We got one since a few weeks. My wife and I disagreed, I was and am principally against it since ‘air fryer’ is an oxymoron.Been thinking about getting one for years.
Do you use yours enough ? Which one is best ?
Thw biggest question with all kitchen gadgets is "where will it go/be stored?".
Mabe not a hassle if you aren't obsessively tidy and you are going to use something every day, or clsoe to, and you have the space on a worktop, but otherwise........
They must surely need to be under an extract hood anyway?
As if you had a choiceI did agree on getting one
No. Mine isn't, It just gets hot and does its thing. Any drippings go in the bottom of the appliance, the lid is closed and the heater turns on and off on a thermostat. The fan circulates the hot air inside, nothing escapes. You can have it running for an hour and it produces less steam than a kettle used once. Maybe a joint of meat might generate some smoke, it's an oven after all, but my pound of sausages, onion, potatoes, carrots and parsnips didn't. It's a damn sight easier to clean than a fan oven.They must surely need to be under an extract hood anyway?
I think they are the same thing. Mine has a halogen heating elenent, a fan and the whole thing is controlled by a thermostat. It goes hotter than a domestic oven, hence "fryer". You can of course make chips in an oven if it goes hot enough. Domestic ovens top out about 230C so it's a struggle to get the rate of heat transfer compared to immersion in oil at 200+. A air fryer is just a small oven, it can't be anything else.Is this synonymous with or distinct from a halogen cooker? We have one of those to do a couple of baked potatoes (for the crisp skin) or a small chicken rather than heat up the 90cm oven.