The Actifry & AirFryer Thread - Merged

fred funk }{

Tom Dunne wrote: »

I haven't tried it, but I would be very wary of it.

I have done very thick sausages in it and they've come out pink in the middle, so I could imagine for something much more bulky like a chicken there would be a greater risk of this happening.

Surely you lower the temp for the thicker meats?

Masala

Hi all

I attach a pic of the tray of my Phillips Air fryer....am having problems getting it clean. The attached is after steeping in hot water with Fairy liquid and then giving a good clean with a soft sponge.

How do you clean your air fryer??

flangemeistro

Hi guys just a word of warning, we always have our airfryer plugged in as we use it daily and the socket we use is awkward to get at and it isn't switched.

Anyway yesterday evening while using the hob the airfryer beeped and just turned on by itself and turned off and did this intermittently for ten minutes.

We obviously now have it physically plugged out apart from when we are using it but for anyone else that was like us I'd strongly advise you to plug it out at the wall because can you imagine if this happened while you're at work or sleeping.

Our model is the smaller digital one.

Tom Dunne

Masala wrote: »

Hi all

I attach a pic of the tray of my Phillips Air fryer....am having problems getting it clean. The attached is after steeping in hot water with Fairy liquid and then giving a good clean with a soft sponge.

How do you clean your air fryer??

I use a long-handled brush (after soaking for 5-10 mins) like this:



Others here have suggested dropping in a dishwasher tablet, but I find that they leave a residue if left for too long. Which means you then have to get out the long-handled brush. :pac:

rubadub

Masala wrote: »

How do you clean your air fryer??

I leave mine steep, I pour boiling water in and reheat it in the actual airfryer. It can also go in the dishwasher, both the grill tray and main basket thing.

flangemeistro wrote: »

can you imagine if this happened while you're at work or sleeping.

Nothing much would really happen, as long as it is just turning on and working in a normal way (Just like people would leave a slow cooker on), but maybe the heater could just come on with no fan or something. I am not sure if there is a stated time limit it should be on for, i.e. you should probably be not restating it every 30mins for hours on end.

Kat1170

Masala wrote: »

Hi all

I attach a pic of the tray of my Phillips Air fryer....am having problems getting it clean. The attached is after steeping in hot water with Fairy liquid and then giving a good clean with a soft sponge.

How do you clean your air fryer??

Spray with W5 Multipurpose Degreaser from Lidl (orange spray bottle), leave for 10-15 mins and wash. Works every time. I use a non-scratch sponge scourer* so as not to damage the non-stick coating. Fryer still looks like new despite using it almost every day.



*The white ones , not green.

Doge

Anyone else just use Kitchen roll to wipe off the grease on the bucket?

Thargor

Doge wrote: »

Anyone else just use Kitchen roll to wipe off the grease on the bucket?

Me, if its very bad Ill prop it up in the garden and spray it with the hose

Aldi have bags of battered chicken dippers (not the nuggets) that are perfect out of the Philips, really good pub food taste off them.

flangemeistro

rubadub wrote: »

Nothing much would really happen, as long as it is just turning on and working in a normal way (Just like people would leave a slow cooker on), but maybe the heater could just come on with no fan or something. I am not sure if there is a stated time limit it should be on for, i.e. you should probably be not restating it every 30mins for hours on end.

Are you actually being serious?
I turned it off after 10 minutes, and seeing that it generated a mind of its own then who's knows if it would have just stayed on at 200°?
Look I adore both my airfryers and would be absolutely lost without them but I doubt anyone here including yourself would be comfortable with a plastic surrounded metal basket and 200° element to be on for eight hours while you're at work.

Thargor

You know the way Centras have a kind of butchers section these days full of not very appetising looking packets of meat for not great prices? Well they have packets of 16 big chicken wings in hot sauce for €2.50 in there instead of the €4-8 everything else is, I threw them in the Airfryer for about 30 minutes at 160-170 this evening, wasn't expecting much but they were absolutely spectacular! Just starting to char but still lovely and juicy and super hot, I was shocked, it was like they came off a barbecue, Ill be buying them every week from now on, I would have eaten another 16 of them straight after, should have taken a pic but you know what wings look like...

rubadub

Thargor wrote: »

Well they have packets of 16 big chicken wings in hot sauce for €2.50

I think I got the same ones in centra a year or so ago, still have a photo of them, I got 20 though, but small enough, couldn't believe the price for centra. They are cut up already so no work, and no unwanted raw tips to get rid of.

Thargor

rubadub wrote: »

I think I got the same ones in centra a year or so ago, still have a photo of them

Sounds like a quote from the Alan Partridge thread

Oat23

flangemeistro wrote: »

Are you actually being serious?
I turned it off after 10 minutes, and seeing that it generated a mind of its own then who's knows if it would have just stayed on at 200°?
Look I adore both my airfryers and would be absolutely lost without them but I doubt anyone here including yourself would be comfortable with a plastic surrounded metal basket and 200° element to be on for eight hours while you're at work.

This is your own error. It's caused by you touching the buttons with food debris or oil on your hands. You need to keep the digital pad clean or the food/oil on the buttons can activate the machine.

I have had it happen to me several times when I am making something messy and touch the dial without cleaning my hands. The machine goes up to 200C and then timer button starts going mad as well, going all the way up to 60 minutes (the maximum). It can be a pain in the hole when I'm trying to cook something time sensitive and the timer goes mental.

Wipe the pad clean after you turn on the machine and you won't have any problems.

mel123

Sausages in the Philips Airfryer:
Ok so i overcooked them time wise, so on taste i cant really comment, but they looked like they were not cooked. Is this what they will look like when i cook them or should they brown?
Patiently trying to get used to using this, all trial and error i know

rubadub

mel123 wrote: »

but they looked like they were not cooked.

Could be the ballooning.

rubadub wrote: »

I do sausages at about 180 or 190, at 200 they often explode. I sometimes prick the skin.

If not pricked they can balloon up. I do mine for about 8-10mins with no preheating. When you pull them out the moment they are done they can look really odd, as the skin can be expanded out like a balloon, depending on brand. It can be tempting to put them back in again as you think they are not brown/done enough -but it is just like a long balloon, which goes a paler colour when blown up, when they cool down the skin contracts and they can look far browner.

Its ideal for people fussy about sausages who do not like any white/pale looking bits.

Or do you mean they did not look cooked when out a while but were overcooked? this could be too low a temp?

Kat1170

Different makes can also look very different when cooked. I find skinless are never as brown as ones with skin.
180c for 8-10 mins depending on make, I find, is perfect.

Dizzyblonde

It looks to me as though it might be the type of sausage. They look quite dry. I cooked Superquinn sausages in mine and they browned very well.

Thargor

180c for 8-10 mins for me aswell, thats after preheating to 180, sausages should be coming out perfect like from the pan, Aldis are all fine, bangers and mash with their premium seasoned butchers ones are probably my favourite thing to cook after chicken wings.

mel123

@Thargor recommendations for chicken wings? Do you mean Aldi ones?

Thargor

No I mean the Centra ones, €2.50 for a huge pack with a load of sausce slathered on them, havent seen wings in Aldi, just that drumsticks and thigh pack that tastes like really cheap chicken, Centra ones are totally superior imo.

My post before this one was talking about sausages though.

Kat1170

I love my Air-fryer but whoever designed the cable storage' thing-a-me-bob' should be shot with balls on their own $h1t :mad::mad::mad:

Benzino

Lidl chicken wings are also great with the airfryer.

Thargor

Benzino wrote: »

Lidl chicken wings are also great with the airfryer.

These frozen ones?



Never tried them, how much, what are they like sauce wise?

I must say the fresh Centra ones have become the favourite thing I cook, turning into an addict, Ill have to get set up to start marinating my own wings.

Tom Dunne

Damn you all - I've plain chicken wings in the fridge, sauce in the cupboard and an airfryer on the countertop.

There goes my dinner plans.

Benzino

Thargor wrote: »

These frozen ones?



Never tried them, how much, what are they like sauce wise?

I must say the fresh Centra ones have become the favourite thing I cook, turning into an addict, Ill have to get set up to start marinating my own wings.

No, the heat, eat and enjoy ones shown here. That shows the spicy ones, but they have BBQ ones which are lovely. I must try the centra ones too.

mel123

Thargor wrote: »

No I mean the Centra ones, €2.50 for a huge pack with a load of sausce slathered on them, havent seen wings in Aldi, just that drumsticks and thigh pack that tastes like really cheap chicken, Centra ones are totally superior imo.

My post before this one was talking about sausages though.

Thanks, tried two stores over the weekend and neither had them, so ill try and find them somewhere, love chicken wings and its so hard to get nice ones for cooking at home

rubadub

mel123 wrote: »

Thanks, tried two stores over the weekend and neither had them,

none in johnstown road centra either, near cabinteely dublin.

beer enigma

Just a heads up if any of you are looking for a replacement paddle as I was quoted €40 by one store.

My kids have just dropped & broken my Actifry paddle for the second time - I suspect its a ploy to get them out of dishwasher duty.....however, if you do need a new one, go straight to Amazon - lots of genuine Tefal paddles with fast free delivery. Mine came though for €15 within 4 days !

vicwatson

Kat1170 wrote: »

I love my Air-fryer but whoever designed the cable storage' thing-a-me-bob' should be shot with balls on their own $h1t :mad::mad::mad:

And for not giving us and extra foot or two of cable. Grr

Thargor

Taking out the divider was a very cheap move aswell.

evolving_doors

Tefal Actifryer 'Family' given up the ghost...
Had it for over a year so out of warrenty, gets to about 15mins then stops with "Err" message..
So looked online and it appears that it's a common problem!
Anyone any suggestions for a fix solution or should I just bin it and start again?

cfeeneyinterior

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-HD9220-20-Healthier-Airfryer/dp/B0042EU3A2/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1464392134&sr=1-1&keywords=air+fryer
£69.99 at the moment on amazon

AS1890

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-HD9220-20-Healthier-Airfryer/dp/B0042EU3A2/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1464392134&sr=1-1&keywords=air+fryer
£69.99 at the moment on amazon

FYI for anyone considering

cfeeneyinterior

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Philips-HD9220-20-Healthier-Airfryer/product/B0042EU3A2?active=summary&utm_campaign=products&utm_source=camel-view-product&utm_medium=email&context=alerts_anon&ctx_pid=2755655&ctx_cid=25616916&ctx_aid=143507635&oelid=15M169G450P5S0K2G&ctx_act=product&ctx_src=price-history-link

Tilikum

Just ordered one, thanks guys!

Got a mail saying my order has gone through yet nothing has come out of the account/pending to come out?

rubadub

Philips mechanical type is £69.99 on amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-HD9220-20-Healthier-Airfryer/dp/B0042EU3A2/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1464448684&sr=1-1&keywords=philips+hd9220%2F20+healthier+oil+free+air+fryer

And you can select free delivery

danjo-xx

What is the width of these lads, would it be like a side plate or nearer to a dinner plate.

firestarter51

danjo-xx wrote: »

What is the width of these lads, would it be like a side plate or nearer to a dinner plate.

Dinner plate roughly

Muahahaha

the_pod wrote: »

Got one in DID today, haven't tried it yet but hope to later. Harvey Norman in Nutgorve seemed to be sold out yesterday but I didn't want to give my money to a shouty Ozzie anyway.

Go Harvery, Go!

Kat1170

danjo-xx wrote: »

What is the width of these lads, would it be like a side plate or nearer to a dinner plate.

Dinner plate if you mean the fryer itself, small side plate if you mean the basket size.*


* just measured the basket, it is roughly 9x9cm.

eclipsechaser

Kat1170 wrote: »

Dinner plate if you mean the fryer itself, small side plate if you mean the basket size.*


* just measured the basket, it is roughly 9x9cm.

Is it really that small? I got a deal on the XL and that basket is 21x21cm.

Barr

Isn't there one with double trays as well ?

Kat1170

eclipsechaser wrote: »

Is it really that small? I got a deal on the XL and that basket is 21x21cm.

D'oh, sorry just checked again, 19x19cm :o:o

darklighter

Gone back up now

dodzy

eclipsechaser wrote: »

Is it really that small? I got a deal on the XL and that basket is 21x21cm.

I've both. You'd be amazed at the amount of use they both get. Got the 9230 digital for €109 and the XL9240 for €180. Best appliances addition I ever purchased.

newwan

The breville airfryer was 30 pounds on amazon with free del to parcelmotel at the weekend so i got one. Any good i wonder?https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00KIO2LC8?pc_redir=T1

tk123

newwan wrote: »

The breville airfryer was 30 pounds on amazon with free del to parcelmotel at the weekend so i got one. Any good i wonder?https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00KIO2LC8?pc_redir=T1

:eek::eek: Noooo I missed it!! I've been on the fence about getting one for ages!

rubadub

danjo-xx wrote: »

What is the width of these lads, would it be like a side plate or nearer to a dinner plate.

There are loads of videos on youtube showing them in use and in regular kitches so you get a good idea of the size and what will fit in them

tk123 wrote: »

:eek::eek: Noooo I missed it!! I've been on the fence about getting one for ages!

On the camel site you can look up the history of prices, but you can also have it set up to alert you if it falls below a certain value again. Thats how I found out about the philips one being reduced, I came here to post but was beaten to it.

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Breville-VDF105-Halo-Health-Fryer/product/B00KIO2LC8

SATNAV

Hi Guys
Seen this in Supervalu Tower Airfryer Model T 17005 for € 90.00 on Amazon for 79 STG,
3.2 L basket , looks very like the Russell Hobbs model

newwan

Feckers cancelled it