Will an air fryer change my life?

I got my first ( The Tefal one that spins round) in 2010.. always had one.. l have a duel drawer now.. l had my oven professionally cleaned in 2010 and l think I've used it about once a year.
I make cakes/ scones/ Yorkshire puddings/ sausage rolls and pies in mine.. as well as the usual.. for heating things.. smoked haddock l put in a tin tray with butter on.
Chicken breasts in marinate.
Roasted onions and Mushrooms n tomatoes.
Basically anything you cook in an oven you can do in the airfryer.. it's just a mini oven.. but quicker and more convenient .
It's not just for Chicken nuggets and chips.
Go for it and enjoy.

We keep looking but cannot work out if it would suit us. Typical meals a week at ours for 5 people are:

Stir fry (chicken or beef or prawn)
Chilli
Roast
Poached eggs
All.in one chicken and Mediterranean veg
Spaghetti bol
Lentil and carrot soup
Fajitas
Cottage pie
Steamed veg (with nearly every meal)

Would it be worth it?

I have a ninja air fryer. In the booklet, it says to cook chicken wings for 26/30 minutes but I find them overcooked. How long do you cook yours for?
Also how long for a full chicken?
Any ideas?

Game changer. I cook for 1 and do everything in it. But have put it in a cupboard as takes up a lot of space

Darling, you can fly to Paris in it!!!
They're wonderful.

You have to practice. This is all we have been dong since ours arrived a couple of weeks ago. We find it massively hot. Cut times and temperatures right down.

We sold ours.
Everything we cooked seemed greasy despite not using oil. The smell was unpleasant too.
We have a built in microwave/mini oven which is far better

I've bought the one with shelves rather than drawers but how do you know temp or timings for cooking if it's different to a normal oven? I really have no idea so it's just sitting there getting dusty 😕

Also can you use metal trays in it (you can't in microwave but can in normal oven) or is it pyrex or silicone only?

To add, I wouldnt have had an airfryer on its own, I wanted something with shelves which can do proper baking/roasting/frying/slow cooking/grill/rice cookign, I dont like the idea of the funny little drawers, awkward for me as I have problems with dexterity and it would be fiddly for me.

We've just got the Ninja combi 14 n 1, I am a convert. It sits on our hob (our hob has a lid). We have not used the main oven since at all and only used the hob once (we move it to the side when we want the hob)

Its not perfect and we are still practising with a number of experiments but I am very keen on it so far. I will be chucking out the slow cooking and toaster.

Basically I use mine for chips, great chips they are too.

I've got one and meh. I think it depends what kind of food you eat. We are a very curry, chilli, spaghetti bolognaise, pasta bake kind of family. All of which is too saucy for air fryer.

Good for crispy bacon and sausages - doesn't fill the kitchen with smells like an oven for some reason

Join the cult. I haven't looked back since I got mine. I even gave serious consideration to whether I could fit it in my suitcase for holiday this year.

In all seriousness, I've used my oven about 4 times this year. Also I love the air fryer for my 12 yr old, it's much safer for her to use than the oven so she can cook things herself, she loves it.

Me too I love mine! I've had it for a year and still learning all the different stuff it can do.

20% off at John Lewis.

It depends if you use your oven. I rarely use mine, I cook the vast majority of things on the hob. So it is a bit pointless for me.

Oh and @JingsMahBucket

if you get it I found a circular basket on eBay that the rotisserie pole fits through that keeps it turning that I think will be perfect for doing chips in for a under a tenner.

Vortx XL 14.5L 5-in-1 Digital Air Fryer Oven with Rotisserie

https://www.towerhousewares.co.uk/air-fryers/vortx-xl-145l-5-in-1-digital-air-fryer-oven-with-rotisserie

there you go @JingsMahBucket its sold out here now but at it is probably elsewhere.

dont everyone run out and but one though, I haven’t got one for my family members Christmas yet! 😉

Oooh @Ginkypig which model has the rotisserie function?

@Mrsredlipstick I just ordered this model on Wednesday from Amazon and was concerned it’s not dishwasher safe. Am I wrong there? Also, should I order any addition items? Somewhere on another site I saw kind of screen / mat things to put in the drawers. What do you have?

I fought against getting one for ages as I thought they were a bit faddy. My mum gifted me her old one but it was very small and not much good
Decided quite recently to get one and we went for the Ninja flexdrawer. It's so good.
I do still use my oven but we are a family of 6. Don't use it every day though as don't need to now.
It cooks a whole chicken so nicely and easily and roast pots are fab in it
This week for the first time I cooked something not dry in it. Cooked a chicken chasseur which would normally take about 2 hours in my oven. Cooked it in half the time and the chicken wasn't dry at all. Just took the divider out and put it in a Pyrex dish
Would honestly recommend one

Its a miniature oven. It doesnt fry anything. If you like the idea of a miniature oven on your counter then thats great.