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These were featured in June in the BBC Radio 4 "Sliced bread" series. There's a download available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07012sf/episodes/downloads.

 

thanks but still none the wiser any on got one ?? is it that good ?? do you use it every day ?? is it big enough

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Friends have one and rave, tea spoon if olive oil and hey presto lovely and healthy chips.


But similarly very interested what others think

 

Judging by the comments I have read about them in various places, it would seem most people are just interested in making chips. Certainly not a good reason to buy one.

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I’ve looked at getting one several times and I think it really depends on a) how much you will use it and b) how much space you have in your kitchen.


They take up a fair amount of room and need regular cleaning if you want to use them for different types of dishes and not have leftover taste in the next dish. If you have space to store easily and think you would use it for more than chips (!) then lots of people I know absolutely love theirs.


I have limited counter top and cupboard space, and I use my slow cooker/pressure cooker/all in one type machine a lot, so I’m sticking with that as my one bit of kitchen real estate for the moment.

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they say a roast dinner cost £4-£5 to cook in an electric oven and about £1 to cook the same dinner, that's if you but the big airfryer ,so any one cooked a whole chicken or beef ???

 

They are reviewing this exact issue on Radio 4 Broadcasting House programme, tomorrow morning (Sunday) at 9 am.

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How much would you have to use the air fryer to recoup its cost in energy saving?


I read that it's cheaper to batch cook - fill the oven and then freeze what you don't use immediately, in suitable sized portions for the number of people who will eat them.


Obviously this assumes that you have a freezer with spare capacity.


You can also do this with stews, stir fries etc cooked on the hob. Once frozen, you can either let them thaw naturally before you reheat them, or if you are in a hurry microwave them (not in the same container. You can briefly run the container under a tap to loosen the contents, then put them in another dish).


I don't much like cooking, so I've been doing this for years, not to save money, but to get a load of cooking done in one go.


I can see in some cases cooking in an air frier might be healthier, but only if you are currently eating a lot of unhealthy deep fried foods, I would have thought?

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How much would you have to use the air fryer to recoup its cost in energy saving?


I read that it's cheaper to batch cook - fill the oven and then freeze what you don't use immediately, in suitable sized portions for the number of people who will eat them.


Obviously this assumes that you have a freezer with spare capacity.


You can also do this with stews, stir fries etc cooked on the hob. Once frozen, you can either let them thaw naturally before you reheat them, or if you are in a hurry microwave them (not in the same container. You can briefly run the container under a tap to loosen the contents, then put them in another dish).


I don't much like cooking, so I've been doing this for years, not to save money, but to get a load of cooking done in one go.



I can see in some cases cooking in an air frier might be healthier, but only if you are currently eating a lot of unhealthy deep fried foods, I would have thought?

if you use your oven twice a week and save about £4 each time that's £32 a month in 4 months you got your money back, batch cooking is great if you can buy all you need and as you say freezer space can be a problem, so would you never consider buying an air fryer. and now you can cook every thing in a air fryer. and a lot quicker...so they say

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There's also the space it takes up to consider, plus the appearance of it if you have to keep it on a worktop all the time.


Don't get me wrong, I think for a lot of people they would be great, assuming you can afford the initial outlay.

Well if it can save money and as I said your Get your money back in 4 months let alone making better snacks for your kids. and who cares what it looks like just don't buy an ugly one

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Ditto, although a medium one and early results promising

 

yes so far so good roast chicken was great and steak but a no no for chips

 

Soak the chips in water for at least half an hour, pat dry (as dry as possible), coat in a teaspoon of oil (add seasoning eg Old Bay) then allow the oil to drain off, then double fry..... Part fry, remove from fryer and part fry a second batch and remove; then repeat.....

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Ditto, although a medium one and early results promising

 

yes so far so good roast chicken was great and steak but a no no for chips

 

Soak the chips in water for at least half an hour, pat dry (as dry as possible), coat in a teaspoon of oil (add seasoning eg Old Bay) then allow the oil to drain off, then double fry..... Part fry, remove from fryer and part fry a second batch and remove; then repeat.....

 

I know how to cook chips in a deep fryer BUT NOT IN AN AIRFRYER thanks any way as this how I do my chips

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