very much. Very positive.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 7, 2022 23:30:48 GMT 1
Only tonight I heated a quiche. (To explain: OH is hors de combat so only easy stuff like salad, lasagne etc until she's better.) Now, the box said preheat oven to 180 and cook for 35 minutes. I just put it in the air dryer, in the foil tray it came in, for 10 mins. Perfect.
So 45 minutes (inc warm up time) in 2.5 kwh oven versus 10 minutes in 1.35kwh air dryer. As our colonial cousins might put it: You do the math.
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Post by pcpa on Nov 8, 2022 0:50:59 GMT 1
All of the reviews that I have read where they calculate the wattage used and cost are incorrect in that they do not take into account that the thermostat is cutting in and out (once up to temperature) so the actual power used is less.
During the warm up time all ovens will be heating 100% so the saving in time with a halogen oven or air fryer is directly proportional to the saving in electric consumption, once cooking you cannot directy compare the times and estimate the electric consumption although I will say that the heating duty cycle of the smaller air fryers/halogen ovens is less than a domestic oven because the heat losses are less.
The figures in the Telegraph review are completely wrong, they overestimate the consumption and energy cost for all the appliances tested and also the comparison cost for a standard oven.
But there is no question that the counter top cookers use significantly less electricity than a traditional oven.
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Post by Polarengineer on Nov 8, 2022 6:37:03 GMT 1
Looks like pcpa did the maths
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2022 7:43:25 GMT 1
Hmmm . I fink I'll stick wiv the oven chips...... Some of the members have a more sophisticated palette 😃
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2022 7:45:59 GMT 1
Only tonight I heated a quiche. (To explain: OH is hors de combat so only easy stuff like salad, lasagne etc until she's better.) Now, the box said preheat oven to 180 and cook for 35 minutes. I just put it in the air dryer, in the foil tray it came in, for 10 mins. Perfect. So 45 minutes (inc warm up time) in 2.5 kwh oven versus 10 minutes in 1.35kwh air dryer. As our colonial cousins might put it: You do the math. If you need some cheesy pasta tips just let me know. 😃
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