Recommend an airfryer please

There is 4 in our household and have the Ninja Dual which is fantastic. My father has the tower and lives alone and is ideal for him, plus much cheaper than model I have.

I have the Philips XXL and could not praise it enough. It makes life so easy. I use it almost every other day for something.

I have had a Tefal actifry for many years (maybe 8 at this stage?). Overall it is great, with it basically being somewhere between an oven and a deep-fat fryer in terms of taste/results, but not as unhealthy as a deep-fat fryer.

If one is going down the route or already has) of oven chips, then absolutely - this is much better. They taste better and are cooked uniformly (i.e. not still soggy in the middle while the ends are all black).

However, if looking to replace a deep-fat fryer, you might want to note a few things.

• Much slower cooking times (for me, 30 minutes typically gives the best results, maybe a bit longer if you are maxing out the size)
• It is loud, so you wouldn't want it cooking while you are trying to have pleasant conversation in the kitchen at the same time.
• Portion size - you might get enough for 3, maybe 4 portions in one go. However, if you are ever feeding more than that, you will have problems as, with the slow cooking time, you can't just put one lot on, and then serve them or leave them in the oven for a few minutes while you quickly cook another batch etc (which you can do with a deep-fat fryer).

For my own parents when they were thinking of getting one, I strongly urged them to buy one, but still keep the deep-fat fryer. Use this when it is just the two of them. But use the deep-fat fryer when there are lots of guests (adults + grandkids etc) as it would be useless for large numbers.

To be fair, something like the actifry is a lot more than an oven (or even a fan-oven). It is the constant rotating that ensures a perfectly consistent cook as opposed to an oven (both the pictures and the author's reference in that article seem to be regarding cheap air fryers which probably aren't much different than a fan oven). Also, you would typically add a few ml of oil to the fries, whereas you typically wouldn't when cooking in an oven.

But if 2 chips are touching (which will happen quite a bit), how does the air get to the parts that are touching (with the same consistency as the parts that aren't touching) ?

Ah, ok. With the "wand" in the actifry, the chips are constantly being shaken (slowly) throughout the cook. That way, you can have enough chips for 3-4 decent portions in a single cook without having to worry about it.

There is a big thread in Food and Drink.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057063796/the-actifry-airfryer-thread-merged/p52

Don't do it. We have one at home and all it seems to produce is dried out sausages and horrible chips. Ours is going to have a mysterious fault very soon that can't be fixed. Nothing tastes better from an air fryer imo

Philips are the way to go the rest are rubbish

Howdy.. sorry for bumping this.... just checking if you are still in love?