Will an air fryer change my life?

Air fryers are brilliant OP.
Although they may not change your life. You might find that you may need a very passionate lover for that
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It actually has changed my life tbh. I work long hours and I can do healthy dinners quickly in it. It's been a revelation in this house! I have the ninja one with the two drawers. I haven't used the oven more than a handful of times in months now.

Whether it changes your life depends what you have now. I don't have a microwave or a fan oven, so for me it's much faster and uses less energy than an oven.

Get a dual drawer one, that way you can cook a full meal. Otherwise you still have to turn the oven on which defeats the point. I really like the sync feature on mine which means you can cook two things at different heats for different times and they're ready at once.

I don't get the love for the airfryer, feel like I'm missing the point somehow or doing something wrong. We've got a dual drawer ninja one - it takes up too much room, is a pain to clean, produces a lot of steam and smells and nothing is really any improvement over cooking in the oven

Agreed. I gave mine away.

In contrast to everyone else, I think waste of time and money. We have a sage one which supposedly is mini oven, air fryer and microwave. Oven is pathetic, microwave us usable, air fryer is questionable as to whether it does anything. It 'works' (ie gets hot with fan) but takes forever to do anything badly.

i got this and there was a 20% off deal at the www.argos.co.uk/product/3631885?clickPR=plp:2:11

I had a ninja air fryer, used it for a few months, but got fed up of the grease that accumulated after cooking food. Reverted to cooking on the stove or in the oven as normal.

Going against the flow here. I bought a Ninja Dual zone just after Christmas last year. I did get it for a very good price. I use it most days but only to toast bread. There are just the 2 of just. I think if you are doing a roast in the oven you can put everything in together at the same time. I don’t cook things like chicken nuggets. I have always made lovely chips from scratch in the oven and they are not as good in the air fryer. There is not enough room to have them on one level. However roast parsnips and roast beetroot have come out quite well.
A year before I got the air fryer, I had the kitchen redone and had a place for everything in the cupboards, including the food mixer so I was upset to lose counter space but as I use it as a toaster it doesn’t really take up any more room than a large one.

Def get the bigger one
I have the same one and love it

I highly recommend the lakeland 2 drawer air fryer. Its on sale atm for £69. You can do a whole chicken in the larger drawer.
So sorry I can't do links from my phone but its on the lakeland page. Free delivery too.
Although at this stage I'd check all the prices now and compare once the black friday sales come in.
Enjoy

i only use my oven for baking. Use Ninja 9 in 1 every day / along with my hob. If i didn't want it out on top, i have cupboard space below to put it away, but only do that when people coming round.

No, but it'll make meal times a little easier.

I just realised this is also true for me!! Best gift ever.

I'm getting my mother a new one for Christmas, she's having a hard time lifting hot dishes out of the drawer as she gets older so I've got this one Argos
I cooked most of the Christmas dinner for 6 adults in ours last year when the oven died on Christmas Eve.

I wouldn't be without mine

We use ours reasonably often but it’s not going to change your life.

I don’t know about life changing but I recently got one (with with shelves and a rotisserie instead of a drawer one) and it’s been used instead of the oven for anything small enough that will fit in it. So I would say I use the oven less than once a week now, probably even less than that.

i still use the grill (for toast) and the hob but I haven’t turned the oven on in about a month maybe.

i also rotisserie a chicken or a joint (as long as it’s under 1.4kg) every Sunday now (hardly ever did a big joint before) and it gets used for Sunday for dinner then the rest gets used for sandwiches throughout the week so no more buying sandwich meat.

i was unsure for ages and putting it off but found the one I got for £120 and thought even if I only used it for homemade but healthier chips it might me worth the money 😳 but have been pleasantly surprised at how much use it has had and I haven’t even tried chips in it yet!

It’s great if you only want to cook a single meal or item, but otherwise it’s only a small oven. It’s maybe a third quicker to cook items. Good for breaded stuff, chips, anything you want crispy. But it’s hardly life changing. Speeds up making a beige platter I guess. If you don’t have a lot of counter space or a cupboard to store it in then it may just sit there.

Had mine 10 days and used several times. Delighted. I’m already looking forward to seeing what it can be capable of.

Its fast, much easier to regularly clean than an oven, and saving a lot of energy if I’m only cooking (say) two fish fingers

i chose a Ninja double stack which has a big capacity but is space saving as it’s tall, not wide. Each compartment can also be divided, so 2 layers become 4. Looks good on the counter too. 😊

No, it won’t change your life.

If you eat a lot of oven food it will reduce your electricity bill. Your oven chips will be better.

You can’t cook large amounts of anything; they are more suitable for solo or couples than families with several children unless it’s a very large model, and even then it’s rather cramped. Quite easy though.

I cook on the hob far more than in the oven anyway. The air fryer is no substitute for an oven when it comes to baking. I find the instant pot more useful and versatile.

Ours is used more for reheating pizza slices and chips than meals. It’s not an essential piece of kit, and it takes up a lot of space.

Brilliant piece of kit and I currently have a small kitchen
Tefal dual drawer for four adults. 8.5L I think. Offer on amazon
Brilliant chips, roasts, roasted veg. Small joints, salmon.
I'm disabled so I don't need to bend down. Easy for teenagers snacking. Easy to wash up.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ninja-foodi-max-dual-zone-air-fryer-af400uk-ps159-at-argos-possible-ps10-off-with-email-sign-up-4451785

Don't forget it is black friday soon and there will be some good deals on them I would say, there was last year. I have this model and deffo worth getting the bigger one.

No. Ive used mine twice. Its just a tiny oven.

Yeah I think so - one thing that irritates me about cooking is that I can't put something in the oven for later and then have a lay down - you have to wait around until the food is done else it burns

With an air fryer, I can put on dd's breakfast and lunch for the next day, and then head up to bed, knowing that it'll just need a few minutes to heat up in the morning