Tefal ActiFry Deep Fryer?

Egon · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:07

Tefal said:
When i do the title will be along the lines "so now the diarrhea's stopped....."

....... what will my parakeet eat?

arfur · 13 Nov 2009 at 21:49

I remember these, they were on watchdog as they kept setting on fire.... I wouldnt have one

wez130 · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:03

just reading up on this, so it's 1.4kw, is this a constant consumption?

Berserker · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:15

In the early days they used to regularly suffer fan failures. On this forum that would seem like nothing special, but in the ActiFry's case, it caused it to catch fire just about instantly.

Hopefully they've long since found the design fault and fixed it though.

Greebo · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:47

Skyfall's sister is hot and I'd like to sample hers as well

Tummy · 13 Nov 2009 at 22:55

Greebo said:
Skyfall's sister is hot and I'd like to sample hers as well

Pics?

Kennysevenfold · 14 Nov 2009 at 00:26

They do look the business, but weather they warrent the price tag.....

Pestilence · 14 Nov 2009 at 00:30

Really looks like it'd only be useful for chips, so at that price tag... :eek:

iNPUt · 14 Nov 2009 at 01:06

Or you could make a healthy chicken tikka masala.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5wSlEr8FSA

I dont quite get it though, why is she using that when she could just fry some onions and
cook the chicken using a normal pan and hob, am I missing something?

Looks like if I didn't have a hob I would buy on of these.

joey1211 · 14 Nov 2009 at 01:26

Didn't llike ours. The chips were awful. Maybe we were putting too much in (chips 4 four).

Pestilence · 14 Nov 2009 at 02:28

iNPUt said:
Or you could make a healthy chicken tikka masala.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5wSlEr8FSA

I dont quite get it though, why is she using that when she could just fry some onions and
cook the chicken using a normal pan and hob, am I missing something?

Looks like if I didn't have a hob I would buy on of these.

Very true. For that kind of dish, it's a similar amount of oil than you would use when doing it manually on the hob.

Doesn't make much sense.

kylew · 14 Nov 2009 at 02:49

Pestilence said:
Very true. For that kind of dish, it's a similar amount of oil than you would use when doing it manually on the hob.

Doesn't make much sense.

It's purchase justification I reckon.

"Now that I've spent £122 on this thing, let's think of all the uses I can get out of it to make it feel like better value."

Pestilence · 14 Nov 2009 at 02:56

kylew said:
It's purchase justification I reckon.

"Now that I've spent £122 on this thing, let's thing of all the uses I can get out of it to make it feel like better value."

Yep, lol.

If it can't make Buffalo Wings, it ain't a damn fryer.

Clairvoyant · 14 Nov 2009 at 10:17

I have had one since April 2008 (it blow up 11 months laters) got a replacement from Tefal (new 12 months Warranty).

If you try and cook to many chips (4 people) they go all bitty and broken up. But if its for 1 or 2 its fine.

You can also use frozen chips and I think they cook a lot better.

I think the design needs to be changed a bit.

But I love the chips.

I use Olive Oil or Rice barn oil.

Quint · 14 Nov 2009 at 10:48

You can do saugues, mince and meatballs in them too can't you?

daven1986 · 14 Nov 2009 at 10:59

what is it like for cleaning? I have always been interested in a fryer (deep or otherwise) but have always been put off my the cleaning.