We got an oven with an airfryer setting and it’s not very good. Should’ve saved the money and got a regular oven and a separate air-fryer.
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍢🍡🍢 Tuesday, September 10, 2024
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I think I’ll bite the bullet and get on the airfryer trend. But I don’t have the kitchen space do I might replace the microwave with an airfryer/microwave/convection oven combo.
The ability to cook frozen stuff without the fuck around of a regular oven is too tempting
dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 week ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 week ago
You have to keep in mind that the combos don’t work as well as a traditional bucket airfryer. You are better off buying a small airfryer from kmart to try out. Alot of people recommend them.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I’ve never tried one of those convection combos, but I do highly recommend an airfryer with 2 baskets. It does depend on what you’re cooking, but I’ve used air fryers with one big basket, and air fryers with 2 smaller ones, and I definitely prefer the smaller 2 basket ones
If you’re cooking bigger things frequently, then the large one might work out for the best, but the largest things I regularly cook are chicken schnitzels (my butcher does massive heart shaped ones), and chicken Kievs. I prefer to cook those either in the oven or fry them in oil anyway, so it doesn’t bother me
I usually use the air fryer for lunchy type things like chicken tenders, chips, or hash browns. Sometimes sausages. But I can fit about 4 large tenders or 6 sausages per basket, so it works out just fine for me
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I’ve gone to a friend’s place that used one of those kmart airfryers to cook some chips. I was thinking about this, and I’d rather trade a bit of functionality for a single device I don’t need to get out of storage and plug in every time I need to use it
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I get it. Space in my small kitchen is at a premium. I have a microwave/ convection oven/ grill combo and it works well but it is not the same as a bucket airfryer and don’t believe people who say it is. The convection oven part is just a smaller oven. An bucket airfryer is like a Ferrari.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
One of the best purchases I’ve made.
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
The air fryer revolutionised my cooking, I use mine multiple times a week. A worthy investment.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 week ago
same
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I use mine several times a week. Best use so far is to thaw and crisp up bread rolls, but does chops/sausages pretty good too. I don’t do fried food or chips much. It does a reasonable job of baking small half size cakes too. The microwave is better for thawing out frozen dishes imo, and does a better job of cooking vegetables.
I’ve only got limited bench space, so when I realised I was going to use the airfryer a lot, I invested in a ceramic tile 60cm by 60cm, and put that on top of my 4 burner gas cooktop. Most of the time I only used 1 burner so replaced that with a single burner induction stove. The airfryer and induction stove sit side by side on top of the tile - taking up no more room than that, and leaving a generous lip at the front for spoons and to rest the airfryer basket etc.
The tile can be easily removed if I ever need more than one pot on the stove at one time.