Scrobs' ability to knock up a reasonable lunch took on a new phase this week!
Back in the Spring, we bought an air fryer for a couple of reasons, one, that our oven was not that efficient, being quite a small machine, which does what it says on the box, but gets pretty murky, so while a Karcher Jetwash could be the answer, the resulting fire from an electrical short-out might not go down so well, and two, I'd heard from chums that a new-fangled fryer could be the answer to most of the basic culinary conundrums being faced at the time! Elder Daughter convinced me that to buy one was a good first step up to Jamie Oliver standards!
The first machine wasn't half bad, being almost an 'entry-level' bit of kit, but like most items, you get what you pay for, and timing is of the essence where such efficiency is required in minutes on some cooking periods. The timer was a wind-up clock type, and just recently, was becoming erratic on the crucial final five minutes of cooking, and continually opening and shutting the drawer to check things, let all the hot air out, and made the issue worse!
After five months, I thought I should be able to do better than this, and my current favourite Argos Store thankfully agreed, so I chopped it in for a refund, and bought a bigger and better one!
Hence the post-title...
11 comments:
Probably better watching, too.
Just as the air fryer is to the bigger oven perhaps tablets and phones are to the bigger TV?
Probably the case, Sackers! I'll never be a foody, and the reference to Mr Oliver with his pic shown here, is purely coincidence, and, I tried to decipher the instructions for the microwave combi-oven years ago, and still can't understand them, so this chap has to take preference - the TV certainly doesn't, especially where the awful BBC is concerned!
That is very profound, DJ, and I hadn't considered that synergy, and now think you are absolutely right!
That last comment was from me, DJ! Why Blogger has now decided to make me anonymous after all this time is beyond me, but at least the reply numbers get doubled up each time I gibber something!
We're in a similar position, bought a cheap air fryer and like it enough to think about getting a bigger one with two compartments. As well as being quicker than our main oven, it usually cooks things better too.
What's an air fryer and what does it do? Not that I'm behind the curve or anything.
It sounds as though we're on the same page, AK. I did like the smaller one, and as an introduction to air-frying, it was easy to use and understand, but as I said, for a few splonders more, a machine like the above, with two independent drawers is a freat step forward! There are some good deals around at the moment, including this one!
Tammly, if you imagine a standard fan-assisted oven, but a twentieth of the size, you have one of these! The drawers just slide in and out, you spread whetever your cooking on the trays inside, drip a little oil on the meat, set the temperature and time, and away you go for a much quicker result, and a whole lot nicer than deep-fried or heavily roasted grub! There are plenty of bits on YouTube, which I still use!
You’re in the cyber-age now, Scrobs.
Certainly am, James, but I still need a little help in getting Windows 3.1 to load...
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