Should I go microwave free and buy an air fryer?

[Accy cyclist]

I try to avoid coating things in any oil as it quickly gunges the base up. Sometimes you need to eg a food i enjoy is eg a tin of Aldi baby boiled spuds.....pat them dry, coat in oil and brow in the A F but best avoided if poss.
Bacon is a cinch. Lie it on foil and 200° for 4 minutes (turning part way through).....no oil needed.

Good advice Dave, apart from the bacon bit! I haven't eaten bacon since I saw a display of pigs feet,🙄 or trotters as they are known as, in a supermarket the other year! It converted me to vegetarianism.😉👍

 

[Dave7]

Good advice Dave, apart from the bacon bit! I haven't eaten bacon since I saw a display of pigs feet,🙄 or trotters as they are known as, in a supermarket the other year! It converted me to vegetarianism.😉👍

Haha.......have to agree with you re' pigs feet.
BTW, my daughter and SiL are veggies. She has 'found' a very good/tasty veg' sausage. As a meat eater I can happily munch of the veg' ones.
If you wish, I will find the make for you.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I do buy veggie sausages that don't pretend to have meat in them. There are a few options in Tesco that I'll buy. I can't remember the name/make of any of them, but one is a Lincolnshire sausage type, which is/are very nice. 😉

 

[Gwylan]

You can experiment the effect of an air fryer, carefully, with a powerful hair drier or hot air gun. Achieves a similar, but less contained, result.

This is not a recommendation, reliable advice or informed by thoughts of the considerable risks involved.
Don't come running to me if the house burns down.....

 

[notmyrealnamebutclose]

In his next thread he'll be complaining about his sudden much higher than normal electric bill 🤔😆

 

[Drago]

I do buy veggie sausages that don't pretend to have meat in them. There are a few options in Tesco that I'll buy. I can't remember the name/make of any of them, but one is a Lincolnshire sausage type, which is/are very nice. 😉

You'll have the vegetable rights supporters on your case!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I tried it out yesterday. I did those garlic mushrooms, a cheese & onion pie and a jacket potato in in, but not all at the same time. All came out OK, though I undercooked the cheese & onion pie, with it looking browned so cooked, but it was cold on the inside, so I put it back in for longer, this time on a lower temperature. The jacket potato was nice and soft inside and lighly crisped on the outside. The fryer is quite simple to operate. I sussed most of it out without having to read the instruction booklet. I'd say it's like a microwave that takes twice or less as long, but browns and crisps food, so better than a microwave. I haven't tried 'sloppy' food yet. I have plenty of oven foil to line the drawer, so I'll line it before filling it with such as beans, soup, veggie broth etc.

 

[Accy cyclist]

In his next thread he'll be complaining about his sudden much higher than normal electric bill 🤔😆

Not really, as it doesn't take long to cook things and I can/could afford much higher bills than I currently get, though obviously I dont want higher bills.😉

 

[notmyrealnamebutclose]

Not really, as it doesn't take long to cook things and I can/could afford much higher bills than I currently get, though obviously I dont want higher bills.😉

Looks like a nice one, good luck with it. I wasn't being serious. I've nothing againts them and you'll no doubt save some money on your energy bill compared to using a traditional electric oven/hob. I'm not convinced I would besides
we haven't the worktop space for one 👍

 

[Accy cyclist]

Looks like a nice one, good luck with it. I wasn't being serious. I've nothing againts them and you'll no doubt save some money on your energy bill compared to using a traditional electric oven/hob. I'm not convinced I would besides
we haven't the worktop space for one 👍

I know you were only joking!😉 One disadvantage of them is unlike my slow cooker, the air fryer doesn't warm my kitchen up. My slow cooker pumps lots of heat out which is nice in winter, but too warm in the summer!!🥵

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Looks like a nice one, good luck with it. I wasn't being serious. I've nothing againts them and you'll no doubt save some money on your energy bill compared to using a traditional electric oven/hob. I'm not convinced I would besides
we haven't the worktop space for one 👍

to do a baking potato in mine takes about 40 minutes
in teh oven I would have heated the oven up and it still would have taken more than that
also it is warming up a far smaller area so uses less energy perminute I would think
I turn the temp up for the last bit to crisp it up a bit

The pie I had last night said 60 minutes at 200 degrees in the oven

or 40 minutes at 160 in the AF

sp less energy overall
probably - I should try it with a meter on it - but I cant do that with the oven so I still couldn;t compare!

 

[Alex321]

to do a baking potato in mine takes about 40 minutes
in teh oven I would have heated the oven up and it still would have taken more than that
also it is warming up a far smaller area so uses less energy perminute I would think
I turn the temp up for the last bit to crisp it up a bit

The pie I had last night said 60 minutes at 200 degrees in the oven

or 40 minutes at 160 in the AF

sp less energy overall
probably - I should try it with a meter on it - but I cant do that with the oven so I still couldn;t compare!

Yes, for most things they are 20-30% faster, and can be done about 20% lower temperature, and also use less energy for the same time and temperature, because they are heating a smaller volume.

I did a baked spud on Monday evening in mine, but 3 minutes in the microwave, then 10 in the AF.

 

[Pblakeney]

Yes, for most things they are 20-30% faster, and can be done about 20% lower temperature, and also use less energy for the same time and temperature, because they are heating a smaller volume.

I did a baked spud on Monday evening in mine, but 3 minutes in the microwave, then 10 in the AF.

Wow! That's quick.
For a large potato I do 10 mins microwave then 10-15 minutes in the AF with a coating of oil and salt. Seems to crispen up the skin a bit more.

 

[Alex321]

Wow! That's quick.
For a large potato I do 10 mins microwave then 10-15 minutes in the AF with a coating of oil and salt. Seems to crispen up the skin a bit more.

Yeah, mine wasn't a particularly large one, just one I was having as a vegetable with other things, rather than one that would would add a filling to be a meal on its own.

A large one would have been more like your time. Still a lot faster than the hour+ it would take if you just bung it in a conventional oven.

 

[albion]

I just cook mine in a near airtight microwave container. Not perfect but tasty.
Like with cured meat, there is the same suggestion that "browned" foods are cancerous.
It also applies to that tastiest part of a baked loaf.

Whilst for cancer, cured meat has a 'definite cause', browned items are of current 'probable cause'.
I have thus ceased to buy bacon.