Philips Airfryer

[sleep envy]

Flicking through a foody mag I spotted a supposedly healthy alternative to deep frying linky

has anyone tried one?

[Tanguero]

fry 1 (fr)
v. fried (frd), fry·ing, fries (frz)
v.tr.
1. To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

Sounds like complete bks to me. Oven chips by any other name...

[Lord Flathead]

My mate has one and swears by it. His wife has every gadget in the kitchen from a fast boil kettle to a small infra-red oven that the kids can use (which also uses hot air). I was intrigued by it and she says it's excellent on all fronts. Much healthier than oil. It is a cleverly designed hair dryer that looks well made and is more healthy.

I have a Flavour Wave Turbo (well it had to have a turbo didn't it?) which is a small 1kw halogen oven, and it works really well - same principle, hot air in a small enclosure.

[sleep envy]

cheers for the reply

how much oil do you need to add to them?

[Pferdestarke]

About a tablespoon I believe.

[escargot]

Mixed reviews about it on amazon.

[Ritchie335is]

Which review here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnJ9xZWC054&fea...

[redtwin]

Look like oven chips to me. Couldn't really see a £200 advantage to just whacking a regular fan oven up to max and cooking the chips that way with the same amount of oil.

[Hoover.]

what a con.. those style chips, cut n chuck on a baking tray cover in oil 25 mins at 180 in fan oven same result, same amount of oil ... or am I missing something????,,,,, maybe a fat missus, 5 kids n live in council house

[mercfunder]

How does it differ from the Tefal acti-fry which is about half the price?

http://www.tefal-actifry.org.uk/suppliers-prices-o...

[sleep envy]

They're £120 from john lewis, so about the same money but doesn't look as awful

do people use half a table spoon of oil when making fresh chips?

[Silverbullet767]

There are big reports of these things going on fire. Google it!