The Actifry & AirFryer Thread - Merged

Would this be a good option for one person cooking meats, potatoes etc?

Thanks

Its mainly a meat cooker, any fresh veg would have a bad time in there imo, Ive never even tried though.

Great for waffles, veggy burgers,, bean burgers, chips, wedges, hash browns and that kind of thing though.

I would hold out for the January sales and buy the Philips one which most people consider is the best one. Aldi electronics are usually pretty good though I find and it does have a 3yr warranty so could be decent.

Most people have only owned one so few can give you a comparison between 2, most seem to love the one they buy anyway, doubt you'll be disappointed unless you're planning on cooking for a large family in one. Personally the Philips is an essential kitchen tool for me from now on, Id buy another in the morning if mine broke, its just so handy and cooks food so cleanly with zero oven taste, Im addicted to doing fish and steak in it. Have a read of this thread and the recent bargain alerts thread for more:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057498608

Theres also an Actifry clone in Aldi from today with a 3 year warranty, no idea what its like but Aldi will give you your money back no questions asked if you dont like it:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97629183#post97629183

rubadub wrote: »

+1, and I don't think I could even hold out until they were on special offer.

+2 I'm actually on my second Phillips airfryer right now - couldn't live without it. Probably use it five out of seven days a week.

Tom Dunne wrote: »

+2 I'm actually on my second Phillips airfryer right now - couldn't live without it. Probably use it five out of seven days a week.

What happened the first one?

Hmm thats not good, I hadnt thought of that, its a really basic design, fan>heating element>basket>airvent so I thought it would have been pretty difficult to gunk it up. Wonder if running a basket of soapy water for a while might have been the answer? Blast some steam through the internals.

Does it clean it just with Fairy and water though?

I suspect (but take no responsibility for use) that the Mr Muscle oven cleaner would make light work of that kind of stuff. It does on my oven, which is very similar source - chips, chicken, etc.

When cleaning I followed the manual. After use pour out any excess grease, then boiling water, fairy liquid, leave for 10 mins then go at it with long handled scrubbing brush. No problems yet, the basket does look burnt but I doubt it can stay pristine forever .

The trick was to set an alarm for 10min cause its easy to forget its sitting there soaking and then you will have to start over again cause cold water leaves nasty crap stuck on.

If you put a bowl of liquid soap oil into an air fryer for 10mins wouldn't it coat the heating element with it? I just use my phone or google timer for the alarm.
I let the oil cool down in a bowl then put it into a 2ltr coke bottle with the top cut off to throw out later. Naturally I tie it up in a bag before hand or you would get nasty oil all over the bin.

I don't have an Actifry or an AirFryer yet, but I find the orange Kitchen degreaser in Aldi great. I use it all the time, even on my Motorbike

So whats the verdict on chips in the air fryer?

Some claim theyre as good as chipper chips, others say they are disappointing. I'm really on the fence about getting one.

Thargor wrote: »

How are the chips compared to the deep fat fried chips?

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Every bit as good in my opinion, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside!Yum

To the person who asked if actifry beats halogen over for chips the answer is definitely yes. The tossing motion in the actfry means everything cooks evenly, you dont need to check on them once you put it on, you just come back when it beeps and they're done. I found the hallogen over was not nearly as nice for any sort of potatoes.

rubadub wrote: »

which unit are you asking about? I have a philips airfryer and it is nowhere near as good as deep fat fired chips. It's the main complaint I see online about them, on the likes of amazon.

The name "airfryer" is a bit of a con, it's really just a fast fan oven.

I am extremely pleased with mine all the same.

The chips will never be as tasty as deep fat fryer or cook as fast but I find the green pack in Aldi come very close 2nd to the local take away style that cook in about 15-20min @ 200. Put some of that McDonnells curry on it tho and its a work of art.

holdmybeer wrote: »

The chips will never be as tasty as deep fat fryer or cook as fast but I find the green pack in Aldi come very close 2nd to the local take away style that cook in about 15-20min @ 200. Put some of that McDonnells curry on it tho and its a work of art.

Thats exactly the ones I just reccomended in the other thread, its like they were designed for the Airfryer:



Any of the McCain brands are usually perfect aswell but three times aldi prices.

holdmybeer wrote: »

With postage, tax and rate conversion its around €80-90. Not bad but I reckon they will drop more in January.

€71.26 if you select free shipping from amazon.

Cant see them going lower tbh.

Doge wrote: »

€71.26 if you select free shipping from amazon.

Cant see them going lower tbh.

Doesn't the free delivery only apply to UK?

Free delivery on any Amazon order over £25 to Ireland, been that way for years.

Thargor wrote: »

Thats exactly the ones I just reccomended in the other thread, its like they were designed for the Airfryer:



Any of the McCain brands are usually perfect aswell but three times aldi prices.

I presume you don't use any oil as there is probably oil already in these kind of chips?

Here's an ugly preview of the PDF attached.

For some reason I thought there would be a lot more tips in a 10 page thread!

If anyone wants to contribute some tips or cooking instructions I'd really appreciate it.

Also would be great to see people throwing up links to recipies they've tried or haven't tried.

Got my XL air fryer from amazon.de last week and it's great. I had the actifry before it which served me well for many years, but was falling apart. Being able to cook chicken wings/drumsticks/breasts at the same time as chips is nice. The oil coming out of the chicken would ruin the chips if you tried that in the actifry.

The champion chips above have been sold out both times I checked aldi. I tried the champion steak cut ones, but didn't like them. I hope the green bag is better when I get my hands on a bag.

Tried these aldi burgers in it as well with the brioche buns they sell. 10 min at 200. Perfect.

Thargor wrote: »

You have to keep them separate enough, if you put the drumsticks on top of the chips they'd be a greasy mess, meat one one side chips on the other is usually fine, must get around to making a divider out of an old casserole dish or something some day.

I didnt realise it came with a separator.

Thank god for unboxing videos! :pac:




I need to start looking into unofficial accessories for the unit, the official ones are very expensive like that 2 tier rack for example.