Air Fryer LIDL 15 June

savemejebus

LIDL are doing a version of the Philips Airfryer on Monday. €79.99 vs the Philips one for €179 in Currys
http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=26469

clevtrev

savemejebus wrote: »

LIDL are doing a version of the Philips Airfryer on Monday. €79.99 vs the Philips one for €179 in Currys
http://www.lidl.ie/en/Offers.htm?action=showDetail&id=26469

Philips is on special at 109 in Harveys so 30 quid price difference. The one in currys for 179 is a newer version with a digital display which the LIDL one doesnt have

http://www.harveynorman.ie/home-appliances/health/philips-airfryer-black-hd22020.html

savemejebus

Apologies, still a good deal. The philips also costs £99 on Amazon

clevtrev

savemejebus wrote: »

Apologies, still a good deal. The philips also costs £99 on Amazon

apology accepted

Thargor

A must have in the kitchen imo, use mine every day and saved a fortune for a massive upgrade in the quality of food I eat, a nice piece of meat and some steamed veg in the evenings after running or cycling now instead of the sh1t I used to eat, great investment, hope this one works as well as the Philips for ye...

Vic Vinegar

Cheers OP, been wanting to get an air fryer for a while. Can't go wrong with a three year guarantee.

Thargor

On sale in the UK today so hopefully get a few reviews of it somewhere...

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/silvercrest-hot-air-fryer-49-99-lidl-2220101#comments

Casey78

Could you do a steak in one of these?
I always fry my steak to a medium rare, I wonder how good one of these would work.

Quackster

Don't forget to pick up a copy of this week's Sunday Independent or World for a voucher to knock a further tenner off.

Thargor

Casey78 wrote: »

Could you do a steak in one of these?
I always fry my steak to a medium rare, I wonder how good one of these would work.

The Philips one is my favourite way to cook steak, heat it up to 200 deg C and give it 10 minutes in there, fat all crispy, meat all moist. Tuck a load of chopped onions in underneath and they'll come out perfectly fried aswell, any onion not protected by the meat will be incinerated but the ones underneath it are perfect.

shamrock55

Casey78 wrote: »

Could you do a steak in one of these?
I always fry my steak to a medium rare, I wonder how good one of these would work.

Id say they are only for chips, chicken,sausage,onion rings and the like , i certainly wouldnt be frying a steak in one

jmorrisey

shamrock55 wrote: »

Id say they are only for chips, chicken,sausage,onion rings and the like , i certainly wouldnt be frying a steak in one

in before the backlash:)

Thargor

Theres a steak I did earlier in it, a little bit overcooked but Ive perfected it since then. Only the BBQ does steak better in my very amateur opinion.

rubadub

I did a medium ribeye in my philips and it came out great. I was very wary of doing it in it until I saw good reports online. I especially liked the fat as its more evenly done, as in a pan only the bits touching the pan are done a lot. Rashers are good because of that too.

I would definitely preheat it fully first, which I usually do not bother doing with other stuff.

Thargor

4-5 minutes to preheat to red hot is another plus for these, you'll be shocked at how fast it cooks when you get it, expect to burn food a bit before you get the hang of reducing cooking times, well its more like you dehydrate it until its a brown lump rather than burnt if you leave it in too long.

stargazer 68

Been considering getting one for a while. Would it fit enough chips veg etc for 3 adults?

rubadub

Thargor wrote: »

you'll be shocked at how fast it cooks when you get it,

The philips one says (after preheating) to cut your cooking times in half on frozen food like nuggets. At first I thought this was just marketing nonsense but its pretty much true.

I put sausages in without preheating and set to 9mins and they are grand.

greendom

What does fried air taste like ?

TireeTerror

Is this the fryer where you only use a spoonful of oil, or do you not put any oil in it at all? Do you buy chips for the Oven or normal frying chips? Im quite fascinated to learn more about this as I just threw my deep fat fryer out as the handle was broken and was a bit dangerous.

blastman

TireeTerror wrote: »

Is this the fryer where you only use a spoonful of oil, or do you not put any oil in it at all? Do you buy chips for the Oven or normal frying chips? Im quite fascinated to learn more about this as I just threw my deep fat fryer out as the handle was broken and was a bit dangerous.

No oil at all in the fryer itself. If you are doing chips (despite what a previous poster said, you can do far, far more than chips with them), you might want to parboil and/or put a small amount of oil on potatoes for homemade chips. Frozen or oven chips can be thrown straight in.

rubadub

TireeTerror wrote: »

Is this the fryer where you only use a spoonful of oil, or do you not put any oil in it at all?

it appears to be a fairly close copy of the philips airfryer. The actifry and maybe others have a place to put oil, this seemingly does not, the philips does not.

I think the word "fryer" is wrong and does them a disservice as the main negative reviews were people saying its not like deep fried chips. Its really a compact & fast heating fan oven, and the fan is faster so it cooks quicker. Think of having a heatgun with a fan control, even though its the same temperateure if air flow is increased it heats faster. You already reduce times in a fan oven, so can reduce even more in this.

I thought 200C was quite low but its definitely enough.

So you would be buying oven chips for it

there is a large thread in the food forum about them
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057063796

Casey78

Would you fit two average size striplion steaks in them?
Like say the steaks you get in Lidl.

Marhay70

I asked this on a previous thread but never got an answer. Anybody know how they compare to halogen ovens?

shamrock55

Its not frying though, to fry something it needs to be cooked in oil, this is just fancy bakeing, its the same thing as cooking in a fan oven, dont be fooled it is not frying!!

Muahahaha

Marhay70 wrote: »

I asked this on a previous thread but never got an answer. Anybody know how they compare to halogen ovens?

I think the cooking times might be less in an airfryer as the fan is stronger than a halogens fan but both do effectively the same job AFAIK. Halogens are a fair bit cheaper at around €30-40, they also have the added advantage that you can see all your food clearly through the glass bowl which is dead handy for cooking by sight.

Thargor

shamrock55 wrote: »

Its not frying though, to fry something it needs to be cooked in oil, this is just fancy bakeing, its the same thing as cooking in a fan oven, dont be fooled it is not frying!!

You see the thing is though, the food comes out fried, I dont why but the bacon, steak, sausages, pudding, pork chops, chicken etc that Ive done in mine would not come out of the oven the way they come out of this, its identical to pan fried, you have to use one to understand.

Not only that but you get a load of juice left in the drip tray with no oil added so its a lot healthier aswell even though the meat is still lovely and moist.

Marhay70

Muahahaha wrote: »

I think the cooking times might be less in an airfryer as the fan is stronger than a halogens fan but both do effectively the same job AFAIK. Halogens are a fair bit cheaper at around €30-40, they also have the added advantage that you can see all your food clearly through the glass bowl which is dead handy for cooking by sight.

Thanks, I have a halogen oven but while it's fast and capable enough, the food certainly doesn't taste anything like it would out of a conventional fan oven and in the case of chicken, for instance, you would have to baste to get the flavour. Sort of defeats the purpose.

Glenbhoy

I've been thinking about of these for a while too, my problem is with Lidl electricals, I haven't bought anything in years because any i did buy were back with them within a few weeks.
Has silvercrest improved in the interim, would it make more sense to spend the extra €30 and get the philips?

Peig Sayers

Casey78 wrote: »

Would you fit two average size striplion steaks in them?
Like say the steaks you get in Lidl.

You'd struggle to fit two steaks in them unless you really squash them in. I usually only cook one steak between us which I cut in half and it's a perfect fit. We were never steak eaters before but reading about the Lidl/Aldi steaks I thought I'd give it a try. I use the Lidl striploin steak at €3.99 and it comes out perfectly. Take it out of the fridge for about 30 mins, little oil rubbed in with some seasoning and about 4 mins each side. Beautiful!

Casey78

One steak between us would not be an option!
I'd eat two steaks on my own!!!

Thargor

You'll have to keep an eye out for the XL version of the Philips then but they're not cheap. I can do 3 pork chops at once in mine but thats pushing it, 2 steaks would be a tight fit but doable. Its a singletons fryer :P

Muahahaha

Marhay70 wrote: »

Thanks, I have a halogen oven but while it's fast and capable enough, the food certainly doesn't taste anything like it would out of a conventional fan oven and in the case of chicken, for instance, you would have to baste to get the flavour. Sort of defeats the purpose.

Really? I find chicken is much nicer out of my halogen than my fan oven, I've barely used the fan oven at all since buying the halogen. It might be because the fan oven is old, I certainly know it has hot spots in it and often food can be left cooked slightly unevenly which is something I never get with the halogen- because its so small every part of the chicken gets cooked evenly. I usually brown the chicken first and then wrap it in tin foil to lock the moisture in, works a treat.

applejunkie

Is any of the papers doing the lidl voucher this week ? And could it be used to get 10 euro off the purchase price of this ?

Quackster

applejunkie wrote: »

Is any of the papers doing the lidl voucher this week ? And could it be used to get 10 euro off the purchase price of this ?

Yes & yes.

nicelives

Is this made by Philips with a Sivercrest badge? it looks very similar and Philips say they use patented technology

Quackster

nicelives wrote: »

Is this made by Philips with a Sivercrest badge? it looks very similar and Philips say they use patented technology

I would doubt it. I have a similar machine that I bought on Amazon last year for around the same price and it's a Chinese knockoff. But it's great!

nicelives

Quackster wrote: »

I would doubt it. I have a similar machine that I bought on Amazon last year for around the same price and it's a Chinese knockoff. But it's great!

Thanks for that, will probably go for the original for such a small difference in price.

sok2005

Chaos in my local Lidl today, these were sold out this morning. People were going around to other shoppers asking if they were purchasing the air fryers in their trolleys!

Casey78

Really? Probably too late dropping into my local one after work so!
Think I'll just buy the Philips one for a few quid extra

ben36

The lidl in finglas had at least 10 left at 1pm.

nicelives

ben36 wrote: »

The lidl in finglas had at least 10 left at 1pm.

The Lidl in Kildare Town had about 6 or 7 at lunchtime, obviously not as healthy as the rest of the country

Thargor

Anyone tried there's yet?

south

Loads left in the Lidl in Waterford about 12.30. Cooked some frozen chips in it just to test it out, turned out very well.

Gulliver

All gone in Bundoran this evening.

Thargor

Saw one in Grystones half an hour ago.

L1011

Parents got one in Maynooth at 7pm.

sok2005

Used it last night, it's a great piece of kit. I was sceptical because I had previously used a Tefal Actifry and swore by it but I was pleasantly surprised at the results of the Lidl Air Fryer. Very fast cooking time, and the food was cooked perfectly even. It does amazing Kale chips with cashews. I also cooked a Spanish Omelette in record time.

mylittlepony

Any left in Kerry lidil shops:
Killarney / Tralee \ Listowel?

Thargor

sok2005 wrote: »

Used it last night, it's a great piece of kit. I was sceptical because I had previously used a Tefal Actifry and swore by it but I was pleasantly surprised at the results of the Lidl Air Fryer. Very fast cooking time, and the food was cooked perfectly even. It does amazing Kale chips with cashews. I also cooked a Spanish Omelette in record time.

How did you do a Spanish omelet in the little basket?

sok2005

Thargor wrote: »

How did you do a Spanish omelet in the little basket?

I used greaseproof paper to cover the basket end.

rubadub

nicelives wrote: »

Is this made by Philips with a Sivercrest badge? it looks very similar and Philips say they use patented technology

The shape looks similar, but I can see all the parts are different, so definitely not just rebadged. It is also slightly more powerful than the philips one.

They are basically fan ovens, so the patent is probably about something very specific that they just did not use in the lidl one.

Here is a case where Philips lost to a Chinese place making airfryers
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/Metro/society/Philips-loses-food-fryer-patent-case/shdaily.shtml

But Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court ruled a food fryer Lock & Lock sold didn’t infringe an air circulation patent owned by Philips.

The court said the internal designs are different, noting that the Lock & Lock fryer does not have an air outlet on its upper surface, as the Philips one does.

An absence of this feature meant that the defendants’ product didn’t infringe Philips’ patent claims, said the court.