• TOT: Kitchen Appliances

    From Cursitor Doom@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 9 17:38:38 2024
    Gentlemen,

    That other thread on UK power outlets and appliances reminded me of
    this....
    I don't get the chance to get back to the UK very often, but have noticed through the online versions of newspapers and whatnot that there's a bit
    of a phenomenon going on at present with what are called "air fryers" -
    not sure if they're called the same thing in the US and other English
    speaking countries. Anyway, the Brits are obsessed with them it appears. They're essentially compact, table-top electric ovens and they've sold
    like they're going out of fashion. The demand for these things has been
    *huge* in Britain. Have they caught on elsewhere is my question. Anyone
    know?

    CD.

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 9 18:49:13 2024
    On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 23:29:55 +0100, TTman <kraken.sankey@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 09/06/2024 18:38, Cursitor Doom wrote:
    Gentlemen,

    That other thread on UK power outlets and appliances reminded me of
    this....
    I don't get the chance to get back to the UK very often, but have noticed
    through the online versions of newspapers and whatnot that there's a bit
    of a phenomenon going on at present with what are called "air fryers" -
    not sure if they're called the same thing in the US and other English
    speaking countries. Anyway, the Brits are obsessed with them it appears.
    They're essentially compact, table-top electric ovens and they've sold
    like they're going out of fashion. The demand for these things has been
    *huge* in Britain. Have they caught on elsewhere is my question. Anyone
    know?

    CD.
    It's all to do with the massive price rises in energy in the UK,
    especially electric in pence per kWh.Due mostly to the war that Putin >started...At one point the government had to rebate every energy
    customer £400, spread over 6 months.Even then, the cost was relatively
    very expensive- currently around double what it was 3 years ago.
    That encouraged everyone to be super efficient in their energy use- both
    gas and electric.Turn everything off at the socket to eliminate standby >current etc. Many people on facebook energy type forums promoted the >efficiency of 'air fryers'. Yes, they are basically nothing more than a
    small electric oven. Some have 2 compartments so you can cook a small
    chicken + potatoes one side and veg the other. Heating element is ~1800W >compared to a conventional oven of ~2500 Watts. Plus cooking times
    could, on average, be reduced by 10-20% and the temperature could be
    reduced by 10.20 degress C.Most prominent make is Ninja

    In the US, a toaster-size "convection stove" is more or less identical
    to a small air fryer, and are sold as such. I have the Breville unit,
    and it works quite well.

    Joe Gwinn

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  • From Nick Hayward@21:1/5 to TTman on Sun Jun 9 23:18:28 2024
    On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 23:29:55 +0100, TTman wrote:

    On 09/06/2024 18:38, Cursitor Doom wrote:
    Gentlemen,

    That other thread on UK power outlets and appliances reminded me of
    this....
    I don't get the chance to get back to the UK very often, but have
    noticed through the online versions of newspapers and whatnot that
    there's a bit of a phenomenon going on at present with what are called
    "air fryers" - not sure if they're called the same thing in the US and
    other English speaking countries. Anyway, the Brits are obsessed with
    them it appears. They're essentially compact, table-top electric ovens
    and they've sold like they're going out of fashion. The demand for
    these things has been *huge* in Britain. Have they caught on elsewhere
    is my question. Anyone know?

    CD.
    It's all to do with the massive price rises in energy in the UK,
    especially electric in pence per kWh.Due mostly to the war that Putin started...At one point the government had to rebate every energy
    customer £400, spread over 6 months.Even then, the cost was relatively
    very expensive- currently around double what it was 3 years ago.
    That encouraged everyone to be super efficient in their energy use- both
    gas and electric.Turn everything off at the socket to eliminate standby current etc. Many people on facebook energy type forums promoted the efficiency of 'air fryers'. Yes, they are basically nothing more than a
    small electric oven. Some have 2 compartments so you can cook a small
    chicken + potatoes one side and veg the other. Heating element is ~1800W compared to a conventional oven of ~2500 Watts. Plus cooking times
    could, on average, be reduced by 10-20% and the temperature could be
    reduced by 10.20 degress C.Most prominent make is Ninja

    Mine's much more efficient than that. For example, a lasagne that would
    take 25 - 30 minutes at 170C in a conventional oven. I can do that in just
    over half the time. They're great little devices.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to cd999666@notformail.com on Sun Jun 9 16:47:09 2024
    On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:38:38 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:

    Gentlemen,

    That other thread on UK power outlets and appliances reminded me of
    this....
    I don't get the chance to get back to the UK very often, but have noticed >through the online versions of newspapers and whatnot that there's a bit
    of a phenomenon going on at present with what are called "air fryers" -
    not sure if they're called the same thing in the US and other English >speaking countries. Anyway, the Brits are obsessed with them it appears. >They're essentially compact, table-top electric ovens and they've sold
    like they're going out of fashion. The demand for these things has been >*huge* in Britain. Have they caught on elsewhere is my question. Anyone
    know?

    CD.

    I was just at Safeway and I noticed "air fryer oil" for the first
    time. So I guess they are here in the USA.

    Another gadget that will be out front with a FREE sign some day,
    probably. With all the goofy exercize equipment and exotic water
    bottles and strange coffee things.

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