Air fryers....... how do you clean yours?
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ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
Just commented on this elsewhere - but look at the causes and where people use them!!!
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
I got one, free of charge, when my sister-in-law upgraded.
It’s great. I particularly like using it for smaller items as it’s so much cheaper and quicker than using a conventional oven. No need to waste time and money getting a 1 cubic metre standard oven up to temp just to heat a pie.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Z’ha’dum
I find it improves quite a lot of things over a grill or oven
sausages and chicken breasts are my current favourites
and chips made from potatoes - rather than frozen ones as I am not allowed them nowadays!!!
sausages and chicken breasts are my current favourites
and chips made from potatoes - rather than frozen ones as I am not allowed them nowadays!!!
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
What foods to you do in the oven?
Casseroles, roasted veg, that sort of thing
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
You could do those in an air-fryer. (I don’t know why they give it that name, as it’s rather misleading. It’s just a compact and very efficient oven. I always assumed they were only for doing chips etc. but I’ve seen folk doing bread, cupcakes, rolls and stuff in them.)
They come in various sizes and configurations so there’s likely one to fit your needs if you ever decided to take the plunge.
I discovered, quite by accident, that I can cook my steak to perfection in my air-fryer. Same goes for duck breast, which gets a nice crispy skin on it too.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Yes - it is basically a small fan overn with a strong dirct fan
I have found that steak and chicken breast are brilliant in it - as are sausages - more like they are grilled than oven cooked
lazybloke
Today i follow the flying spaghetti monster
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Ooh, what's your method?
Gwylan
Veteran
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- All at sea⛵
They save a lot of smell, heat up quickly and use loads less energy
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
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- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Better than this stuff? Because it is a lot, lot cheaper. (for both bikes and air fryers)
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Yes, a lot quicker and a lot cheaper.
Oven - wait 20 mins to get to temp, put in food, wait x minutes to cook.
AF - Put food straight in, wait (x-5 mins) to cook, resulting food is often much better. Chicken is more moist, no hot spots i.e. burnt on one bit an uncooked in another. Easy to clean, and you can use foil or Air Frier paper liners so you don't have to clean it at all.
Only problem is, and something to consider: Ours has one tray and is small. When it's time for a new one we might go with a dual-tray. So you can perhaps do burgers and chips separately without the burger fat leaching onto the chips.
The only thing we use the AF for now is pizzas, which won't fit in the AF. There are air friers that are large enough for pizzas but that's getting into small oven territory where you'd be hard pushed to recoup any savings on the outlay.
As an aside - I saw a marketing psychologist talking about air friers, and he said they really missed a trick with the naming and marketing. Air friers tend to suggest frying (fat) and are often catalogued alongside deep fat friers. Had they been named "Air Grills", or similar, they would assume the position of a healthier product in line with George Foreman grills and steamers
