Tefal Fryer--Who uses one?

[Hood]

Just found it, a Philips, this one.
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/house...U4Lgum5HWL11t6t3_pMaAhsTEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[Justme]

We have one of the competitors.

Works ok.

Better than oven but not as good as real ones.

Makes great sweet potato fries.

 

[doubleboost]

Since the new kitchen was installed
My "chip pan" has been banned
We are considering an electric fryer
This shows fish and chips done the propper way
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=LvPKcdR5WIE

 

[Hood]

Since the new kitchen was installed
My "chip pan" has been banned
We are considering an electric fryer
This shows fish and chips done the propper way
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=LvPKcdR5WIE

Afraid it doesn't, it shows everyone their own video page on youtube

 

[cumbriasteve]

Since the new kitchen was installed
My "chip pan" has been banned
We are considering an electric fryer
This shows fish and chips done the propper way
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=LvPKcdR5WIE

I have seen that video before along with the gammon and chips one but refuse to watch them again, I want to keep my waistline as it is, wee grandson asked why my tummy was big... I didn't think it was

 

[ukracer]

If you mean the actifryer 1 tps of oil jobbie I've no idea.
Standard fryers I've always had stainless steel fryers that I can break down clean and then run through the dishwasher. They get grim and plastic casings are the devils work to clean oil off.

Have an airfryer. Wife uses it for part bake rolls and quick dinners for the kids on occasion. There's only one way to cook good chips unfortunately.
Marris pipers and a proper fryer.

Try an actifryer and you will almost be converted.......now dont get me wrong....chipshop chips from a range with several boxes of lard at red hot temps can not be beaten... BUT.

If you home fry with a normal frier and a couple litres of suflower oil you will be amazed by a tefal actifry.
Is it worth the money....no way....would i buy another one.....without doubt.
I say its not worth the money as i really dont see a bit of plastic and a fan worth around £150 and IMHO I feel the bigger one is a must. My parents have the smaller one and it does them fine but if they need to feed over 2 its not big enough and the time it takes to cook makes it awkward to keep them warm to all eat together.

Do they cook great chips...without doubt.
Are they healthy.....i guess they must be.

 

[cumbriasteve]

Thanks for the input folks...off to bed now to dream of chips

 

[ukracer]

We have had air fryers for years. We usually do oven chips in it (no spoonful of oil needed) and they are much better than in the oven but obviously not as good as deep fried, lets face it, nothing is as good as deep fried
Also use it for things like white/black puddings (just wrap tightly in foil first) and scampi etc

Not sure the make of our latest one but it is the best we have had, others were ok as well but..

Air fryers are chalk and cheese with actifryer.

I have 2 of each....

 

[ukracer]

Since the new kitchen was installed
My "chip pan" has been banned
We are considering an electric fryer
This shows fish and chips done the propper way
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=LvPKcdR5WIE

John get an actifryer for the chips and an airfryer for the fish...saves lbs of each ...

 

[ukracer]

Just to make sure we are on about the same gadget..this is it...

View attachment 124776

That one is not big enough IMHO.

 

[Parm]

We love ours, great for chips and roast veg. Chips take about 40mins though but you get used to the timings. I can honestly say that if ours failed tomorrow i would go out and buy another (but only if i couldnt fix it!).

We use rapeseed oil in ours.

hope this helps.

Hang on, how do you make roast veg in a fryer?

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Mate bought an Actifry but ended up returning it for a refund. His reason was time it took plus the noise. Still fancy one myself.

 

[Barlidge]

I would love to try one but as I'm cooking for 7 I don't think they have the capacity

 

[ukracer]

Mate bought an Actifry but ended up returning it for a refund. His reason was time it took plus the noise. Still fancy one myself.

He is right on both counts....bang on chips though...our favourite is chips done for 20 mins then adding some lidl bacon bits (thick off cuts of gammon)..... lush

 

[rtbcomp]

Last time I had chips from a chippy they were an homogeneous mass of pallid starch soaked in some vegetable? oil. Hopefully when I move across the Pennines from Beelzebub's wasteland to God's wonderful county I'll be able to get proper fish 'n' chips with S&V from a proper chippy.

 

[mpats]

My brother has one and it does produce very good wedges (closest we have come to doing chips) and wings. Was a real pain to clean after 3 batches of spicey wings though.

 

[ukracer]

Hang on, how do you make roast veg in a fryer?

Same as in an oven...

 

[carbon]

Have had the earlier version for probably 8 years, the rotor broke possibly 2 years ago and replaced the drive motor gearbox assembly in the last year. Both parts didn’t cost much and was a fairly straight forward fix

 

[octo0072000]

the 1 litre one is the same as the 1.2 litre one only the top bit of plastic is missing costs about think it was 8 quid last time i changed it lots of parts available on ebay we had ours for at least 4 years for a family you need the biggest one 1.5 litres

 

[Olderisbetter]

I have one i use for m dry roast veg, I love parsnip and sweet potato carrot onion spuds some mushroom, i just add some italian seasoning and paprika after i cut it all up but i add a table spoon of olive oil and shake it all up in a bowl.