Air Fryer

[RobertNotBob]

What recommendations do people have for a small airfryer for two people. Cheers Robert

[T1 Terry]

What recommendations do people have for a small airfryer for two people. Cheers Robert

We bought a cheap one from Hardly Normal, Morphey Richards, because it had the biggest capacity they had, yet offered all we needed.
The one before was one of these https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/russell- ... er-27170au and they have a special offer price beat just flash up for $176 ....

The First one we bought was great, an XXL Phillips, but it didn't survive a fall from the bench travelling in the Hino that broke the plastic casing. That was the only airfryer we have owned that didn't require the pork roast to be turned around half way through to 200* crackling cycle to ensure all the outside part turned into crackling before turning it down to 160* to finish cooking.

Can't see the value or worth of a two drawer unit, not enough room to cook a good roast or fit the frying pan with the handle removed for cooking the top of an omelette or pieces of a lasagne when you didn't want to cook up the whole family sized one from the local IGA.

As for ones that are a steamer and other fancy crap .... we bought a 12 function pressure cooker for that, been used twice, but will probably get more use now winter has arrived.

Both appliances are so much better than attempting to cook in the gas oven or on the gas stove top in a big pot on this Dometic 4 burner stove/grille/oven

T1 Terry

[Dot]

Never tried them RnB. Ask the shops for a demo = free feeds

[RobertNotBob]

Should have mentioned for the van so size and power draw to be taken into account.

Dot that would be good but do no think any of the stores are that advance in their selling, cheers

[T1 Terry]

Should have mentioned for the van so size and power draw to be taken into account.

Dot that would be good but do no think any of the stores are that advance in their selling, cheers

Between 1300w and 1800w is the normal expected range, some of the really big 2 drawer units can pull up to 2000w. There is a claim that there are units that draw as little as 800w, but they are tiny and don't get very good reviews, might nearly be good enough for a single person, but they take so long to even heat up a plate of chips, the power draw over operating time required would be about the same as a bigger unit, but the bigger unit does a much better job.

Our Morphy Richards 6.5ltr draws 1800w peak, but that isn't for the full cooking time as the element cycles on/off to maintain the temperature selected.

T1 Terry

[RobertNotBob]

Thank you Terry

[Swisslulu]

Not an air fryer but I have found this microwave toastie maker quite handy. https://www.kmart.com.au/product/microw ... swQAvD_BwE

This is the result of a ham, cheese and Dijon mustard multigrain toastie buttered both sides. 2 minutes at 1000w, turn the whole device over for another minute. To make a second one, reduce the time to 30 seconds on the flip side as the device is already very hot.

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Can also be used for other small things. I’ve reheated pizza slices and garlic bread with good success. I’ve read of people doing burger patties and all sorts of small frozen snacks.

[Peter and Sandra]

Lesley the down side of that is that we're being advised not to cook or heat anything in plastic as there will be some transfer to the food.
All of us already have PFAS and other chemicals in us so best to avoid any other possibilities.
On a similar vein many of us in our youth often heated tinned foods on a fire directly in the tin it was supplied in, back then the tins were actual steel with a minimum of additives where these days the "tins" are often of questionable quality and usually have an internal plastic coating to reduce corrosion with the food so never heat the food in the tin anymore.

[Swisslulu]

Peter and Sandra, there is risk with everything - especially with microwaves and I dare say, air fryers too. The toastie maker plates are cast aluminium and the casing is silicone. I think at my age it’s a bit late to be worrying about shoulda, woulda, coulda. But everyone makes their own choices.