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Air fryers - any recommendations?

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    edited May 2022
    Got a ninja. It is awesome except one thing.  It is so easy to use my boy figured it out when he was 8 and would sneak off and cook himself a bowl of chips after School whilst I was still working in the house office!
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    Dippenhall said:
    We still use those big old fashioned box shaped things with a door that we called an oven.
    Not sure how much cooking you do, but a fryer and over do different things
    Gordon Ramsey here. If I put chicken in the oven without any oil what does an air fryer do different to the oven? You You can't fry battered fish in an air fryer any more than you can in an oven, the batter would just run off before it set, you can only coat it with a dry mix like breadcrumbs.
    Tbh I'm not sure why I care enough to be posting here lol
    I was just looking for an argument :smile:
    No you weren't
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    Have a ninja foodi and it's awesome 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Where are you ninja owners finding the recipes ?
    Yeah I realise this seems a daft question these days but I’ve checked out some books on Amazon and the reviews are not impressive. Written for American market rather than ours. Just wondered what I’m missing ?
  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,305
    edited May 2022


  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,305
    This is the one we bought

    The BIG Metric Ninja Foodi Cookbook: Over 100 recipes using European measurements

  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited May 2022
    Chizz said:
    Dippenhall said:
    We still use those big old fashioned box shaped things with a door that we called an oven.
    Not sure how much cooking you do, but a fryer and over do different things
    Gordon Ramsey here. If I put chicken in the oven without any oil what does an air fryer do different to the oven? You You can't fry battered fish in an air fryer any more than you can in an oven, the batter would just run off before it set, you can only coat it with a dry mix like breadcrumbs.
    Tbh I'm not sure why I care enough to be posting here lol
    I was just looking for an argument :smile:.
    No you weren't
    Was it the Five minute argument or the full half hour?
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    Got one of these, which is basically the Ninja for half the price

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daewoo-Fryer-Double-Cooking-Functions/dp/B09Q93K4F8 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    Rothko said:
    Got one of these, which is basically the Ninja for half the price

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daewoo-Fryer-Double-Cooking-Functions/dp/B09Q93K4F8 
    that'll be the Daewoo
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Got the dual tray ninja today. Wife cooked some chips to get the hang of it. Not very adventurous but a success nonetheless. 
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  • walshiesleftfoot
    walshiesleftfoot Posts: 1,208
    The the Ninja is great. Still not used all the settings yet but I will do 
  • dicktracey
    dicktracey Posts: 318
    Costco £40 bloody good 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Got the dual tray ninja today. Wife cooked some chips to get the hang of it. Not very adventurous but a success nonetheless. 
    Does she know that's how you describe her? 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    Could be the hottest signing of the summer.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Chizz said:
    Dippenhall said:
    We still use those big old fashioned box shaped things with a door that we called an oven.
    Not sure how much cooking you do, but a fryer and over do different things
    Gordon Ramsey here. If I put chicken in the oven without any oil what does an air fryer do different to the oven? You You can't fry battered fish in an air fryer any more than you can in an oven, the batter would just run off before it set, you can only coat it with a dry mix like breadcrumbs.
    Tbh I'm not sure why I care enough to be posting here lol
    I was just looking for an argument :smile:
    No you weren't
    I’ll think you’ll find he was. 
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,287
    Vocal air fryer…😉
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    So picking up my Ninja tomorrow?
    How are people getting on with them? Heard good things hence me buying one..
    Any recipe do''s and don'ts?
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    You can get a lot of ideas on Youtube
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited March 2024
    Got this one, barely use the oven now (at the most sunday roast), all other foods chips, jackets, pies, readymeals, etc cooked in the air fryer in 20 mins or so. Very impressed. Recommend the two zones so you can cook different meals at the same time.
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,353
    Wife swears by the ninja, I think she might be encouraging it to give me a kick in.
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  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    Got a few NInja bits including the BBQ smoker. Can't fault any of them
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    Got a 15-1 as well as a duel, not touched the oven for two years.
    Sunday dinner cooked in an hour what’s not to like.
    It taught me how to cook 😉
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,627
    Son stayed over at a mates last night & came back saying we need to get one. I had thought of getting one just before xmas in the Black Friday sales but left it too late.  

    What's everyone suggesting....a Ninja or something else ?  And at what cost ?  The Black Friday deal was reduction from £229 down to £179. 
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,966
    Not only is fried air delicious, it's also very low in calories
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Definitely get a twin draw air fryer.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    golfaddick said:
    Son stayed over at a mates last night & came back saying we need to get one. I had thought of getting one just before xmas in the Black Friday sales but left it too late.  

    What's everyone suggesting....a Ninja or something else ?  And at what cost ?  The Black Friday deal was reduction from £229 down to £179. 
    If you can do it I’d suggest the 15-1 it does everything and is sizeable if you have guests.
    It Pressure cooks as well as airfryer and everything in between. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    edited March 2024
    golfaddick said:
    Son stayed over at a mates last night & came back saying we need to get one. I had thought of getting one just before xmas in the Black Friday sales but left it too late.  

    What's everyone suggesting....a Ninja or something else ?  And at what cost ?  The Black Friday deal was reduction from £229 down to £179. 
    The Ninja 9L dual drawer was back down to £179 at Currys when I ordered it the other day. Plus another 10%. Off if you trade in any old appliance that you have gathering dust. I get discounts at Currys through work plus went through Quidco so got it for just over £140
  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 727
    We got a instant vortex twin drawer back in Feb last year...oven...what oven?? Cooks food so much faster and at half the price of running a conventional oven...no brainer.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    edited March 2024
    My girlfriends microwave broke, so i bought her a 26ltr microwave/air fryer combi. It's a little larger than a regular microwave, big enough to air fry a whole large chicken (not that we have).

    I'd recommend if you need a new microwave, £200.

    https://www.robertdyas.co.uk/salter-26l-air-fryer-microwave-oven?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=17724362627&cq_term=&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&cq_plt=gp&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwncWvBhD_ARIsAEb2HW_zo6dj4qZw6fxA_8xLnmUr9Q52s7vCb7PSyxh7Ac2PfJA3vuCEE2QaAgEbEALw_wcB
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    An air ‘fryer’ is just a small oven. 

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