Air fryers

teenwolf · 3 Dec 2022 at 12:43

the roof in my ninja foodi max pro is full of muck anyone else's the same ?

Guest2 · 3 Dec 2022 at 13:47

teenwolf said:
the roof in my ninja foodi max pro is full of muck anyone else's the same ?

Sorry to say it but this was what happened with the first Ninja we had, a mini oven.
It lasted 2 days before we returned it as grease built up on the back and heating elements then it started to smoke when turned on. We called Ninja and explained and they said to return it. Returned it and bought the Ninja air fryer (AF300UK)

tom_e · 3 Dec 2022 at 13:54

Planning on doing my first whole chicken in ours for dinner tonight. Chicken in one side, roasties in the other and then I'll have to relent and use the normal oven for the stuffing.

kinetic747 · 3 Dec 2022 at 17:25

At time of posting Ninja AF300 back in stock if anyone's interested.

Guest2 · 3 Dec 2022 at 21:23

tom_e said:
Planning on doing my first whole chicken in ours for dinner tonight. Chicken in one side, roasties in the other and then I'll have to relent and use the normal oven for the stuffing.

How did it go? We had chicken and rice tonight with some brocolli and mushrooms.
Medium chicken was £3.25 and rice very cheap as bought a huge bag of basmati. Has easily done 4 large meals (tonights dinner and Monday lunch for 2)

50 mins, 200c

for size comparison

season (salt, pepper, paprika, mixed herbs)

after 50 mins

Scalpers on Gumtree selling AF300UK for £250+ Can see their names and mobile numbers on some. They're brave. Might post it on Reddit and HUKD

OldKitMan · 3 Dec 2022 at 21:32

tom_e said:
Planning on doing my first whole chicken in ours for dinner tonight. Chicken in one side, roasties in the other and then I'll have to relent and use the normal oven for the stuffing.

cook the stuffing in the side the chicken was in whilst you rest it after cooking?

Bubo · 3 Dec 2022 at 23:29

Would it be even more economical to do things like whole chickens in a pressure cooker, with a browning pass in an air fryer if need be? You'd have to have both gadgets obvs.

Journey · 4 Dec 2022 at 01:13

Bubo said:
You'd have to have both gadgets obvs.

You can get all in one devices, the ninja 15-in-1 is great, steams, pressure cooks, air frys etc. And it did combinations of them so you can pressure cook and then crisp at the end.

Raymond Lin · 4 Dec 2022 at 01:26

There is an instant pot which has the airfry lid, so you can do both at once and it’s not that expensive considering. But of course it’s very tall and not something I would keep on the worktop. It looks hella weird, like a giant Walnut Whip.

JamesH85 · 4 Dec 2022 at 07:25

I managed to grab a AF400uk dual a fortnight ago. I joined the stock checker discord and signed up for alerts on there, got one within 36 hours. Just an idea if anyone struggling to get hold of one.

tom_e · 4 Dec 2022 at 07:59

Guest2 said:
How did it go? We had chicken and rice tonight with some brocolli and mushrooms.
Medium chicken was £3.25 and rice very cheap as bought a huge bag of basmati. Has easily done 4 large meals (tonights dinner and Monday lunch for 2)

50 mins, 200c

for size comparison

season (salt, pepper, paprika, mixed herbs)

after 50 mins

Scalpers on Gumtree selling AF300UK for £250+ Can see their names and mobile numbers on some. They're brave. Might post it on Reddit and HUKD

Turned out really nice, did it using the roast function which I think is 190C for 60 minutes. First 30 upside down and then turned it.

Nice and juicy, lovely crispy skin.

Guest2 · 4 Dec 2022 at 08:39

tom_e said:
Turned out really nice, did it using the roast function which I think is 190C for 60 minutes. First 30 upside down and then turned it.

Nice and juicy, lovely crispy skin.

I’ve not tried a chicken on roast setting yet, might give it a go.

Thinking about the cost vs oven though its a no brainer.

The oven is 5500W max at 250c and air fryer is 2000W max at 240c.

Air fryer, with only one compartment on that’s 1000W at 240c but cooking at 200c reduces that to maybe 800w (832 i think) 832w /hr. 50 mins slightly less, about 800w total

Oven I would cook it for 1 hr 30 including pre heat at 200c.
So 4400w for 1 hr 30, or 6600w total. 8.25x as expensive when cooking a single chicken in the oven!

The only way an oven could be more economical would be if it was stacked full of food…even then though, our oven couldnt fit 8x the food of 1 af300uk compartment

wesimmo · 4 Dec 2022 at 08:45

thezappa said:
I suspect this has been talked about but I’ll ask anyway, what sort of electricity usage are people seeing with these.
I’d be tempted if the cost of using it was low enough. We have a range cooker at the moment and am keen to use it less but if I’m saving a few pence each time it doesn’t seem worth it.

Its probably been said a few times. The lack of energy usage is really a bonus for me though.

I paid £35 (IIRC) for a small, cheap no brand one from Tesco just go see what the fuss was about when my mum was banging on about them a while ago.

It's just, as a singleton who has his daughter a couple of times a week, so much more convenient, quicker and lots of stuff cooks better as well.

kinger8938 · 4 Dec 2022 at 09:02

tom_e said:
Turned out really nice, did it using the roast function which I think is 190C for 60 minutes. First 30 upside down and then turned it.

Nice and juicy, lovely crispy skin.

Doing one in ours for the first time later, toasties and parsnips in the other tray! I'll use your settings as a guide, sounds spot on

beachBOYken · 4 Dec 2022 at 10:24

tom_e said:
Turned out really nice, did it using the roast function which I think is 190C for 60 minutes. First 30 upside down and then turned it.

Nice and juicy, lovely crispy skin.

Cool, will have to try this next time, what size chicken did you cook?

tom_e · 4 Dec 2022 at 10:31

beachBOYken said:
Cool, will have to try this next time, what size chicken did you cook?

A touch over 1.6kg

beachBOYken · 5 Dec 2022 at 18:36

Guest2 said:
15 mins at 200c. Could have done with a bit less, maybe 10-15, but it was big.

I cooked some tonight, the 2 x smaller pieces, 200c at just under 6 minutes, withe some rice and green beans, I think even less time would have cooked it, very nice though.

Bear · 6 Dec 2022 at 10:05

Tony Edwards said:
How do you clean the baskets(?)? Or do they just end up with baked on oil/grease like a normal oven that isnt cleaned properly everytime it is used?

You can get silicone baskets that sit in the air fryer basket, so you can cook everything in the silicone basket which makes washing nice and easy as silicone is non stick

Raymond Lin · 6 Dec 2022 at 10:09

Honestly, after a year of use mine has the usual oven stains that is very hard to get rid of with soap and water.

So now I just line it with some tin foil. Job done.

Junglist · 6 Dec 2022 at 10:25

Guest2 said:
GF was out on her works xmas party tonight so decided to make a big fish & chips as went for a 2.5km swim earlier. This would have cost about £50 in a restaurant! 400g sockeye salmon

I use the same salmon and make it with a Asian inspired honey and garlic glaze. I actually got it from this guys channel. He has a lot of nice things that are worth checking out