Finally jumped on the bandwagon!
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Finally jumped on the bandwagon, and I'm glad I did.
I've always thought of airfryers, uneducatedly, as an expensive fad. In my mind, how could blowing a couple of hot air paint strippers at food possibly save you money on your electricity?
I've spent the last 10 years looking, and kept deciding against it.
Now, things have changed. Designs and functions have improved and with a much larger user base, there's plenty more than hairdrying frozen chips on the menu.
We cooked a roast dinner in one last night, joint of beef & potatoes, and only used the actual oven for boiling the veg. The meat wasn't dry, like it can be when done in an oven, and although the roast potatoes weren't extra crispy, (I like to douse mine in dry semelina), they were beautiful.
Stick some Richmond sausages in it for a sausage sarny, and they're perfect, nice even bake
Warming/finishing baking up some cheap garlic bread worked great as well.
It turns out it does save money as well, the oven was only used to boil veg, and everything cooks/bakes a lot quicker as well, (on average about 10-15%, for us anyway).
I would advise buying a meat thermometer though, just to be sure.
And..
It'll be a new way of cooking, thus may take time to get used to, (I'm still struggling with certain things, but my wife has mastered it).
This item WONT be left in the cupboard either,
1. It's too big.
2. It will get used daily!